The Devanagondi marketing terminal, developed by Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) at a cost of ₹330 crore, is scheduled to be dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru Rural district on Friday, November 13. The facility is expected to strengthen Karnataka’s fuel supply network by receiving products through the Mangaluru–Hassan–Bengaluru pipeline.
Spread across 20 acres at Devanagondi in Hoskote taluk, the terminal has a storage capacity of 77,000 kilolitres. It will handle petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel, according to information published by Prajavani and an MRPL statement cited in the report.
The terminal is connected to MRPL’s refinery in Mangaluru through a 363-kilometre pipeline running via Hassan to Bengaluru. This connection is intended to support the movement of fuel by pipeline rather than relying only on surface transportation from the coastal refinery to consumption centres in and around Bengaluru.
MRPL said the facility will supply fuel to Kempegowda International Airport, the company’s HiQ retail outlets, oil marketing companies and industrial customers. The airport’s inclusion in the distribution network gives the terminal a role in handling aviation turbine fuel alongside conventional transport fuels.
The project’s storage capacity is designed to provide a central distribution point for the three fuel categories. While the supplied information does not specify the terminal’s daily handling capacity or the operating agencies responsible for each product stream, it identifies the facility as part of MRPL’s broader fuel supply infrastructure for Karnataka.
MRPL has estimated that the project could prevent approximately 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually by strengthening pipeline-based fuel transportation. The company has not provided, in the information available for this report, the calculation method or the baseline against which the emissions reduction was assessed.
The emissions claim relates to the transport arrangement enabled by the pipeline connection. Fuel distribution from a coastal refinery to inland markets can involve long-distance movement, and MRPL said the new terminal and pipeline link would improve that system. The supplied report does not establish how the projected reduction will be measured after the terminal becomes operational.
The project is also expected to create more than 280 direct and indirect jobs, MRPL said. Details about the permanent workforce, contracting arrangements and the distribution of these jobs were not provided in the statement cited by Prajavani.
The terminal’s location in Hoskote places it near Bengaluru’s expanding industrial and airport-linked economic region. Its stated customer base includes aviation, retail fuel and industrial users, making the facility part of the logistics network that supports the movement of people, goods and manufacturing activity across the state.
The scheduled dedication marks the public launch of a facility whose operations depend on the existing Mangaluru–Hassan–Bengaluru pipeline. MRPL’s stated next steps are the commissioning and use of the terminal to supply petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel to the identified customers.
