The corporation expects to award the work next month with a completion schedule in May, 2005, which includes installation, hook-up, and commissioning of the pipeline. The existing pipeline was installed in 1978 by Brown & Root International Ltd. According to an ONGC spokesperson, “These lines have to be replaced within their designed life of 25 years and, accordingly, are now due for replacement.” The tender from ONGC includes 100-km long 30-in diameter oil and 28-in gas pipeline systems, along with about 100 km of feeder lines of different sizes connecting the various Bombay High offshore installations with the Uran shore terminal. Besides the feeder lines of different sizes, ONGC is also modifying eight associated platforms in addition to installation of pumps at the NQ platform.