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.

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.