BPCL fuelling services for Panagarh Air Force Base
23 Jul 2016 | BPCL
The Panagarh Air Force Base , renamed as Air Force Station Arjan Singh (after the former Indian Air Force chief), becomes the 6th Indian Air Force base, where #BharatPetroleum will set up and operate ATF facilities. An MOU was signed on 1 July 2016 at a ceremony held at the Air Force Station, Panagarh, West Bengal by Group Caption AS Sidhu, Station Commander, Panagarh Air Base and Mr. M. M. Somaya, Executive Director (Aviation) in the presence of Air Force Officials of Panagarh Air Base, Mr. Sanjeeb Paul, DGM E&P (East), Mr. Avijit Sarkar, Aviation Manager (East), & Mr. J P Singh, Sr. Manager Business Development, Aviation HQ to formalize the construction, maintenance and operation of the 4000 KL fuel farm.
This MOU would ensures ATF supplies to the base for next five years. The airbase in Panagarh was constructed in 1944 during the Second World War and is approximately 150 kms from Kolkata, located in Burdwan district. Other IAF bases where BPCL is supplying ATF are Sirsa (Haryana), Suratgarh (Rajasthan), Gwalior (MP), Phalodi (Rajasthan) and Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu). “
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