Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates 200-bedded Jumbo COVID Care Facility in West Bengal ANI | Updated: May 19, 2021 22:10 IST
The Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo, South Asansol MLA Agnimitra Paul, and SAIL Chairperson Soma Mondal were among those present in the virtual ceremony.
As per an official press release, Pradhan spoke on the occasion, lauded the steel sector for rising to the occasion, by fulfilling the majority of the requirements of liquid medical oxygen of the country. He said that the steel plants have shown IspatiIrada. The steel plants reduced usage of gaseous oxygen to increase the production of liquid medical oxygen (LMO). He said that in the first wave of COVID, the peak demand was less than 3000 metric tonnes (MT) per day, which has surged to about 10,000 MT per day now, out of which over 4000 MT is being provided by the steel plants, inc
Gulf Arab aid pouring into India amid oxygen crisis
Ambassador Ausaf Sayeed played key role
By News Desk| Posted by Sameer | Updated: 12th May 2021 1:44 pm IST
By Irfan Mohammed
Jeddah: Amidst a tsunami of demand for medical oxygen, equipment, and medicines as India battles a deadly second wave of COVID-19, several Arab countries offer the assistance.
The Indian Ambassadors in the region have been playing a key role in scouting and acquiring medical oxygen, equipment, and medicine that hour of need in back home India.
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, a Hyderabadi and only senior diplomat in the region, was the first among abroad who successfully pursued a leading Saudi medical oxygen manufacturer to supply not only the liquid medical oxygen to India but also crucial cryogenic tankers.
IOC begins supply of biodiesel made from used cooking oil
May 04, 2021
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The firm has received 51 kilolitres of biodiesel made from used cooking oil at its Tikrikalan terminal in Delhi Indian Oil Corporation has kicked-off the supply of diesel that is blended with biodiesel made from used cooking oil, the firm said in a statement on Tuesday.
“This initiative will garner substantial economic benefits for the nation by shoring up indigenous Biodiesel supply, reducing import dependence, and generating rural employment,” Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said while flagging-off the first supply from Indian Oil’s Tikrikalan Terminal.
Oil marketing companies have already issued 30 letters of intent to biodiesel suppliers so far. Under the initiative, OMCs offer periodically incremental price guarantees for five years and extend off-take guarantees for ten years to prospective bidders.
OMCs bet on hydrogen to tide over energy transition
April 15, 2021
To produce hydrogen molecules, stored and trade as gas: Pradhan Public-sector oil marketing companies will scale up hydrogen production and the applications of hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, said on Thursday.
“Presently, as in the case of other countries, our petroleum sector is the largest producer of hydrogen for various refinery process operations, Pradhan said at a virtual event titled Hydrogen Economy. “Hence, we realize the petroleum sector’s capability to produce hydrogen molecules, stored and traded as gas, making it a natural votary of this new energy form.”
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