World's Longest LPG Pipeline to Reach Completion by 2023

NEW DELHI--February 14, 2023--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--IHB Private Limited, a joint venture of Indian downstream majors Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) (New Delhi, India), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (Mumbai) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) (Mumbai), is moving ahead with constructing the world's longest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

The 2,805-kilometer Kandla-Gorakhpur Pipeline will source liquefied petroleum gas from the LPG import terminals on India's Western coast, located at Kandla, Dahej and Pipavav and also from two refineries at Koyali and Bina. The pipeline would be directly linked with 22 LPG bottling plants--three in Gujarat, six in Madhya Pradesh and 13 in Uttar Pradesh.