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Reliance, MRPL to ramp up prodn to tide over HPCL, BPCL strike
New Delhi, Mar 23: Government has asked Reliance Petroleum and Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) to ramp up product on to bridge any shortfalls in supplies of petroleum products that may occur due to the three-day strike by employees of privatisation-bound HPCL and BPCL next week.
New Delhi, Mar 23: Government has asked Reliance Petroleum and Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) to ramp up product on to bridge any shortfalls in supplies of petroleum products that may occur due to the three-day strike by employees of privatisation-bound HPCL and BPCL next week.
"RPL's Jamnagar Refinery in Gujarat and MRPL have been asked to produce more so as to fill in any deficit in case HPCL and BPCL refineries are shut," highly placed government sources said here.
Public sector Indian Oil Corporation and its subsidiary Chennai Refinery too have been asked to pump more petrol, diesel, Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) and LPG to meet any situation. HPCL and BPCL, which together command over 40 per cent of retail petroleum product market share, mostly feed western and southern part of the country. In the run-up to the three-day strike beginning march 25, HPCL and BPCL would shore up stocks at their customers points (including petrol stations), depots and terminals, they said adding topped-up tanks would be sufficient to meet 48 hours of continuous supplies.
Besides, territorial army would be called to operate refineries, terminals and ATF refuelling facilities at airports if the strike by BPCL and HPCL employees in protest against privatisation, cripples operations.
In case of shortage, IOC tankers would ferry petrol and diesel and LPG to retail outlets of HPCL and BPCL, sources said while pointing that the strike may not take place as petroleum minister Ram Naik has appealed to the employees for restraint in view of difficulties the country may face at the time of Iraq war.
Public sector Indian Oil Corporation and its subsidiary Chennai Refinery too have been asked to pump more petrol, diesel, Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) and LPG to meet any situation. HPCL and BPCL, which together command over 40 per cent of retail petroleum product market share, mostly feed western and southern part of the country. In the run-up to the three-day strike beginning march 25, HPCL and BPCL would shore up stocks at their customers points (including petrol stations), depots and terminals, they said adding topped-up tanks would be sufficient to meet 48 hours of continuous supplies.
Besides, territorial army would be called to operate refineries, terminals and ATF refuelling facilities at airports if the strike by BPCL and HPCL employees in protest against privatisation, cripples operations.
In case of shortage, IOC tankers would ferry petrol and diesel and LPG to retail outlets of HPCL and BPCL, sources said while pointing that the strike may not take place as petroleum minister Ram Naik has appealed to the employees for restraint in view of difficulties the country may face at the time of Iraq war.
Bureau Report