BPCL-Kochi Refinery ensures optimised fuel supply

BPCL-Kochi Refinery has put in place an unprecedented operational plan that ensures continuous production of petroleum fuels matching the highly volatile market conditions following the Covid-19 pandemic.

This optimised production of petroleum fuels including LPG, for Kerala and parts of neighbouring States, was ensured by the efforts put in by the company through the new work protocols in which around 280 employees work in each of the 12-hour operational shifts, instead of the normal eight-hour shifts, the company said in a statement.

The lockdown has affected the demand for petrol, diesel, fuel oil, bitumen, and other petroleum products. The demand for aviation turbine fuel (ATF) has also come down sharply because of the suspension of flights. But the demand for cooking gas, or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), has risen.