Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has been conferred with the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Award for Energy Performance of Refineries for 2013-14.

The award is given by the Centre for High Technology (CHT) under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

The company won the third prize in the category of refineries having composite energy factor greater than or equal to 7.5, NRL said in a statement here today.

The award was received by NRL’s Managing Director P Padmanabhan, Senior and General Manager (Tech Services) D Ghosh and was presented by Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Saurabh Chandra during the 19th Refinery Technology Meet held at Chennai recently.

Refineries with minimum Specific Energy Consumption, which is a measure of energy efficiency, are conferred with this award by CHT.

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