(ET)
The Madurai LPG bottling plant of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Mattaparai village in Dindigul district, will soon enhance its storage capacity from the current 900 (3 x 300) metric tonne (MT) by another 1,800 (3 x 600 MT). The plant is awaiting regulatory clearance.
Speaking to reporters in Madurai on Thursday, DGM K S Shankar, DGM (LPG), Tamil Nadu, and general manager R Chidambaram, southern region said the 37-acre campus has state-of-the-art security measures including fire safety equipment and caters to Madurai, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts through a network of 115 distributors.
The plant has a capacity to fill and distribute 19,000 cylinders per day. While the annual capacity is the delivery of 60,000 cylinders, in 2018-19, it produced 93,000 cylinders, as the demand went up.
The electronic carousel fills 24 cylinders per minute and 1,400 cylinders per hour. The filled cylinders are checked for valve leaks and o-ring leaks, through remote monitoring. The defective valves are replaced immediately.
