Billionaire Mukesh Ambani\u2019s Reliance Industries Ltd., which operates the world\u2019s biggest refining complex in Gujarat, has started supplying oxygen from Jamnagar to Maharashtra at no cost to help battle a savage coronavirus outbreak in Maharashtra, according to a company official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reliance is diverting some oxygen streams meant for its petroleum coke gasification units after making it suitable for medical use, the official said. Also, the urban development minister confirmed that Maharashtra will get 100 tons of gas from Reliance, Eknath Shinde in his tweet in Marathi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides Reliance, Bharat Petroleum Corporation has built up a stockpile of 20 tons of oxygen at its Kochi refinery for medical use, a company official said. The process in refineries involves the production of limited volumes of industrial oxygen in air-separation plants meant for nitrogen production. Only by scrubbing out other gases, such as carbon dioxide, medical-use oxygen can be extracted with 99.9% purity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n