Lok Sabha Question No. 1081 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Gas Pipeline Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1081 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## Gas Pipeline Network

## 1081.   SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

(a) whether the GAIL has allowed third party access to its natural gas pipeline network and if so, the details thereof along with its terms and conditions;

(b) the details of the existing network of gas pipeline including industrial pipelines and its capacity to transport gas/LPG across the country;

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

(d) 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

(e)  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 for the purpose?

## ANSWER

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

(a) GAIL is providing third party access to its natural gas pipeline network. Any interested third-party  entity  can  avail  such  capacity  through  GAIL's  Open  Access  portal  on  a  nondiscriminatory first-come-first-served basis which can be booked online on www.gailonline.com  wherein  the  standard  Gas  Transmission  Agreement  (GTA)  and standard Capacity Tranche (CT) Agreement are available.

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

(c) & (d)   Details of ongoing/approved Natural Gas Pipeline in the country are at AnnexureII.  These pipelines have been authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)  and  are  at  various  stage  of  execution  viz.  Pre-Project  activities/laying  etc. Government has taken following steps to expedite the execution of the projects:

- 1 Constant engagement of all important stakeholders
- 2 Project monitoring and expediting mechanism being followed is as below:
-  Physical and financial progress monitoring on monthly basis based on milestones
-  Regular monthly review at Ministry level
- 3 Regular  expediting  and  monitoring  at  Ministry  level  through  PMO  Report,  eSamiksha, Pragati and PMG review meetings.
- 4 Assistance being taken  from Central Government/Departments, State  Government, etc.

(e) 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) which is imported under open general license on the terms and conditions mutually agreed upon between the buyers and sellers.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1081  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  17.12.2018  REGARDING  GAS PIPELINE NETWORK

## Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipeline in the country

|   S. No. | Name of the Natural Gas Pipeline                                                                    |   Capacity (MMSCMD) |   Length (Km.) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur -GREP (Gas Rehabilitation and Expansion Project)-Dahej-Vijaipur HVJ/VDPL |              57     |        4658    |
|        2 | Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL)-Vijaipur- Dadri (GREP) Upgradation DVPL2 &VDPL                                |              54     |        1119    |
|        3 | Uran-Trombay                                                                                        |               6     |          24    |
|        4 | Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol                                                                           |              20     |         875    |
|        5 | Agartala regional network                                                                           |               2     |          61    |
|        6 | Mumbai regional network                                                                             |               7     |         129    |
|        7 | Assam regional network                                                                              |               3     |           8    |
|        8 | K.G. Basin network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                       |              16     |         881    |
|        9 | Gujarat regional network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                 |              18     |         671    |
|       10 | Cauvery Basin network                                                                               |               9     |         278    |
|       11 | Dukli Maharajganj (Earlier-Agartala)                                                                |               0.26  |           5.2  |
|       12 | Rajasthan regional network                                                                          |               2     |         152    |
|       13 | EWPL (Kakinada-Hyderabad- Uran-Ahmedabad)                                                           |              80     |        1469    |
|       14 | GSPL's Gas Grid network including spur lines                                                        |              43     |        2600    |
|       15 | Hazira-Ankleshwar                                                                                   |               5.06  |          73.2  |
|       16 | Dadri-Panipat                                                                                       |               9.5   |         140    |
|       17 | AGCL's Assam regional network                                                                       |               2.428 |         104.73 |
|       18 | Dadri-Bawana-Nangal                                                                                 |              31     |         835    |
|       19 | Chhainsa-Jhajjar-Hissar                                                                             |              35     |         265    |
|       20 | Dabhol-Bangalore                                                                                    |              16     |        1097    |
|       21 | Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore- Mangalore*                                                               |               6     |          41    |
|       22 | Shadol-Phulpur                                                                                      |               5     |        1302    |

## Details of Existing LPG Pipeline in the country

|   S. No. | Name of the LPG Pipeline             |   Capacity (TMT) |   Length (Km.) |
|----------|--------------------------------------|------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Mumbai Uran LPG Pipeline             |              800 |             28 |
|        2 | Panipat-Jalandhar LPG Pipeline       |              700 |            274 |
|        3 | Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline |              503 |            157 |
|        4 | Mangalore-Hasan-Mysore-Solure        |             1940 |            356 |
|        5 | Jamnagar-Loni LPG Pipeline           |             2500 |           1414 |
|        6 | Vizag-Sikanderabad LPG Pipeline      |             1330 |            618 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1081  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  17.12.2018  REGARDING  GAS  PIPELINE NETWORK

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

|   S. No. | Name of Pipeline                                                          | Name of Entity                   |   Length (Kms.) | 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 |