Nitrogen, argon tankers to be used to transport oxygen
The Hindu
PESO gives go-ahead for conversion
In a bid to ramp up the supply of medical oxygen across the country, the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) has permitted conversion of a part of India’s nitrogen and argon tankers to enable transportation of oxgyen. The PESO directive will remove a major bottleneck in the transportation of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to States and facilitate faster movement, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Monday. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade in the Ministry has also convinced steel producers in the private and public sectors to reduce their safety stock of LMO maintained in storage tanks, from the usual 3.5 days to 0.5 days. Separately, the Bhilai Steel Plant is undertaking ‘a very short shutdown’ in its operations to enhance their liquid oxygen production by 15 metric tonnes (MT).More Related News