Lok Sabha Question No. 144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Expansion of Gas Pipeline Project
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 144

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 EXPANSION OF GAS PIPELINE PROJECT

## 144.      SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

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- (a)  the  details  of  the  existing  network  of  gas  pipelines  including  industrial  pipelines  and  its capacity to transport gas/LPG across the country;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to expand gas grid network/industrial pipelines across the country including Jagdishpur-Haldiya gas pipeline, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof and investment made by public/private sector companies, the Status of  ongoing  projects  including  the  steps  taken  to  expedite  the  execution  of  the  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 for the purpose?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम औरप्राक ृ लिकगैसमंत्रािय मेंराज् य मंत्ररी(स् िंत्र प्राार

सश्ररी(धमेन्द रप्रधा

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a):  The  details  of  existing  network  of  gas  pipelines  including  industrial  pipelines  and  its capacities to transport gas/LPG across the country is given at Annexure-I .
- (b)  &  (c):  At  present,  the  country  is  having  about  15,000  kms  of  natural  gas  pipeline infrastructure and an additional 15,000 kms of pipeline is required for completion of National Gas  Grid.  Out  of  this  additional  15,000  kms,  PNGRB/Government  of  India  has  authorized entities  for  laying  of  about  11,900  kms  of  pipelines  and  1175  kms of pipeline is  pending for award  due  to  court  case  pending  before  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  in  respect  of  Ennore-

Bengaluru-Puducherry-Nagapattinam-Madurai-Tuticorin natural gas pipeline. Further, in order to  complete  the  national  gas  grid,  Ministry  has  identified  3  pipeline  sections  having  a  total length  of  about  2500  kms  for  development  through  PPP  mode  with  Viability  Gap  Funding Scheme  of  Ministry  of  Finance  through  Indian  Infrastructure  Project  Development  Fund (IIPDF). GAIL has been appointed as the 'Sponsoring Authority' for development of RanchiTalcher-Paradip pipeline as a pilot project under PPP mode with Viability Gap Funding. The detailed status of ongoing gas pipeline projects is given at Annexure-II .

(d):   The actual gas demand is price sensitive and total gas consumption during 2014-15 was 116.78  MMSCMD  (73.93  MMSCMD  domestic  and  42.85  MMSCMD  R-LNG).  Further,  in order to enhance availability of natural gas in the country, Government has taken several steps which inter alia include the following:

- i. Intensification  of  domestic  Exploration  &  Production  (E&P)  activities  through  New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) rounds;
- ii. Shale Gas Policy framework;
- iii. Research and development of Gas Hydrate resources in the country;
- iv. Import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from various countries;
- v. Transnational pipelines viz., Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline and Iran-Pakistan-India(IPI) pipeline;
- vi. Clearance for exploration and development of some NELP blocks where the same was held up by various agencies; and
- vii. Exploration in the Mining Lease Area has been allowed with certain conditions.
- viii. Acquisition of Overseas Oil and Gas assets is being pursued in order to enhance energy security for the country.

Apart from above the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), in its meeting dated 25.03.2015  and  31.03.2015  has  approved  the  policy  to  revive  and  improve  utilization  of  the stranded  gas  based  power  generation  capacity  and  pooling  of  gas  in  fertilizer  (urea)  Sectors. The former has made R-LNG based power generation commercially viable for idle/ stranded gas based power plants.

The  pooling  of  gas  in  fertilizer  sector  has  enabled  fertilizer  plants  to  increase  production  of urea.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 144  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  30.11.2015  REGARDING  EXPANSION  OF  GAS  PIPELINE PROJECT

| Details of Existing Pipelines supplying Natural Gas to Industries and others   | Details of Existing Pipelines supplying Natural Gas to Industries and others                        | Details of Existing Pipelines supplying Natural Gas to Industries and others   | Details of Existing Pipelines supplying Natural Gas to Industries and others   | Details of Existing Pipelines supplying Natural Gas to Industries and others   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                         | Name of the Natural Gas Pipeline                                                                    | Name of Entity                                                                 | Capacity (MMSCMD)                                                              | Length (Km.)                                                                   |
| 1                                                                              | Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur -GREP (Gas Rehabilitation and Expansion Project)-Dahej-Vijaipur HVJ/VDPL | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 57.3                                                                           | 4658.5                                                                         |
| 2                                                                              | Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL)-Vijaipur-Dadri (GREP) Upgradation DVPL2 & VDPL                                | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 54                                                                             | 1118.73                                                                        |
| 3                                                                              | Uran-Trombay                                                                                        | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited                                        | 6                                                                              | 24                                                                             |
| 4                                                                              | Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol                                                                           | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 19.9                                                                           | 875                                                                            |
| 5                                                                              | Agartala regional network                                                                           | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 2                                                                              | 55.4                                                                           |
| 6                                                                              | Mumbai regional network                                                                             | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 7                                                                              | 128.68                                                                         |
| 7                                                                              | Assam regional network                                                                              | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 2.5                                                                            | 7.83                                                                           |
| 8                                                                              | K.G. Basin network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                       | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 16                                                                             | 877.86                                                                         |
| 9                                                                              | Gujarat regional network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 8.31                                                                           | 608.82                                                                         |
| 10                                                                             | Cauvery Basin network                                                                               | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 4.33                                                                           | 278.15                                                                         |
| 11                                                                             | DukliMaharajganj (Earlier-Agartala)                                                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 0.26                                                                           | 5.2                                                                            |
| 12                                                                             | EWPL (Kakinada-Hyderabad- Uran-Ahmedabad)                                                           | Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Limited                             | 95                                                                             | 1480                                                                           |
| 13                                                                             | GSPL's High Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid network                                                       | Gujarat State Petronet Limited                                                 | 31                                                                             | 2120.62                                                                        |
| 14                                                                             | GSPL's Low Pressure Gujarat Gas Grid network                                                        | Gujarat State Petronet Limited                                                 | 12                                                                             | 70.1                                                                           |
| 15                                                                             | Hazira-Ankleshwar                                                                                   | Gujarat Gas Company Limited                                                    | 5.06                                                                           | 73.2                                                                           |
| 16                                                                             | Dadri-Panipat                                                                                       | Indian Oil Corporation Limited                                                 | 9.5                                                                            | 140.413                                                                        |
| 17                                                                             | AGCL's Assam regional network                                                                       | Assam Gas Company Limited (3 pipeline sections)                                | 2.428                                                                          | 104.73                                                                         |

| 18                    | Uran-Taloja                           | Deepak Fertlizer& Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.   |     0.7 |        42 |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------|-----------|
| 19                    | Dadri-Bawana-Nangal*                  | GAIL(India) Limited                           |  31     |   810.427 |
| 20                    | Chhainsa-Jhajjar-Hissar*              | GAIL(India) Limited                           |  35     |   265.02  |
| 21                    | Dabhol-Bangalore*                     | GAIL(India) Limited                           |  16     |  1004.14  |
| 22                    | Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore- Mangalore* | GAIL(India) Limited                           |  16     |    41     |
| * Partly Commissioned | * Partly Commissioned                 | * Partly Commissioned                         | 431.288 | 14789.8   |

(Source: PNGRB)

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 144 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 REGARDING EXPANSION OF GAS PIPELINE PROJECT

## Details of Proposed Natural Gas Pipelines Projects under Gas Grid network

|   S. No. | Name of the Natural Gas Pipeline        | Name of Entity                          |   Length (KM) | Projected Capex (Rs. in Crore)   | Committed Expenditure (Rs. in Crore)   | Present Status                                                                                               |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | JagdishpurHaldia Pipeline               | GAIL (India) Limited                    |          1847 | 11,000                           | 13.5                                   | Phase-I of the Project of about 755 Km is under development. Project is expected to be completed by 2018-19. |
|        2 | ShahdolPhulpur Pipeline                 | Reliance Gas Pipelines Limited          |           312 | 1302                             | 925                                    | As per schedule. Expected by 2016.                                                                           |
|        3 | Kakinada VizagSrikakulam                | AP Gas Distribution Corporation         |           391 | 1016                             | 472 (for Phase-1)                      | As per schedule Expected by 2017.                                                                            |
|        4 | Mallavaram Bhopal Bhilwara via Vijaipur | GSPL India Transco Limited              |          2042 | 7255                             | 144                                    | Survey & DFR work completed.100% RoU notification for mainline (1881 Kms). Expected by end of 2017           |
|        5 | MehsanaBhatinda                         | GSPL India Gasnet Limited               |          2052 | 6864*                            | 187                                    | Survey & DFR work completed.RoU notification completed in state of Gujarat,                                  |
|        6 | Bhatinda Jammu Srinagar                 | GSPL India Gasnet Limited               |           725 | 1520*                            | 187                                    | Rajasthan and Punjab. Work in other State in progress. Expected by 2017.                                     |
|        7 | SuratParadip                            | GAIL (India) Limited                    |          2112 | 10281                            | 1.52                                   | Project is Expected by 2019-20 in synchronization with gas sources development.                              |
|        8 | Ennore Nellore                          | KEI-RSOS Petroleum and Energy Pvt. Ltd. |           430 | 625                              | 12                                     | As per schedule. Expected by 2017.                                                                           |
|        9 | Ennore-Bengaluru- Puducherry-           | -                                       |          1175 | -                                | -                                      | Process of granting Authorization is on hold                                                                 |

|    | Nagapattinam- Madurai-Tuticorin       |                                          |          |      |     | due to a legal case.                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|----|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------|------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10 | Ranchi-Talcher- Paradip               | To be developed under VGF Scheme in PPP. | 520      | -    | -   | MoP&NG has appointed GAIL as the Sponsoring Authority to implement the project under PPP mode.                                                                                                                               |
| 11 | Barauni-Guwahati- Agartala            | To be developed under VGF Scheme in PPP. | ~1300    | -    | -   | Subject to success of Pilot project (Ranchi- Talcher-Paradip pipeline), these pipelines will be considered in                                                                                                                |
| 12 | Haldia- Paradip/Srikakulam            | To be developed under VGF Scheme in PPP. | ~500/700 | -    | -   | Subject to success of Pilot project (Ranchi- Talcher-Paradip pipeline), these pipelines will be considered in                                                                                                                |
| 13 | Kochi-Koottanad- Bangalore- Mangalore | GAIL                                     | 1062     | 2915 | -   | PPP. Phase-I of project commissioned. Phase-II construction work is on hold due to RoU issues. Work in the State of Kerala has resumed. Matter for RoU in the State of Tamilnadu is sub-judice before Hon'ble Supreme Court. |
| 14 | Spurline of Dadri- Bawana-Nangal      | GAIL (India) Limited                     | 100      | -    | - - | Trunk line has been Commissioned.Spurlines are under-construction in synchronization with customer readiness. .                                                                                                              |
| 15 | Spurlines of Chhainsa-Jhajjar- Hissar | GAIL (India) Limited                     | 193      | -    |     | Trunk line has been Commissioned.Spurlines are under-construction in synchronization with customer readiness. .                                                                                                              |
| 16 | Spurlines of Dabhol-Bangalore         | GAIL (India) Limited                     | 410      | -    | -   | Trunk line has been Commissioned.Spurlines are under-construction in synchronization with customer readiness. .                                                                                                              |

Note: *as per bid submitted to PNGRB.

Details of Existing LPG Pipelines

| S.N.   | Name of LPG Pipeline       | Entity   |   Capacity (MMTPA) |   Length (KM) |
|--------|----------------------------|----------|--------------------|---------------|
| 1      | Panipat-Jalandhar LPG P/L  | IOCL     |               0.7  |           274 |
| 2      | Jamnagar-Loni LPG Pipeline | GAIL     |               2.5  |          1415 |
| 3      | Vizag-Secunderabad LPG P/L | GAIL     |               0.74 |           623 |
| TOTAL: | TOTAL:                     | TOTAL:   |               3.94 |          2312 |

(Source: PNGRB)