Directing ships carrying petroleum products and crude oil to avoid cyclone Yaas’s path, suspending project site activities, and maintaining adequate petroleum product stocks are some of the measures undertaken by state-run oil and gas companies to limit the damage along India’s east coast.
With up to 185 kmph wind speeds expected due to the cyclone that originated in the Bay of Bengal, these preparations follow the extensive loss of life and property earlier last week caused by cyclone Tauktae.
“Merely two weeks after cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc and left behind a trail of destruction, India is bracing for another cyclone, Cyclone Yaas, likely to make landfall at north Odisha—West Bengal coast between Paradip and Sagar Island on Wednesday evening,” Indian Oil Corporation Ltd said in a statement on Tuesday.
As per the company, there are no crude tankers at single-point morning stations and all tankers scheduled to berth have been moved away from the cyclone’s path. Also, all supply vessels to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s offshore drilling rig sites have been moved.
In addition, work has been suspended at storage caverns for domestic cooking gas, and transportation of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) through pipelines will be suspended in case of rough weather. Also, precautionary measures have been taken at IOC’s Haldia and Pardip refineries. State-run refineries are diverting liquid medical oxygen to hospitals.
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