Lok Sabha Question No. 108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Expansion of Gas Pipelines Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2019

Expansion of Gas Pipelines Network

## 108. SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

(a)  the  details  of  the  existing  network  of  gas  pipeline  including  industrial  pipelines  and  its capacity to transport gas/LPG across the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to expand gas grid network/industrial pipelines across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT/company-wise;

(c) the details of investment made by public/private sector companies along with the status of ongoing  projects  including  the  steps  taken  to  expedite  the  execution  of  these  projects, State/UT/project-wise; and

(d)  whether  the  gas  based  industries  have  been  badly  affected  due  to  non-availability  of gas/lack of pipelines network across the country and if so, the details thereof and the action plan prepared in this regard?

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA

## ANSWER PRADHAN)

(a) Details  of  existing  Natural  Gas  Pipeline  and  LPG  pipeline  in  the  country  are  at Annexure-I .

(b)&(c) Details of ongoing/approved Natural Gas Pipeline in the country are at Annexure-II . These  pipelines  have  been  authorized  by  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board (PNGRB) and are at various stages of execution viz. Pre-Project activities/laying etc.  The progress of execution of projects are reviewed at various levels on a regular basis to expedite execution of projects.

(d) Domestic natural gas is allocated as per the prevailing gas allocation policy depending upon  the  availability  and  balance  demand  is  being  met  through  the  import  of  Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). LNG is imported under open general license on the terms and conditions mutually agreed upon between the buyers and sellers.

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4.02.2019 REGARDING EXPANSION OF GAS PIPELINES NETWORK

Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipeline in the country

|   S. No. | Name of the Natural Gas Pipeline                                                                      |   Capacity (MMSCMD) |   Length (Km.) | States from which pipeline passes                  |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur - GREP (Gas Rehabilitation and Expansion Project)- Dahej-Vijaipur HVJ/VDPL |              57     |        4658    | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat  |
|        2 | Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL)- Vijaipur-Dadri (GREP) Upgradation DVPL2 & VDPL                                 |              54     |        1119    | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, |
|        3 | Uran-Trombay                                                                                          |               6     |          24    | Maharashtra                                        |
|        4 | Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol                                                                             |              20     |         875    | Gujarat, Maharashtra                               |
|        5 | Agartala regional network                                                                             |               2     |          61    | Agartala                                           |
|        6 | Mumbai regional network                                                                               |               7     |         129    | Maharashtra                                        |
|        7 | Assam regional network                                                                                |               3     |           8    | Assam                                              |
|        8 | K.G. Basin network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                         |              16     |         881    | Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry                         |
|        9 | Gujarat regional network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                   |              18     |         671    | Gujarat                                            |
|       10 | Cauvery Basin network                                                                                 |               9     |         278    | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu                             |
|       11 | Dukli Maharajganj (Earlier- Agartala)                                                                 |               0.26  |           5.2  | Agartala                                           |
|       12 | Rajasthan regional network                                                                            |               2     |         152    | Rajasthan                                          |
|       13 | EWPL (Kakinada- Hyderabad- Uran-Ahmedabad)                                                            |              80     |        1469    | Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana    |
|       14 | GSPL's Gas Grid network including spur lines                                                          |              43     |        2600    | Gujarat                                            |
|       15 | Hazira-Ankleshwar                                                                                     |               5.06  |          73.2  | Gujarat                                            |
|       16 | Dadri-Panipat                                                                                         |               9.5   |         140    | Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh                     |
|       17 | AGCL's Assam regional network                                                                         |               2.428 |         104.73 | Assam                                              |
|       18 | Dadri-Bawana-Nangal                                                                                   |              31     |         835    | Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi |
|       19 | Chhainsa-Jhajjar-Hissar                                                                               |              35     |         265    | Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab                         |
|       20 | Dabhol-Bangalore                                                                                      |              16     |        1097    | Maharashtra,                                       |

|    |                                       |    |      | Karnataka, Goa                                  |
|----|---------------------------------------|----|------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 21 | Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore- Mangalore* |  6 |   41 | Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, UT of Puducherry |
| 22 | Shadol-Phulpur                        |  5 | 1302 | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh                   |

* Partly Commissioned

## Details of Existing LPG Pipeline in the country

|   S. No. | Name of the LPG Pipeline             |   Capacity (TMT) |   Length (Km.) | States from which pipeline passes                 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Mumbai Uran LPG Pipeline             |              800 |             28 | Maharashtra                                       |
|        2 | Panipat-Jalandhar LPG Pipeline       |              700 |            274 | Haryana, Punjab                                   |
|        3 | Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline |              503 |            157 | Odisha, West Bengal                               |
|        4 | Mangalore-Hasan-Mysore- Solure       |             1940 |            356 | Karnataka                                         |
|        5 | Jamnagar-Loni LPG Pipeline           |             2500 |           1414 | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi |
|        6 | Vizag-Sikanderabad LPG Pipeline      |             1330 |            618 | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana                         |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  AND  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108 TO BE ANSWERED ON  4.02.2019  REGARDING EXPANSION OF GAS PIPELINES NETWORK

Details of ongoing/approved Natural Gas Pipeline in the country

|   S. No. | Name of Pipeline                                                          | Name of Entity                   |   Length (Kms.) | Estimated project cost (Rs. In crore)   | State through which it passes                                                       |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Jagdishpur-Haldia &Bokaro-Dhamra                                          | GAIL                             |            2655 | 12940                                   | 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 | 2915                                    | Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                                    |
|        4 | Bhatinda - Jammu - Srinagar                                               | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |             725 | 1520                                    | Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir                                                             |
|        5 | Mehsana - Bhatinda                                                        | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |            2052 | 6864                                    | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab                                              |
|        6 | Mallavaram - Bhopal - Bhilwara via Vijaipur                               | GSPL India Transco Limited       |            2042 | 8086                                    | Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan  |
|        7 | Kakinada - Vizag - Srikakulam                                             | AP Gas Distribution Corporation  |             391 | 1013                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                      |
|        8 | Nellore-Vizag- Kakinada                                                   | IMC Ltd                          |             525 | --                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                      |
|        9 | Ennore - Nellore                                                          | Gas Transmission India Pvt. Ltd. |             430 | 730                                     | Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu                                                       |
|       10 | Ennore- Thiruvallur- Bengluru- Puducherry- Nagapatinam- Madurai-Tuticorin | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.      |            1385 | 4497                                    | Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                                            |
|       11 | Jaigarh-Mangalore                                                         | H-Energy Pvt. Ltd.               |             749 | 2389                                    | Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka                                                      |
|       12 | North East Region (NER) Gas Grid                                          | Indradhanush Gas Grid Ltd.       |            1656 | 9280                                    | Assam, Sikkim, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya |