Gail (India) will extend the Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur pipeline to Haldia for transporting LNG imported from Iran. The LNG will be regasified at the terminals on the western coast and fed into the pipeline.
The supply of LNG is now assured following an agreement signed recently with Iran during petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's recent visit to Tehran.
BS Negi, Gail's director of business development, said that the company has surveyed the requirements of industrial units on the proposed route of the pipeline, and the company has confirmed that there is a sufficient demand for the gas. "The first phase of the pipeline has begun on the Jagdishpur-Allahabad stretch, and tenders have been invited for the supply of pipes," he said. The Jagdishpur-Allahabad pipeline will supply gas to the Iffco fertilizer plant near Allahabad, and will later be extended to supply gas to plants in Durgapur and Rourkela, and Tata Steel in Jamshedpur. Eventually, the pipeline will reach Haldia. Negi said steel companies have already indicated that they would buy the gas.
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