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Project detail:
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chang proposal seeking environmental clearance for expansion from 16.6 to 18.2 MMTPA located at Kuthethoor/Bala village, Dakshin Kannada District, Mangalore, Karnataka by M/s. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited. MRPL has a capacity to process 16.6 million metric tons per annum. MRPL is planning to enhance refinery capacity from 16.6 MMTPA to 18.2 MMTPA in the existing refinery complex, without unit revamps, without addition of new units, but only by increase in the number of operation days from 8000 hours to 8760 hours per annum. The overall existing refinery crude oil processing capacity is 16.6 MMTPA based on 13.6 MMTPA at MRPL-Phase I &II and another 3 MMTPA at MRPL Phase III. There is no construction phase since only operating hours are being increased of MRPL.
All project/activity are listed at S.N. 4(a) - Petroleum Refining Industry and 5(c) - Petro-chemical complexes of Schedule of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification under category ‘A’ and are appraised at Central Level by Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC). PP has informed that proposal has been submitted as per Ministry’s OM dated 11.04.2022 issued for granting of Environmental Clearance under para 7(ii)(a) of EIA notification-2006.
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