India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) will idle a third of its 300,000 bpd crude processing capacity for 15 days in January as it plans to shut a hydrocracker for maintenance, as per Reuters. MRPL plans to shut the 1.3 mln tpa hydrocracker from Jan. 2 for 30 days for catalyst replacement, as per an unknown sorurce. During the shutdown a 4.8 mln tpa CDU will remain idle for about 15 days, as otherwise surplus generation of vacuum gasoil will lead to ullage problem. A 3 mln tpa delayed coker unit will be commissioned during the shutdown. Once the hydrocracker is back online, a 2.2 mln tpa fluid catalytic cracker will be ready for commissioning, which will help the refiner in reducing production of fuel oil and raising output of gasoil and heavy naphtha, the source said.
27-Nov-13 
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