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

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%.