Lok Sabha Question No. 261 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Oil Pipeline Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 261

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016

## Oil Pipeline Network

*261. SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राकर्तिक गैस मंत्री Will the Minister of  PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  details  of  crude  oil,  petroleum  products  and  gas  pipeline  network  set  up/ operated by oil PSUs along with investment made thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  Oil  Pipeline  Network  Board  to maintain  pipeline  infrastructure  of  Oil  PSUs  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated/proposes to formulate any action plan to  meet  the  network  of  pipeline  infrastructure  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  integrate  Oil  PSUs  in  laying  pipeline infrastructure and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज ् य मंत्री ( स ् विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन ् द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.261  BY  SHRI  PONGULETI  SRINIVASA REDDY  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  05.12.2016  REGARDING  'OIL  PIPELINE NETWORK'.

- (a):   The present network has 40,184 km of operational cross-country pipelines as per the details given below:-

| Products   | LPG   | Crude Oil   | Gas    | Total   |
|------------|-------|-------------|--------|---------|
| 12,660     | 2,340 | 9,974       | 15,210 | 40,184  |

Out of the present network, 39724 kms are being operated by Oil and Gas PSUs. Details are at Annexure-I.

The investment in these pipeline projects is more than Rs.80,000 crore.

- (b):  Oil  PSUs  submit  expression  of  interest  to  the  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas Regulatory  Board  to  lay,  build  and  operate  petroleum  product  pipeline  projects. There  is  no  proposal  to  establish  Oil  Pipeline  Network  Board  to  maintain  Pipeline Infrastructure of Oil PSUs in the country.
- (c):  The  Oil  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  have  formulated  a  mechanism  for optimization  of  cross  country  Petroleum  Product  Pipeline  Projects  taking  into consideration  the  low  cost  of  transportation  and  other  inherent  advantages  of pipelines compared  to other modes  of transportation covering the requisite investment  with  cost  benefit  analysis  and  potential  generation  of  employment thereof.
- (d):  Prospective  pipelines  are  planned  on  the  basis  of  future  demand  centers  and refinery  expansion  projects  of  Oil  PSUs  and  a  mechanism  has  been  evolved  for development  of  pipeline  infrastructure  projects  amongst  the  Oil  PSUs,  as  per  the following details:-

|   S. No. | Details of projects in pipeline   |   No. of Pipelines |   Length (Km) |   Capacity (MMTPA) |
|----------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Joint Investment Model            |                 14 |          9070 |               36.2 |
|        2 | Product exchange basis            |                  9 |          2869 |               23.1 |
|        3 | Standalone basis                  |                 10 |          2941 |               21.2 |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.261 BY SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016 REGARDING 'OIL PIPELINE NETWORK'.

## Existing Pipelines - Industry (Crude Oil & Petroleum Product Pipelines)

|   S.No. | Name of the Pipeline      | Name of the Entity   | Service   |   Length (KM) | Capacity (MMTPA)   |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Barauni-Kanpur            | IOCL                 | Product   |           745 | 3.5                |
|       2 | Guwahati-Siliguri         | IOCL                 | Product   |           435 | 1.4                |
|       3 | Haldia-Barauni            | IOCL                 | Product   |           526 | 1.25               |
|       4 | Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbandh | IOCL                 | Product   |           277 | 1.35               |
|       5 | Koyali-Ahmedabad          | IOCL                 | Product   |           116 | 1.1                |
|       6 | Koyali-Ratlam             | IOCL                 | Product   |           265 | 2                  |
|       7 | Koyali-Dahej              | IOCL                 | Product   |           197 | 2.6                |
|       8 | Koyali-Sanganer           | IOCL                 | Product   |          1288 | 4.6                |
|       9 | Panipat-Ambala-Jalandhar  | IOCL                 | Product   |           434 | 3.5                |
|      10 | Panipat-Delhi             | IOCL                 | Product   |           189 | 3                  |
|      11 | Panipat-Bhatinda          | IOCL                 | Product   |           219 | 1.5                |
|      12 | Panipat-Rewari            | IOCL                 | Product   |           155 | 2.1                |
|      13 | Bijwasan-Panipat          | IOCL                 | Product   |           111 | 3.7                |
|      14 | Mathura-Delhi             | IOCL                 | Product   |           147 |                    |
|      15 | Mathura- Tundla           | IOCL                 | Product   |            56 |                    |
|      16 | Mathura- Bharatpur        | IOCL                 | Product   |            21 | 1.2                |
|      17 | Chennai-Trichy-Madurai    | IOCL                 | Product   |           683 | 2.3                |
|      18 | Chennai-ATF               | IOCL                 | Product   |            95 | 0.18               |
|      19 | Chennai-Bangalore         | IOCL                 | Product   |           290 | 2.45               |
|      20 | Digboi- Tinsukia          | IOCL                 | Product   |            75 | 1                  |
|      21 | Devanagonthi -Devanahalli | IOCL                 | Product   |            36 | 0.66               |
|      22 | Paradip-Raipur-Ranchi     | IOCL                 | Product   |           105 | 5                  |
|      23 | Mumbai-Manmad-Bijwasan    | BPCL                 | Product   |          1389 | 6.0                |
|      24 | Bina-Kota                 | BPCL                 | Product   |           259 | 4.4                |
|      25 | ATF-MR-Santacruz          | BPCL                 | Product   |            15 | 1.44               |
|      26 | ATF-KR-Kochi Airport      | BPCL                 | Product   |            34 | 0.6                |
|      27 | Kota-Jobner               | BPCL                 | Product   |           211 | -                  |
|      28 | JV-Petronet-CCK           | BPCL                 | Product   |           293 | 3.3                |
|      29 | Mumbai-Pune               | HPCL                 | Product   |           508 | 5.3                |
|      30 | Vizag-Vijayawad-Sec'bad   | HPCL                 | Product   |           572 | 5.38               |

