Covid: IOC, BPCL to supply oxygen to hospitals in worst hit states

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Two of the country’s largest state-run oil refiners and fuel retailers, IndianOil (IOC) and disinvestment-bound Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), have pledged to supply oxygen free of cost to hospitals in states worst hit by Covid-19 cases.

IndianOil has begun the supply of 150 tonnes of oxygen to hospitals in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. A company statement said the first batch of medical-grade oxygen was dispatched on Monday to Maha Durga Charitable Trust Hospital in Delhi.

In a separate statement, BPCL said it has started supply of 100 tonnes of oxygen to hospitals per month at no cost.

IndianOil said it diverted the high-purity oxygen used in its mono ethylene glycol (MEG) unit to produce medical-grade liquid oxygen at its Panipat refinery and petrochemical complex in Haryana. The throughput of the unit has also been scaled down for a more critical cause.

Earlier, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd had pledged to supply oxygen to hospitals after several states said their hospitals were running out of oxygen.

Source
ET Energy World
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