Erode: To meet out the increasing demand, additional storage facility of 1,800 metric tonne was inaugurated at the LPG bottling plant in Perundurai on Saturday.
Indian Oil’s Erode Indane LPG bottling plant at SIPCOT industrial area in Perundurai has a storage capacity of 1,850 metric tonne. “Additional storage facility of 1,800 metric tonne was added to the bottling plant,” R Thamarai Selvan, the chief plant manager of the Erode LPG bottling plant, told reporters.
The plant currently fills around 34,000 LPG cylinders per day, translating in to an annual bottling capacity of 1,20,000 metric tonne, he added.
The plant, which was commissioned in 2001, is spread across 61 acres.
In Tamil Nadu, Indian Oil has 1.6 crore LPG domestic customers. Supplies to customers are made through a network of 900 distributors. It has a market share of 57.7% in the state.
Mock fire safety drill was also performed in the plant on Saturday.