| S.No.   | Name of the Pipeline            | Name of the Entity   | Service         |   Length (KM) | Capacity (MMTPA)   |
|---------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
| 31      | Mundra-Delhi                    | HPCL                 | Product         |        1054   | 5                  |
| 32      | Ramanmandi-Bahadurgarh          | HPCL                 | Product         |         243   | 4.71               |
| 33      | Ramanmandi-Bhatinda             | HPCL                 | Product         |          30   | 1.13               |
| 34      | Awa-Salawas                     | HPCL                 | Product         |          93   | -                  |
| 35      | Bahadurgarh-Tikrikalan          | HPCL                 | Product         |          14   | -                  |
| 36      | HPFR-Mumbai Airport ATF         | HPCL                 | Product         |          20   | 1.8                |
| 37      | JV-Petronet-MHBL                | HPCL                 | Product         |         364   | 2.14               |
| 38      | Rewari-Kanpur                   | HPCL                 | Product         |         442   | -                  |
| 39      | Numaligarh-Siliguri             | OIL                  | Product         |         654   | 1.72               |
|         | Total (Product)                 | Total (Product)      | Total (Product) |       12660   | 87.31              |
| 1       | Panipat-Jalandhar               | IOCL                 | LPG             |         274   | 0.7                |
| 2       | Mumbai-Uran                     | BPCL                 | LPG             |          28   | 0.8                |
| 3       | Jamnagar-Loni                   | GAIL                 | LPG             |        1420   | 2.5                |
| 4       | Vizag-V'Wada-Sec'bad            | GAIL                 | LPG             |         618   | 1.33               |
|         | Total (LPG)                     | Total (LPG)          | Total (LPG)     |        2340   | 5.33               |
| 1       | Salaya-Mathura                  | IOCL                 | Crude           |        2384   | 25                 |
| 2       | Mundra-Panipat                  | IOCL                 | Crude           |        1194   | 8.4                |
| 3       | Paradip -Haldia-Barauni         | IOCL                 | Crude           |        1447   | 11                 |
| 4       | Vadinar-Bina                    | BPCL                 | Crude           |         937   | 6                  |
| 5       | Mundra-Bhatinda                 | HPCL                 | Crude           |        1017   | 9                  |
| 6       | Navagam-Koyali                  | ONGC                 | Crude           |          78.4 | 5.40               |
| 7       | ANK-Koyali CTF                  | ONGC                 | Crude           |          94.8 | 2.20               |
| 8       | Geleki-Jorhat                   | ONGC                 | Crude           |          48.5 | 1.50               |
| 9       | Mehsana-Navagam                 | ONGC                 | Crude           |          77   | 2.27               |
| 10      | Lakwa-Moran                     | ONGC                 | Crude           |          17.5 | 1.50               |
| 11      | Narimanam CTF-CPCL              | ONGC                 | Crude           |           5.3 | 0.74               |
| 12      | Kalol-Nawagam CTF               | ONGC                 | Crude           |          62.5 | 3.14               |
| 13      | Navagam-Koyali                  | ONGC                 | Crude           |          78.4 | 3.30               |
| 14      | Gandhar to Saraswani T-Point    | ONGC                 | Crude           |          56.7 | 1.81               |
| 15      | Akholijuni to Laxmipura T-Point | ONGC                 | Crude           |          65.1 | 0.48               |
| 16      | Borholla-Jorhat                 | ONGC                 | Crude           |          42.8 | 0.60               |
| 17      | Kesnapalli to Tatipaka          | ONGC                 | Crude           |          13.5 | 0.08               |
| 18      | Gopavaram - to S.Yanam          | ONGC                 | Crude           |           3.5 | 0.09               |

