Lok Sabha Question No. 8 (STARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Natural Gas Pipeline Infrastructure
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: DUSHYANT SINGH

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 8 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.4.2016 NATURAL GAS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE

## * 8.  SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

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- (a) the  details of the existing design capacity and length of natural gas pipeline infrastructure network in the country, State/UT/project-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to expand design capacity and length of pipeline structure during the 12 th Five Year Plan and if so, the details thereof along with the time by which it is likely to be accomplished and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  there  has  been  a  greater  concentration  of  these  pipeline  networks  in  the  western parts followed by southern and northern parts of the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the measures taken by the Government to balance and improve the Natural Gas Pipeline infrastructure in eastern and north-eastern regions of the country?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज् य मंत्ररी  स् िंत्र प्राार ( श्ररी  धमेन्द र प्रधा

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.

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.8  ASKED  BY  SHRI  DUSHYANT  SINGH,  MP  TO  BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 25, 2016

(a): Over  the  last  30  years,  Natural  gas  pipeline  infrastructure  in  the  country  is  being developed  in  synchronization  with  the  development  of  gas  sources  (domestic  +  Imported LNG) and existing/upcoming projects of major gas consuming sectors i.e. fertilizer, power, LPG  manufacturing,  Refinery,  Petrochemical,  Steel,  other  industrial  units  and  City  Gas Distribution (CGD) sector. At present, Country is having about 15000 Km long Natural Gas pipeline network in operation. The details of existing gas pipelines is at Annexure-I .

(b): Yes  Madam,  Government  has  envisaged  to  develop  another  15000  Km  of  pipeline network  in  order  to  form  a  National  Gas  Grid.  Out  of  this  envisaged  additional  pipeline network, Government/PNGRB has already authorized entities to construct about 13000 Km long pipelines. The details of the approved pipelines which are under implementation along with their schedule of completion is at Annexure-II .

(c)  &  (d):  Yes,  Madam.  It  is  evident  from  the  attached  list  of  existing  gas  pipeline infrastructure that there is a greater concentration of the existing gas pipeline networks in the western parts followed by southern and northern parts of the country. In order to improve the gas pipeline infrastructure across the country, Government has envisaged to develop another 15000  Km  of  pipeline  to  form  a  National  Gas  Grid.  In  the  eastern  part  of  country, Government has authorized GAIL to develop Jagdishpur-Haldia Gas Pipeline (JHPL) project along with Bokaro-Ranchi-Angul-Paradeep section. The construction work on JHPL has been commenced in September 2015 and the phase-I of the project is expected to be completed by 2018-19.  The  Government  has  also  envisaged  to  connect  the  North  eastern  region  of  the country  with  the  pipeline  link  of  JHPL  and  the  same  may  be  taken  up  in  future  after completion of the JHPL project.

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 8 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.4.2016 REGARDING NATURAL GAS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE

| Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines                | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines         |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                      | Name of the Natural Gas Pipeline Network                 | Name of Entity                              | Length (km)                                 | System Capacity (MMSCMD)                    | States covered                                    |
| 1                                           | Hazira-Vijaipur- Jagdishpur -GREP- Dahej-Vijaipur        | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 4222                                        | 53                                          | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh& Rajasthan |
| 2                                           | Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL)- Vijaipur-Dadri (GREP) Upgradation | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 1280                                        | 54                                          | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh& Rajasthan |
| 3                                           | Uran-Trombay                                             | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited     | 24                                          | 6                                           | Maharashtra                                       |
| 4                                           | Dahej-Uran-Panvel- Dhabhol                               | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 815                                         | 19.9                                        | Gujarat, Maharashtra                              |
| 5                                           | Agartala regional network                                | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 55.4                                        | 2                                           | Tripura                                           |
| 6                                           | Dukli-Maharajganj pipeline                               | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 5.2                                         | 0.26                                        | Tripura                                           |
| 7                                           | Mumbai regional network                                  | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 125                                         | 7                                           | Maharashtra                                       |
| 8                                           | Assam regional network                                   | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 8                                           | 2.5                                         | Assam                                             |
| 9                                           | K.G. Basin network                                       | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 878                                         | 16                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                    |
| 10                                          | Gujarat regional network                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 609                                         | 8.31                                        | Gujarat                                           |
| 11                                          | Cauvery Basin network                                    | GAIL(India) Limited                         | 241                                         | 4.33                                        | Tamil Nadu&UT of Puducherry                       |

