Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 24 February 2019. The LPG pipeline has been conceived as one of the longest such pipelines in the world. The 2,757 km cross-country LPG pipeline will connect eastern India with the west coast.
The Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline is being implemented by a consortium of three companies, namely, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) with 50 percent share, and the Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) as well as the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) each with 25 percent share. The project is being constructed at an investment of Rs 9,000 crore.
The pipeline will intake the product from three LPG import terminals (at Kandla, Dahej and Pipavav), and two refineries (at Koyali and Bina). It is then transported to LPG bottling plants of the companies' en route in the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh through feeder lines and branch pipelines.
The LPG pipeline will be directly linked with 22 LPG bottling plants--of which three will be in Gujarat, six in Madhya Pradesh and 13 in Uttar Pradesh for product supply. In addition, the pipeline will feed LPG through road-bridging to another 21 LPG bottling plants in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.
Once completed, this single pipeline will transport 8.5 million tpa of LPG, which is about 25 percent of India’s total LPG demand. The 1,083 km portion of KGPL pipeline in Uttar Pradesh will provide direct supplies to LPG bottling plants of IndianOil at Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Lucknow, and Gorakhpur; of BPCL at Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad and Gorakhpur; and of HPCL at Unnao, Varanasi, and Gorakhpur.
The pipeline will also supply bulk LPG through road-bridging to nine more LPG bottling plants in Uttar Pradesh, located at Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, Kashipur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Saleempur, Bareilly, Sultanpur, and two plants at Gonda.
