RIL ramps up medical O2 production to 1,000MT/day

AHMEDABAD: Amid soaring demand due to rising cases of Covid-19 across India,

Reliance Industries Limited

(RIL) on Saturday announced that it has ramped up

production

of

medical oxygen

to 1,000 metric tonnes (MT) per day. This makes RIL India’s largest producer of medical-grade liquid oxygen from a single location, in this case Jamnagar.



“At its refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Jamnagar and other facilities, Reliance now produces over 1,000MT of medical-grade liquid oxygen every day, accounting for 11% of India’s total production,” a press statement issued by RIL said.

Chairman and managing director of

RIL Mukesh Ambani

said, “There is an immediate need to maximise India’s production and transportation capacities for medical-grade oxygen (in view of the worsening Covid situation in the country).”

In April, the company supplied more than 15,000MT of medical oxygen free of cost and also airlifted 24

ISO

containers for transporting oxygen from Saudi Arabia, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Thailand, creating an additional 500MT of transportation capacity for India.