In Madhya Pradesh, IndianOil has seven oil terminals / depots at Ratlam, Gwalior, Indore, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Singrauli and Sagar and the lPG requirement is met through its three bottling plants situated at Bhopal, Guna and Ujjain.
While talking to media persons here on Thursday, Subodh Dakwale, Executive Director of the IOC said that Chhattisgarh’s oil requirement is catered through Bhilai, Bilaspur and Bishrampur depots and lPG demand is met by the plant at Raipur.
“We have 3 Aviation Fuel Stations catering to aircrafts at Bhopal, Indore and Khajuraho,” he added.
In 2016-17 the sales of POl was 3815 TMT. IndianOil enjoys a market share of 44.5 per cent in Madhya Pradesh. The Contribution to the exchequer of these two states has been Rs 5000 crore during last Fiscal of which Madhya Pradesh’s contribution is Rs 3650 crore and Chhattisgarh’s is Rs 1350 crore.
He further said that the lPG coverage in Madhya Pradesh has increased by 17 per cent whereas the same has increased by 23.6 per cent in Chhattisgarh between April 1, 2016 and August 1, 2017.
A total of 40.26 lakh BPl families have been benefited with the PMUY connections up to August 1, 2017 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
In sustainable initiatives, development of Solar Park through Joint Venture Company of Madhya Pradesh Vidyut Nigam limited (MPUVNl), IOCl and OIl , near Rewa is under way with total expenditure of Rs 3000-6000 crore (capacity: 250-500 MW) as green energy initiative for the state. Apart from this IndianOil has already installed roof top solar panel at Indore/ Bhopal/ Raipur to cater the demand of electricity through solar initiative.