By IANS
New Delhi : State-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals has entered into a fresh contract with the State Trading Corp of Mauritius to supply its petroleum products for three more years, it was announced Friday.
The company had signed a one-year contract in 2006 to supply gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and furnace oil to Mauritius, adding up to one million tonnes.
The products imported from Mangalore Refinery, which is a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), are sold to the local oil firms in Mauritius such as Shell, Total, Caltex Oil and IndianOil.
Apart from Mauritius, the company has also started exporting fuels to other new markets like Emirate National Oil Company of Dubai, aggregating to 1.5 million tonnes of liquid petroleum products.