Oil PSUs to lay world’s longest LPG pipeline between Kandla and Gorakpur

Date posted: Wednesday 5 June 2019

IndianOil , Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) will be laying the world’s longest LPG pipeline, from Kandla (Gujarat) to Gorakhpur (UP). The 2,757-km cross-country pipeline will connect three major States — Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh — to the western coast and reach LPG to 22 bottling plants (BPs) of the three oil marketing companies (OMCs). A joint venture agreement to this effect was signed. The Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG pipeline is estimated to cost about ₹10,000 crore.

(The Hindu)