GUWAHATI With the market in civil war-ravaged Myanmar unlikely to open up anytime soon, an Assam refinery is now eyeing Nepal for a special grade of diesel that can be used easily in sub-zero conditions.
The public sector Numaligarh Refinery (NRL), often referred to as the Assam Accord Refinery, has been the lone supplier of low-pour high-speed diesel to Bhutan for several years now. This grade of diesel, enabling vehicles and machines to be operated in temperatures as low as -30 degrees centigrade, is also supplied to the Indian armed forces across the Himalayan belt.
“We have been supplying 2,000 kilolitres of low-pour point diesel to Bhutan. We are looking at the higher reaches of Nepal where this diesel can be used although the normal diesel can suffice for large swathes of that country,” NRL’s managing director Bhaskar Jyoti Phukan said.
