Logistical issues hamper smooth supply of liquid oxygen from steel companies
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Jindal Steel & Power said it has more than 500 tonnes of liquid oxygen stock readily available at its Angul plant in Odisha. “We are waiting for the users to send their tankers,” the company tweeted on Thursday.
Even as steelmakers step up the supply of medical oxygen, fresh challenges emerge over transporting the life-saving gas from the states of excess supply to places like Mumbai and Delhi where there is a shortage.
Jindal Steel & Power said it has more than 500 tonnes of liquid oxygen stock readily available at its Angul plant in Odisha. “We are waiting for the users to send their tankers,” the company tweeted on Thursday.
First Oxygen Express leaves for Maharashtra from Vizag amid COVID-19 crisis ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 06:00 IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI) Indian Railways first Oxygen Express train left for Maharashtra from Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited Vizag Steel Plant (RINL), Visakhapatnam on Thursday evening. This will facilitate the patients and different hospitals in the western region amid the recent upsurge in cases of Covid-19.
In a statement, the railways said: Seven empty tankers from Kalamboli Goods Shed in Maharashtra reached at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam early morning today. Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) has been filled in the tankers since morning. Each tanker has been loaded with 15 tons of LMO and the train started to move towards Maharashtra, in the evening, it added.
RINL to supply 100 tonnes of medical Oxygen to Maharashtra on April 22
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It would take nearly 20 to 24 hours to complete the process of filling, weighing and safety checks as per protocol before it leaves for Maharashtra to meet the medical exigencies of COVID-19 patients, sources said.
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On an average, every day, ASP produces 2,600 tonnes of oxygen gas and 100 tonnes of liquid oxygen.
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, which runs a 7.3 million tonnes per annum steel plant here, will supply over 100 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Maharashtra in the early hours on April 22, sources in RINL said on Wednesday.
Visakhapatnam-based National Steel Corporation supplies 100 tonnes of medical oxygen to Maharashtra.
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Visakhapatnam: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, which runs a 7.3 million tonne steel plant here every year, will supply more than 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to Maharashtra in the early hours on April 22, RINL sources said on Wednesday.
The LMO will be loaded into seven empty cryogenic tankers with a total carrying capacity of over 100 tonnes. He said that it would take around 20 to 24 hours, as COVID-19 patients would have to complete the filling, weighing and security checks as per the protocol before leaving Maharashtra to complete a medical examination.
RINL supplies 8K tonnes of oxygen to states so far
RINL’s air separation plant has five units of oxygen extraction plants for its 7.3 mtpa steel plant.
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VISAKHAPATNAM: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Vizag Steel Plant, has supplied 8,842 tonnes of liquid oxygen to AP and other states. RINL has supplied about 400 tonnes of liquid oxygen to the states in April so far.
RINL’s air separation plant has five units of oxygen extraction plants for its 7.3 mtpa steel plant. Out of which three units have the capacity to produce 550 tonnes per unit per day and two units have the capacity to produce 600 tonnes per unit per day. Every day on an average, ASP produces 2,600 tonnes of oxygen in gas form, and 100 tonnes in liquid form which is supplied for medical purposes. The steel plant is supplying liquid oxygen as a social responsibility.