MRPL has successfully completed the first coastal dispatch of 6200 Metric Tonnes of Petroleum Coke (Petcoke) throughbarge “Suryamukhi” from NMPT Jetty #6, today.

This Pet Coke parcel has been sold to Ramco Cements Limited (formerly Madras Cements Ltd) the flagship company of the Ramco Group, a well-known business group of South India.

Team MRPL, NMPT at Jetty #6 , NMPT, witnessing the first loading on barge Suryamukhi.(L to R), S/Shri Manjunath, Asst Traffic Manager, NMPT, Nownith Kumar, Sr Deputy Traffic Manager, NMPT, Vijay G Joshi, Director Refinery, MRPL P. C Parida, Chairman NMPT, H.Kumar, Managing Director, MRPL, Ramesh Bodigadda, DGM Marketing Ops MRPL, Ajay Bhatia, DGM, Marketing Ops, MRPL

MRPL produces special grade, ash less petcoke, ideal for cement kilns as the end product in their state of art Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) commissioned in April 2014. TheDCU converts low-value ‘short residue’ (bottoms) into high-value products viz Gasoil, Naphtha, LPG etc thereby increasing the distillate yield. Around 30% gets converted into special grade pet coke, which is in demand in the country.