Oil major establishes quality control laboratory in Tiruchi
Staff Reporter
Equipped to handle batch formation tests for petrol, diesel and kerosene
— Photo: M. Moorthy
NEW FACILITY: M. Chidambaram, Director, National Institute of Technology, looking at a laboratory equipment in Tiruchi . The General Manager, IOC, Southern Region, M. Nageswaran, left, looks on.
TIRUCHI: Indian Oil Corporation has established a full-fledged quality control laboratory at its terminal in Vazhavandankottai on the outskirts of the city.
Set up at a cost of Rs. 51 lakh, this is the sixth IOC laboratory to be set up in Tamil Nadu. It is equipped to handle batch formation tests for petrol, diesel and kerosene to establish fuel specification.
Till now, fuel samples were sent to the laboratory at Korukkupet in Chennai for testing.
The Tiruchi laboratory is also equipped with master testing equipment for certifying thermometers and hydrometers for use by petrol / diesel pumps.
40 labs
The IOC has set up 40 field laboratories across the country to ensure quality of fuel delivered from storage points. Of this, 18 laboratories are approved by the Director General of Civil Aviation and Director General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance for testing aviation fuel.
The other laboratories are located at Chennai, Narimanam, Sankari, Madurai and Tuticorin. The Indian Oil’s terminal at Vazhavandankottai is fed by the Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai pipeline which carries petrol, diesel and kerosene in sequences.
Inaugurating the laboratory, the Director of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, M. Chidambaram, said that quality awareness was more now.
The laboratory, he said, would provide an opportunity, especially to chemical and mechanical engineering students of the institute, to get first-hand knowledge of fuel testing.
M. Nageswaran, General Manager, IOC, Southern Region, said that the IOC had moved from quality control to quality assurance. The organisation would strive to maintain quality.
Deepak Pandya, General Manager, IOC, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, senior officials of the organisation and dealers took part.
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