| S.No.         | Name of the Pipeline   | Name of the Entity   | Service       |   Length (KM) |   Capacity (MMTPA) |
|---------------|------------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
| 19            | Mumbai High-Uran-Trunk | ONGC                 | Crude         |           204 |              15.63 |
| 20            | Heera-Uran-Trunk       | ONGC                 | Crude         |            81 |              11.5  |
| 21            | Bombay-Uran Trunk      | ONGC                 | Crude         |           203 |               6.38 |
| 22            | Dulliajan--Barauni     | OIL                  | Crude         |          1193 |               8.4  |
| 23            | CAIRN-Mangla-Bhogat    | CAIRN                | Crude         |           670 |               8.71 |
| Total (Crude) | Total (Crude)          | Total (Crude)        | Total (Crude) |          9974 |             133.13 |

| Operating Natural Gas Pipelines in India   | Operating Natural Gas Pipelines in India                                                        | Operating Natural Gas Pipelines in India   | Operating Natural Gas Pipelines in India   | Operating Natural Gas Pipelines in India   |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                      | Name of the Pipeline                                                                            | Name of Entity                             | Length (Km)                                | Capacity (MMSCMD)                          |
| 1                                          | Assam regional network                                                                          | GAIL                                       | 7.8                                        | 2.500                                      |
| 2                                          | Cauvery Basin network                                                                           | GAIL                                       | 240.3                                      | 4.330                                      |
| 3                                          | Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur -(Gas Rehabilitation and Expansion Project)- Dahej-Vijaipur HVJ/VDPL | GAIL                                       | 4222.0                                     | 57.300                                     |
| 4                                          | Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol                                                                       | GAIL                                       | 815.0                                      | 19.900                                     |
| 5                                          | K.G. Basin network                                                                              | GAIL                                       | 877.9                                      | 16.000                                     |
| 6                                          | Gujarat regional network                                                                        | GAIL                                       | 608.8                                      | 8.310                                      |
| 7                                          | Agartala regional network                                                                       | GAIL                                       | 55.4                                       | 2.000                                      |
| 8                                          | Chhainsa-Jhajjar-Hissar                                                                         | GAIL                                       | 455.0                                      | 35.000                                     |
| 9                                          | Dahej-Vijaipur-Dadri Upgradation                                                                | GAIL                                       | 1280.0                                     | 54.000                                     |
| 10                                         | Dadri-Bawana-Nangal                                                                             | GAIL                                       | 886.0                                      | 31.000                                     |
| 11                                         | Mumbai regional network                                                                         | GAIL                                       | 128.7                                      | 7.000                                      |
| 12                                         | Kochi--Bangalore-Mangalore                                                                      | GAIL                                       | 73.9                                       | 16.000                                     |
| 13                                         | Dabhol-Bangalore                                                                                | GAIL                                       | 1414.0                                     | 16.000                                     |
| 14                                         | Dukli Maharajganj                                                                               | GAIL                                       | 5.2                                        | 0.260                                      |
| 15                                         | Uran-Trombay                                                                                    | ONGC                                       | 24.0                                       | 6.000                                      |
| 16                                         | EWPL (Kakinada-Hyderabad -Uran - Ahmedabad)                                                     | RGTTIL                                     | 1460.0                                     | 95.000                                     |
| 17                                         | High Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid                                                                  | GSPL                                       | 2239.0                                     | 31.000                                     |
| 18                                         | Low Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid                                                                   | GSPL                                       | 57.6                                       | 12.000                                     |
| 19                                         | Hazira-Ankleshwar                                                                               | Gujarat Gas Company Ltd.                   | 73.2                                       | 5.060                                      |
| 20                                         | Dadri-Panipat                                                                                   | Indian Oil                                 | 140.0                                      | 9.500                                      |
| 21                                         | Assam regional network                                                                          | Assam Gas Company Ltd.                     | 104.7                                      | 2.428                                      |
| 22                                         | Uran-Taloja                                                                                     | Deepak Fertlizer & Petrochemicals Corp.    | 42.0                                       | 0.700                                      |
| Total                                      | Total                                                                                           | Total                                      | 15210                                      | 431.288                                    |

Source: Indian Oil Corporation Limited on industry basis