Lok Sabha Question No. 910 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Gas Pipeline Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Adhikari Dibyendu

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 910

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Gas Pipeline Network

## 910. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  accepted  the  proposal  contained  in  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) Act, 2006 to provide all entities to lay pipelines including GAIL for open access of the country's gas pipeline infrastructure and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  present  status  of  existing  gas  pipeline  network  for  transporting  gas/  crude  supply  in  the country along with the details of on-going expansion of new gas pipeline network, project-wise; and
- (c) the reasons behind splitting State-run gas utility organisation GAIL?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) The Government has established Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)  under  the  PNGRB  Act,  2006  in  the  year  2007  which  is  the authority to grant authorization to the entities to lay, build, operate or expand gas pipeline as  common  carrier  or  contract  carrier  in  the  country.  PNGRB  has  defined  the  eligibility criteria for the entities including GAIL to lay pipelines as common carrier or contract carrier under the  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board (PNGRB) (Authorizing  Entities  to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand Natural Gas Pipelines) Regulations, 2008.
- (b) At present, approximately 15800 km of trunk Natural Gas Pipeline and 10400 km of Crude Oil pipeline are passing through various States/UTs in the country. Details of on-going gas pipeline network is at Annexure-I.
- (c)    The  policy  of  the  Government  notified  in  year  2006  regarding  development  of  Natural  Gas Pipeline and City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks has envisaged that in the long run and with the maturing of Gas market, the authorized entity will have transportation of natural gas as their sole business activity and will not have any business interest in the gas marketing in the CGD networks.

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b)  OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  910  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  23.07.2018  REGARDING  GAS PIPELINE NETWORK

## Details of ongoing/approved Natural Gas Pipeline in the country

| S. No.   | Name of Pipeline                                                          | Name of Entity                   |   Length (Kms.) | State through which it passes                                                      |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Jagdishpur-Haldia& Bokaro-Dhamra                                          | GAIL                             |            2655 | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha                            |
| 2        | Barauni - Guwahati                                                        | GAIL                             |             750 | Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim &Assam                                                  |
| 3        | Kochi-Koottanad- Bangalore- Mangalore(Ph-II)                              | GAIL (India) Limited             |             879 | Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                                   |
| 4        | Bhatinda - Jammu - Srinagar                                               | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |             725 | Punjab, Jammu& Kashmir                                                             |
| 5        | Mehsana - Bhatinda                                                        | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |            2052 | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab                                             |
| 6        | Mallavaram - Bhopal - Bhilwara via Vijaipur                               | GSPL India Transco Limited       |            2042 | Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan |
| 7        | Kakinada - Vizag - Srikakulam                                             | AP Gas Distribution Corporation  |             391 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     |
| 8        | Nellore-Vizag- Kakinada                                                   | IMC Ltd                          |             525 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     |
| 9        | Ennore - Nellore                                                          | Gas Transmission India Pvt. Ltd. |             430 | Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu                                                      |
| 10       | Ennore-Thiruvallur- Bengaluru- Puducherry- Nagapatinam- Madurai-Tuticorin | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.      |            1385 | Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                                           |
| 11       | Jaigarh-Mangalore                                                         | H-Energy Pvt. Ltd.               |             749 | Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka                                                     |
| Total    | Total                                                                     | Total                            |           12583 |                                                                                    |