Infrastructure sector projects by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in
Project Information
5919
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Giving a major boost to the energy sectors in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, a 350-km pipeline between Kochi and Salem to transport liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be laid by the end of next year.
The gas pipeline linking the two cities will be built at a cost of `1, 000 crore.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) had on March 13 published the grant of authorisation for laying the pipeline to a joint consortium of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Indian Oil Corporation.
The land acquisition procedure will start soon and the construction is likely to start by the end of 2014.
The capacity of the pipeline will be 1.28 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) and can be expanded up to 1.52MMTPA.
The project has been planned to connect the bottling plants of BPCL, IOC and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd en route and is primarily aimed at reducing the number of LPG tankers on Kerala roads.
“A vast area between Kochi and Salem will be covered by the project and the shortage of LPG cylinders in the region could be addressed effectively by this. We are hopeful that we could start laying the pipeline by the end of this year, and it will take 10 months to complete the project,” said BPCL sources familiar with the development.
The project is more important now as IOC is planning an integrated LPG import facility and terminal with a capacity of 0.6MMTPA at Puthuvype in Kochi and BPCL-Kochi Refinery is involved in the integrated refinery expansion project, which is envisaged to increase the refining capacity from the present 9.5 to 15.5 MMTPA.
Project Value
INR 1000 Crore /-
Land Acquisition Stage
Multi State
India
Infrastructure
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