CGD BY GAIL IN UTTARAKHAND BY ROHIT BISHT

City Gas Distribution by Gail

OVERVIEW GAIL IS THE PIONEER OF CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION IN INDIA. GAIL TOOK MANY INITIATIVES TO INTRODUCE PNG

FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND CNG FOR THE TRANSPORT SECTOR TO ADDRESS THE RISING POLLUTION LEVELS. PILOT

PROJECTS WERE LAUNCHED IN EARLY 1990S IN TWO METROS DELHI AND MUMBAI THROUGH JOINT VENTURE

COMPANIES INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED (IGL) AND MAHANAGAR GAS LIMITED (MGL) LEADING TO THE START

OF COMMERCIAL OPERATION OF CITY GAS PROJECTS. THE RESULTS OF THESE VENTURES ARE QUITE VISIBLE

THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT IN AIR QUALITY IN THESE CITIES.

IN THIS COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, A SINCERE AND DEDICATED APPROACH, ENERGY AND FOCUS HAVE BEEN

TAKEN TO MAINTAIN GAIL'S LEADING POSITION IN CGD PROJECTS. THIS HAS NECESSITATED THE REQUIREMENT

OF A NEW ESTABLISHMENT OF GAIL DEDICATED TO CGD PROJECTS. ACCORDINGLY, FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF

THE CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS SMOOTHLY, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED,

GAIL GAS LIMITED, WAS INCORPORATED ON MAY 27, 2008 AS A LIMITED COMPANY UNDER THE COMPANIES

ACT, 1956.

ALSO, BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF IGL AND MGL, GAIL HAS FURTHER SET UP SIX MORE JVCS VIZ

BHAGYANAGAR GAS LIMITED, ANDHRA PRADESH; AVANTIKA GAS LIMITED IN MADHYA PRADESH; CENTRAL U P

GAS LIMITED & GREEN GAS LIMITED IN UTTAR PRADESH; MAHARASHTRA NATURAL GAS LIMITED IN PUNE

MAHARASHTRA AND TRIPURA NATURAL GAS COMPANY LIMITED IN TRIPURA FOR CGD PROJECTS IN VARIOUS

CITIES.

HOWEVER, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS ESTABLISHED THE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

REGULATORY BOARD (PNGRB) WITH EFFECT FROM 01.10.2007, UNDER THE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

REGULATORY BOARD ACT 2006, 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. THE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD ACT-

2006 PROVIDES THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES AND CITY OR

LOCAL GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS. WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE PNGRB THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PNG IN

VARIOUS CITIES IS BEING TAKEN UP IN A PHASED MANNER AS AND WHEN THE BIDS ARE CALLED FOR BY THE

REGULATOR.

CGD BY GAIL IN UTTARAKHAND BY ROHIT BISHT

CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION IN UTTARAKHAND

GAIL (India) Limited commenced construction of its Karanpur – Moradabad –Kashipur –

Rudrapur / Pant Nagar Natural Gas Pipeline at Kashipur on 22nd October 2010.

The Karanpur – Moradabad –Kashipur – Rudrapur / Pant Nagar pipeline will be 182 km in

length. The pipeline will be laid from tap-off point on 24” Auraiya – Sahajahanpur – Babrala

- Dadri Pipeline of GAIL at Karanpur to Rudrapur / Pantnagar. The estimated investment on

the project is Rs.250 crore. The design capacity of the pipeline will be 2.5 MMSCMD. The

pipeline will pass through Badayun and Moradabad Districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh and

Udham Singh Nagar in the state of Uttarakhand. The Pipeline will supply gas to upcoming

power plant in Kashipur in Uttarakhand and to other industrial customers in Moradabad,

Kashipur and Rudrapur and for City Gas Distribution in Moradabad.

The pipeline will be built in two phases. In Phase I of the project, 101 km of the pipeline will

be laid from Karanpur, RR Station to Kashipur Receipt Station along with connectivity

pipelines to upcoming power plants, Industrial consumers, City Gas consumers. The first

phase is scheduled to be completed by January 2011 at an estimated investment of Rs.196

crore. In Phase II of the project, 58 km of the pipeline will be laid from Kashipur to Rudrapur

/ Pant Nagar. This phase of the project will involve an estimated investment of Rs.56 crore.

The entire project is targeted to be completed by January 2012.

In line with the corporate strategy, the endeavour of GAIL has been to commission the

pipeline projects within schedule and cost while tackling the risk and uncertainty encountered

in each phase of its execution. During the design stage of the project, various environmental

aspects have been considered and incorporated. Among these, maximum weightage has

been given to the route selection and the safety features in the pipeline design.

The proposed gas pipeline system will have all the environmental advantages inherent in a

pipeline mode of energy transport system. The pipeline will be buried underground. Pipe of

adequate specified minimum yield strength with safety margin, confirming to standard codes

will be used to withstand the maximum operating pressure. For rivers and other crossings,

higher wall thickness pipes will be used. The pipeline will be hydro tested as per standard

specifications. Suitable control and monitoring will be exercised during construction,

operation and maintenance of pipeline system.