IOC to move bulk LPG from Chennai import facility

KOCHI: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has made interim arrangements to move bulk LPG from its Chennai import facility to ensure uninterrupted bottling at its plant here and to meet LPG needs of customers in six districts of Kerala.

This decision was taken as the bulk LPG supplies to IOC's Kochi plant are yet to resume from HPC's LPG import facility at Mangalore following transporters strike which has been called off now, IOC said in a statement here.

Pending commencement of supplies by HPC, Mangalore, IOC has made interim arrangements to move bulk LPG from its Chennai import facility so that bottling at the Kochi plant can go on uninterrupted.

It will also meet LPG requirements of customers in Ernakulam, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur and parts of Alappuzha and Palakkad districts, which are serviced from Kochi bottling plant.

IOC Kerala has already taken up the matter with HPC's headquarters in Mumbai to resume bulk LPG supplies from their import facility at Mangalore so that LPG bottling is not impacted at the Kochi plant for supplies in Kerala.

Bulk LPG supplies from Chennai are expected to reach Kochi soon. The Kochi bottling plant of IOC now has adequate stocks of LPG to bottle LPG cylinders and with the arrival of more bulk LPG supplies from IOC's unit in Chennai, LPG bottling at the Kochi plant is not expected to be hampered, the release said.