HPCL’s Mumbai Refinery rolls out Euro - IV MS [Petrol]

Mumbai 5th Jan. 2010. HPCL’s Mumbai Refinery rolled out the first batch of Euro -IV MS [Petrol] for meeting their North and North West needs.

HPCL’s Mumbai Refinery had undertaken the project for up-gradation of Motor Spirit Fuel quality to meet Euro-III & EURO-IV specifications. This project consists of three major units namely, Naphtha Hydrotreating / Catalytic Reformer, FCCU Naphtha Hydrotreater and Isomerisation unit.

These units are getting commissioned phase-wise from May, 2009 and on 4th January, 2010, HPCL’s Mumbai Refinery has achieved one more significant step by manufacturing EURO-IV MS which is mandatory as per the Auto Fuel Policy for implementation of Euro IV Fuel in select 13 cities and Euro III Fuel in rest of the country. HPCL plans to supply EURO IV MS from their marketing installations / depots, effective 1st April, 2010. However, as a pre-preparatory [dilution] exercise, the EURO-IV MS was rolled out on 4th Jan., 2010, only to HPCL’s Marketing installations. The first batch of EURO-IV MS was launched at the hands of their Chairman & Managing Director, Shri Arun Balakrishnan in the presence of Director Marketing, Shri S. Roy Choudhury, Director -HR, Shri V. Vizia Saradhi, Director – Finance, Shri B. Mukherjee, Director - Refineries, Shri K. Murali and other Senior Officials from HQO and Mumbai Refinery.

This is a rare distinction that HPCL, Mumbai Refinery is the first among all Public Sector Refineries in manufacturing EURO-IV MS production, having stringent quality, specs like Sulphur less than 50 PPM, Olefins less than 21% and Aromatics less than 35%.