HPCL plans 215-km LPG pipeline from Haldia port to Panagarh

HPCL presently operates 3,775 km of hydrocarbon pipelines throughout the nation.

State-run Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) is planning to put a 215-km pipeline to move liquefied petroleum fuel (LPG) from the Haldia port to the corporate’s bottling plant in Panagarh, West Bengal. As a lot as 1.06 million tonne each year (MTPA) of product is estimated to be transported by way of the pipeline by FY26.

The corporate’s demand for LPG for West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand markets are met by way of imports within the Haldia terminal, and the gas is now transported to HPCL’s bottling vegetation by highway. HPCL presently operates 3,775 km of hydrocarbon pipelines throughout the nation.

In its expressions of curiosity to put the pipeline to the Petroleum and Pure Fuel Regulatory Board, HPCL stated it additionally needs to maintain a provision to construct a spur line sooner or later which is able to join the proposed line with the Paharpur LPG plant in Kolkata. Together with the Paharpur extension, the entire product quantity ferried by way of the pipeline can rise to 1.31 MTPA by FY26, HPCL stated.

At present volumes, the proposed line is anticipated to switch 391 million tonne-km of highway transportation each year.