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State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) ramped up liquefied petroleum gas production by nearly 30 per cent and kept its refineries operating above 100 per cent utilisation as disruptions to maritime trade through the Strait of Hormuz threatened India's energy supplies, its chairman said on Monday. The company also diversified crude sourcing, realigned refinery operations and secured alternative supplies as the escalation of conflict in West Asia disrupted global energy markets, IOC chairman Arvinder Singh Sahney said in his address to the company's 67th annual general meeting. "For IndianOil, the priority during this unprecedented crisis has remained crystal clear - to maintain continuity of energy supplies despite constrained sourcing options and volatile international markets," he said. India imports more than 88 per cent of its crude oil requirement, while about 45 per cent of its crude imports and nearly 90 per cent of LPG imports are linked to the Strait of Hormuz, underscorin