Oil and Gas PSUs under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India are extending their helping hand to find transportation solutions for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to combat the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. 

Presently, there are 12 tankers and 20 ISO Containers with the capacity of 650 Metric Tonne (MT). This number is going to improve substantively with the numbers likely to go up to 26 tankers and 117 ISO containers by the end of this month with the capacity of 2,314 MT. 

95 ISO containers are being purchased with a capacity of 1,940 Metric Tonne. Orders have already been placed for 30 ISO containers with the capacity of 650 MT while negotiations are underway for the remaining containers. 

Orders have been placed for 10,000 cylinders of 40/50 litre capacity and 300 cylinders of larger capacity (150 of 500 litre and 150 of 450 litre). Dispatch of these cylinders is likely to begin soon. 

Oil & Gas companies are also importing Liquid Medical Oxygen. 900 MT of Medical Liquid Oxygen is being imported on Gratis basis from Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Thailand. A part of the consignment has already been received while a portion of it will be received shortly. In addition, 12,840 MT of Medical Liquid Oxygen is being imported on a commercial basis taking the total number of imports to 13,740 MT.