| 12   | EWPL (Kakinada- Hyderabad-Uran- Ahmedabad)    | Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Limited   | 1460   |      95 | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra& Gujarat               |
|------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13   | GSPL's High Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid network | Gujarat State Petronet Limited                       | 2100   |  31     | Gujarat                                                       |
| 14   | GSPL's Low Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid network  | Gujarat State Petronet Limited                       | 58     |  12     | Gujarat                                                       |
| 15   | Hazira-Ankleshwar                             | Gujarat Gas Company Limited                          | 73     |   5.06  | Gujarat                                                       |
| 16   | Dadri-Panipat                                 | Indian Oil Corporation Limited                       | 132    |   9.5   | Uttar Pradesh& Haryana                                        |
| 17   | AGCL's Assam regional network                 | Assam Gas Company Limited                            | 105    |   2.428 | Assam                                                         |
| 18   | Uran-Taloja                                   | Deepak Fertlizer& Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.          | 42     |   0.7   | Maharashtra                                                   |
| 19   | Dadri-Bawana-Nangal                           | GAIL(India) Limited                                  | 800*   |  31     | Uttar Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab& Uttarakhand ($) |
| 20   | Chhainsa-Jhajjar-Hissar                       | GAIL(India) Limited                                  | 262*   |  35     | Haryana& Rajasthan                                            |
| 21   | Dabhol-Bangalore                              | GAIL(India) Limited                                  | 1004*  |  16     | Maharashtra, Karnataka &Goa                                   |
| 22   | Kochi-Koottanad- Bangalore-Mangalore          | GAIL(India) Limited                                  | 42*    |  16     | Kerala ($)                                                    |
|      |                                               | Total:                                               | 14341  | 427     |                                                               |

* Commissioned length of the pipeline so far
- $ State(s) covered through pipeline so far

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 8 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.4.2016 REGARDING NATURAL GAS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE

The approved gas pipelines which are under implementation

|   S. No. | Name of Pipeline                                                        | Name of Entity                   |   Length (Kms.) | Capacity (MMSCMD)   | Scheduled Completion                          |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Jagdishpur-Haldia                                                       | GAIL (India) Ltd                 |            1847 | 16                  | Dec.2018 (ph-1)                               |
|        2 | Bokaro-Ranchi-Talcher- Paradip                                          | GAIL (India) ltd                 |             550 | 4                   | -                                             |
|        3 | Kochi-Koottanad- Bangalore-Mangalore (Ph-II)                            | GAIL (India) Limited             |            1063 | 16                  | -                                             |
|        4 | Surat Paradip                                                           | GAIL (India) Limited             |            2112 | 74.81               | -                                             |
|        5 | Shahdol - Phulpur                                                       | Reliance Gas Pipelines Limited   |             312 | 3.5                 | Jun-16                                        |
|        6 | Kakinada - Vizag - Srikakulam                                           | AP Gas Distribution Corporation  |             391 | 90                  | Jul-17                                        |
|        7 | Mallavaram - Bhopal - Bhilwara via Vijaipur                             | GSPL India Transco Limited       |            2042 | 76.25               | Dec-17                                        |
|        8 | Mehsana - Bhatinda                                                      | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |            2052 | 77.11               | Dec-17                                        |
|        9 | Bhatinda - Jammu - Srinagar                                             | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |             725 | 42.42               | Dec-17                                        |
|       10 | Ennore - Nellore                                                        | Gas Transmission India Pvt. Ltd. |             430 | 36                  | Dec. 2017                                     |
|       11 | Tie-in connectivity to the proposed Jaigarh LNG Terminal                | H-Energy Gateway Pvt. Ltd.       |              60 | 29                  | 2018                                          |
|       12 | Ennore-Thiruvallur- Bengluru-Puducherry- Nagapatinam-Madurai- Tuticorin | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.      |            1385 | 84.67               | Dec.2018                                      |
|       13 | spur lines of Dadri- Bawana-Nangal                                      | GAIL (India) ltd                 |              86 | -                   | main trunk lines has been                     |
|       14 | spur lines of Chhainsa- Gurgaon-Jhajjar-Hisar                           | GAIL (India) ltd                 |             193 | -                   | commissione d. These spur                     |
|       15 | spur lines of Dabhol- Bangalore                                         | GAIL (India) ltd                 |             410 | -                   | lines will be developed with the readiness of |

|       |       |        | gas customers.   |
|-------|-------|--------|------------------|
| Total | 13658 | 549.76 |                  |