Source: Press Information Bureau
LPG pipelines are laid from refineries to LPG bottling plants usually situated outside the city limits. The total length of LPG pipeline network in the country is 8,296 Km comprising of the following pipelines:
- Panipat-Jalandhar LPG Pipeline
- Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline (extension of pipeline to Patna and Muzaffarpur results in total length of 918 Km)
- Ennore-Trichy-Madurai LPG pipeline
- Kandla-Gorkhpur LPG pipeline (Length: 2757 Km)
- Jamnagar-Loni LPG pipeline
- Vizag-Secunderabad LPG pipeline
- Mangalore-Hassan-Mysuru-Yediyuru LPG pipeline
- Uran-Chakan/Shikrapur LPG pipeline
- Hassan-Cherlapally LPG pipeline
- Mumbai-Uran LPG pipeline (Length: 29 Km)
- Kochi-Coimbatore-Salem LPG pipeline
Authority to grant laying of LPG pipelines
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the authority to grant authorization for laying of LPG pipelines. Entities that propose to lay, build, operate or expand a pipeline apply to the Board for obtaining an authorisation under this Act
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)
- It was constituted under The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006.
- Vision of PNGRB: To create a vibrant energy market with rapid and orderly growth through facilitation of flow of investments into the basic infrastructure for efficient transportation and distribution of petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas at minimum cost and high level of protection of consumer interests through fair trade practices and competition amongst the entities so as to ensure the enhanced competitiveness of Indian economy and customer satisfaction
- The Act provides for the establishment of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board to protect the interests of consumers and entities engaged in specified activities relating to petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas and to promote competitive markets and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Further as enshrined in the act, the board has also been mandated to regulate the refining, processing, storage, transportation, distribution, marketing and sale of petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas excluding production of crude oil and natural gas so as to ensure uninterrupted and adequate supply of petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas in all parts of the country
