Kandla-Gorakhpur Pipeline | |
Length Km: | 2805[1] |
Construction: | 24 February 2019 |
Discharge: | 3.75 MMTPA (Millions of Metric Tonnes per Annum)[2] |
Diameter In: | 20 |
Type: | LPG |
Country: | India |
State: | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh |
Status: | Under Construction |
Owner: | 50% Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) 25% Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) 25% Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) |
Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG pipeline (KGPL) is an under-construction gas pipeline project in India. It has a total length of [3] stretching from Kandla port in Gujarat to the city of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh via Madhya Pradesh. The project cost is estimated to be 9,000-10,000 crore.[4] [5] [6] It is constructed by IHB Limited, a joint venture company comprising three PSUs in India: the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), the Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL), and the Bharat Petroleum (BPCL). The pipeline connects refineries to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bottling plants.[7]
On 24 February 2019 the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, laid the foundation stone of the pipeline at Gorakhpur.[8]
Total Length: 2,805 km[9] [10]
1,076 km, Madhya Pradesh': 621 km, Uttar Pradesh': 1,108 km[11]
Line Diameter : 20”, 18”, 16”, 14”, 12”, 10”, 8”
Pumping Stations: Kandla, Mithi Rohar, Viramgam, Dahej, Pipavav, Dumad, BPC Bina Refinery, IPS-1 (Ch. 237: Near Indore)
LPG Sources:
LPG Import Terminals: Kandla, Mundra (at Mithi Rohar), Dahej, Pipavav
Refineries: IOCL’s Koyali Refinery(Gujarat Refinery), BPCL’s Bina Refinery
IOCL | Ahmedabad (Sanand), Lucknow, Allahabad, Ujjain, Bhopal, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur | |
BPCL | Ahmedabad (Hariyala), Indore, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bhopal, Jhansi, Allahabad, Gorakhpur | |
HPCL | Gandhinagar, Indore, Unnao, Bhopal, Varanasi, Gorakhpur |