Reliance Jamnagar supplies Medical Oxygen to Covid-hit Maharashtra at no cost

Jamnagar: Bloomberg reports that Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is going to provide 100 metric tonne additional oxygen supply for medical sector needs in Maharashtra in wake of Covid19 pandemic situation.

रिलायन्स च्या जामनगर प्लँट मधून महाराष्ट्रासाठी १०० मेट्रिक टन अतिरिक्त ऑक्सिजन पुरवठा होणार.

विभागीय आयुक्त, रायगड व ठाणे जिल्हाधिकारी आणि एफडीए आयुक्त यांची समन्वय समिती ऑक्सिजन पुरवठ्याबाबत समन्वयाचे काम करेल.

— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) April 13, 2021

Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde shared this development on his Twitter handle.

According to a Bloomberg report, RIL Jamnagar has started supplying oxygen from Jamnagar to Maharashtra at no cost. Reliance is diverting some oxygen streams meant for its petroleum coke gasification units after making it suitable for medical use.Refineries can produce limited volumes of industrial oxygen in air-separation plants meant for nitrogen production. Medical-use oxygen can be extracted by scrubbing out other gases, such as carbon dioxide, to make it 99.9% pure.

Grateful to Mukesh Ambani for supplying 100 tons of oxygen to Maharashtra.

From enhancing India’s PPE capacity to undertaking the world’s largest private-sector led meal distribution program for daily-wage earners, @ril_foundation has disrupted philanthropy during #COVID19 🙏🏼 https://t.co/3W1dvUsfG7

— Milind Deora | मिलिंद देवरा ☮️ (@milinddeora) April 15, 2021