Bongaigaon to upgrade products

Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (BPRL) plans to invest Rs15 billion (US$351.49 million) in upgrading its product quality from Euro II- to Euro III-compliant gasoline and diesel fuel by 2008. BRPL plans to spend an additional Rs4 billion (US$93.73 million) to replace its entire heavy oil production with light products. Currently, BPRL produces 1.2 million tons of diesel fuel, more than 200,000 tons of gasoline and 200,000 tons of LPG per year. (April 13, 2007)