Lok Sabha Question No. 894 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: One Nation One Gas Grid Project
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 894 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  July, 2022 One Nation One Gas Grid Project

894. DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  making  efforts  to  complete  the  project  of  'one  nation  one  gas grid' so as to reduce regional imbalances and promote gas based economy;

(b) if so, the current status, timeline and the details of the project; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल ) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL

## GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (c) With the aim to increase the share of natural gas in the Primary Energy mix, there is  focus  on  developing  the  Natural  Gas  infrastructure  in  the  country  and  to  implement  'One Nation One Gas Grid'. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the body to authorize the development of pipelines and 33,500 km Natural Gas Pipeline network has been authorized across the country. Out of this, 21,715 km Natural Gas Pipelines are operational and a total  of  13,605  km  length  of  pipelines  is  under  various  stages  of  construction.  Expansion  of pipeline infrastructure is a continuous effort based on gas demand assessment of various regions. The  projects  are  being  undertaken  as  per  the  timelines  approved  by  PNGRB.  Details  of  fully operational and under construction common carrier natural gas pipelinesare at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 894 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022 REGARDING ONE NATION ONE GAS GRID PROJECT.

## List of fully operational common carrier natural gas pipelines

|   S.No. | Natural gas pipelines                                                                             | State(s)                                         |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Assam Regional Network                                                                            | Assam                                            |
|       2 | Cauvery basin Network                                                                             | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu                           |
|       3 | Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur-GREP(Gas Rehabilitation and Expansion Project)-Dahej-Vijaipur HVJ/VDPL | Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat |
|       4 | Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL)-Vijaipur-Dadri (GREP) Upgradation DVPL2 &DVPL                               | Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat |
|       5 | Kakinada-Hydrabad-Uran-Ahmedabad (East West Pipeline)                                             | Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana  |
|       6 | Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol                                                                         | Gujarat, Maharashtra                             |
|       7 | KG Basin Network                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry                       |
|       8 | Gujarat Regional Network                                                                          | Gujarat                                          |
|       9 | Agartala Regional Network                                                                         | Tripura                                          |
|      10 | Dadri-Panipat                                                                                     | Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,                  |
|      11 | Mumbai Regional Newtork                                                                           | Maharashtra                                      |
|      12 | Uran-Trombay                                                                                      | Maharashtra                                      |
|      13 | High Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid                                                                    | Gujarat                                          |
|      14 | Hazira-Ankleshwar (HAPi)                                                                          | Gujarat                                          |
|      15 | Low Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid                                                                     | Gujarat                                          |
|      16 | Shahdol-Phulpur                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh                    |
|      17 | Assam Regional Network                                                                            | Assam                                            |
|      18 | Dukli-Maharajganj                                                                                 | Agartala                                         |
|      19 | Uran-Taloja                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                      |
|      20 | Vijaipur-Auraiya-Phulpur spur line                                                                | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh                    |

## Under Construction Common Carrier Natural Gas Pipelines

|   S.No. | Name of Natural Gas Pipelines        | States through which pipelines passes                                                |
|---------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Kakinada-Vizag-Srikakulam            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                       |
|       2 | Ennore-Nellore                       | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu                                                           |
|       3 | Kakinada-Vijayawada-Nellore          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                       |
|       4 | North-East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid | Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh , Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Sikkim |
|       5 | Kanai Chhata-Shrirampur              | West Bengal                                                                          |
|       6 | Srikakulam-Angul                     | Andhra Pradesh, Odisha                                                               |
|       7 | Mumbai-Nagpur-Jharsuguda             | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha                                 |
|       8 | Jamnagar to Dwarka (Gujarat)         | Gujarat                                                                              |

Source: PNGRB