Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemical Ltd (MRPL) has won the prestigious Oil Industry Safety Award for the year 2006-07, conferred by the Oil Industry Safety Directorate, Ministry of Petroleum & Natrual Gas (MoP&NG).
According to a press release, the MRPL has been adjudged second in the refineries category and this marks the entry of MRPL in the OISD panel of awards.
The award testifies to a refinery’s safety performance, and is decided after exhaustive evaluation by an Awards Committee, on various safety parameters including a safety audit by an external agency, the release informed .
The selection criteria includes penalty rating, derived from hazard potential, which in turn is based on the complexities in operations, throughput etc., safety management systems adopted during the period and avoidance of accidents, injuries etc
