In festive mode

The 17th Panipat Refinery and Petrochemical Complex (PR&PNC) foundation day was celebrated at Panipat. The festivities began with Prabhat Pheri  braving the heavy rain, over IOCians, their family members and students from Delhi Public School in the location actively participated by chanting slogans and carrying banners.

later in the day, the main control room of Naphtha Cracker wore a festive look where IOCians pledged to put forth their unstinted and sincere dedicated service to take the Refinery Complex to greater heights of glory, keeping in mind safety, energy conservation and environmental preservation. Representatives from the staff unions and officers association of PR&PNC were also present and added to the cheerfulness of the occasion.

Tapan Kumar Basak, ED (I/c), Panipat congratulated all the employees for surpassing all the past records of the Refinery and Naphtha Cracker and encouraged to take up difficult challenges next year. He also urged everyone to be alert and follow standard operating practices to ensure safety of the plant,  human resources and national assets. Vijay Prakash, ED (PR), B V Ramagopal, ED(PR), GMs, DGMs were also present during the celebration.

SK Roy, secretary, Indian Oil Officers’ Association (IOOA), Panipat, and Abhishek Tagra VP, IndianOil Panipat Refinery Employees Union (IPREU) also shared their wishes. later, all the IOCians present were treated to a slice of cake to celebrate the foundation day. 

Earlier in the morning, Basak inaugurated a health camp at Panipat Refinery Hospital, organised in association with Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. More than 300 employees and their family members benefitted from the health camp, which focussed on diagnosing ailments like heart diseases, neurological problems, BMD, urologic diseases, et al.  

Panipat Refinery and Petrochemical Complex (PR&PNC) has been supplying precious petroleum products  for the last 17 years without any interruption. Petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation turbine fuel, et al. are regularly transported through rail, road and underground pipelines to sensitive and strategic regions like, leh, ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, border regions of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, parts of Uttar Pradesh and even Delhi.