RIL's swift steps make it largest producer of medical Oxygen

As India grapples with an unprecedented new wave of the Covid Pandemic Reliance Industries has scaled up production of medical grade liquid oxygen becoming countrys largest producer of this lifesaving resource from a single location in just over a years timeTraditionally Reliance is not a manufacturer of medical grade liquid oxygen Yet starting from Nil before the pandemic the company is its largest producer in the country from a single location At its refinerycumpetrochemical complex in Jamnagar and other facilities RIL now produces over 1000 MT per day or 11 per cent of Indias total production meeting the needs of nearly every one in ten patientsA company statement said that under personal supervision of Mukesh Ambani Chairman and Managing Director at Jamnagar Reliance has adopted a twopronged approach to strengthen the availability of medical oxygen in India the company is refocusing several industrial processes at Reliances Jamnagar and other facilities for rapid scaleup in production of medical grade liquid oxygen Also RIL is augmenting loading and transportation capacities to ensure its swift and safe supplies to statesCommenting on the initiatives Mukesh Ambani Chairman and Managing Director Reliance Industries Limited said For me and for all of us at Reliance nothing is more important than saving every life as India battles against a new wave of the COVID19 pandemic There is an immediate need to maximise Indias production and transportation capacities for medical grade oxygenI am proud of our engineers at Jamnagar who have worked tirelessly with a great sense of patriotic urgency to meet this new challenge I am truly humbled by the determination and sense of purpose shown by the bright young members of the Reliance family who have once again risen to the occasion and delivered when India needs it the mostNita Ambani FounderChairperson of Reliance Foundation said Our country is going through an unprecedented crisis We at Reliance Foundation will continue to do everything we can to help Every life is precious Our plants at Jamnagar refinery have been repurposed overnight to produce medical grade liquid oxygen that is being distributed across India Our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow countrymen and women Together we will overcome these difficult timesPrior to this pandemic Reliance was not a manufacturer of medical grade liquid oxygen However RIL engineers quickly reconfigured and optimised current operations designed for Refining and Petrochemicals grade oxygen to produce highpurity medical oxygenMedical grade liquid oxygen has to be produced in liquid form at minus 183 degree C with almost 995 per cent purity which poses extraordinary challenges and risks in production and maximising tonnage RIL through process optimisation and modifications of Cryogenic Air Separation Units was able to maximise production of medical grade liquid oxygen in a very short span of timeThis oxygen is being provided freeofcost to several State Governments across the country to bring immediate relief to over 1 lakh patients on a daily basis Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 Reliance has supplied over 55000 MT of medical grade liquid oxygen across the countryThe company also converted nitrogen tankers into transport trucks for medical grade oxygen through innovative and safe processes to address the problem of transportation Reliance organised the airlifting of 24 ISO containers into India from Saudi Arabia Germany Belgium The Netherlands and Thailand adding 500 MT of new transportation capacity for liquid Oxygen These ISO containers will help in removing the transport constraints for Oxygen in the country In addition Reliance is airfreighting more ISO containers over the next few daysWe would like to offer our sincere thanks to Aramco BP and IAF for their immense help in providing and transporting ISO containers to help the country in its battle against Covid a company statement saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever