Gujarat-Gorakhpur Gas Pipeline : World's Longest LPG pipeline

 


The Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline is that the longest LPG pipeline within the planet to satisfy the growing demand of LPG gas in India. State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. is laying an LPG pipeline from Gujarat Kandla Coast to Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh to suffice the growing marketplace for cooking fuel. The Kandla – Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline is being implemented by a consortium of three PSU Oil Marketing Companies, namely Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. with a 50 percent share, and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. each with a 25 percent share.


The 2,757 km cross-country LPG pipeline possibly is that the longest such pipelines within the planet. The IOC plans to import LPG at Kandla in Gujarat and move it through eastern India with the West Coast. The pipeline covers an overall distance of 1,063 km in Gujarat, 611 km in Madhya Pradesh, and 1,083 km in Uttar Pradesh. The LPG pipeline could also be a secure, economical, and environmentally friendly mode for long-distance transportation. Even in times of natural disasters, roadblocks, etc. they reach their destinations uninterrupted.

The pipeline becomes important from the aim of cost savings, as long as the bulk of this demand is being moved by road transport, which is dear compared to pipeline transportation. By transporting LPG through the pipeline, there will be negligible environmental impact and low energy consumption, and reduced transportation losses compared to other modes of transportation.


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