State gas utility GAIL (India) has laid a dedicated pipeline to supply natural gas to HPCL Mittal Energy (HMEL) Bathinda refinery in Punjab. It looks to take the environment-friendly fuel to all corners of the country.
The gas receiving station for the pipeline was inaugurated by Sh. Prabh Das, Managing Director and CEO, HMEL in the presence of Sh. Manoj Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL; Smt. Vartika Shukla, Chairman and Managing Director, Engineers India Ltd and Sh. Deepak Gupta, Director (Projects), GAIL, it said.
The dedicated pipeline, which will supply 1 million standard cubic meters per day of gas to HMEL, has been laid at a cost of ₹142 crore. The 44.26 km pipeline of 12 inch diameter (total capacity – 5 mmscmd) is a spur line of the 500 km Dadri-Bawana-Nangal Pipeline (DBNPL). The natural gas supply tap off is taken from GAIL receiving terminal at NFL, Bathinda, according to a statement.
GAIL is India’s largest natural gas transporting and marketing firm. This is a step towards making natural gas available to large customers, the company said in a statement. The pipeline will boost the supply of natural gas in the region, resulting in increased supply for domestic households, vehicles, commercial and industrial establishments.
The DBNPL is a part of the national gas grid and runs from Dadri (Uttar Pradesh) through Yamunanagar (Haryana) to Nangal (Punjab), to meet energy demand of these northern states. It already supplies gas to various industrial customers and city gas networks in places like Ghaziabad, Bawana, Saharanpur, Yamunanagar and Mandi Gobindgarh, Nangal, Ludhiana, NFL Bhatinda and CGS Ludhiana.
