State-owned Engineers India Ltd on Monday said it has signed a contract to upgrade Oil India Ltd's Naharkatiya-Barauni crude oil pipeline.
EIL last week signed the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for implementing the project for upgrading pump stations/terminal of the crude pipeline, the company said in a statement here. It, however, did not give the value of the contract. The contract for the upgradation was signed by EIL Chairman and Managing Director A K Purwaha and OIL head S K Srivastava. Naharkatiya-Barauni pipeline was originally commissioned in 1962 and spans over a total length of 1,157-kilometers (from Naharkatiya to Bongaigaon and Barauni to Bongaigaon) with 9 pumping stations and a capacity of 7 million tonnes per annum. 'The project involves upgradation of pumping stations/ terminals to reduce operation and maintenance cost and increase the throughput of the system for accommodating the future-flow requirement of up to 8 million tonnes,' the
statement said.
The project also aims to increase reliability and the life of the pump stations while ensuring compliance of safety and environmental norms. 'The scheduled mechanical completion of the project is 24 months,' it said.
EIL last week signed the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for implementing the project for upgrading pump stations/terminal of the crude pipeline, the company said in a statement here. It, however, did not give the value of the contract. The contract for the upgradation was signed by EIL Chairman and Managing Director A K Purwaha and OIL head S K Srivastava. Naharkatiya-Barauni pipeline was originally commissioned in 1962 and spans over a total length of 1,157-kilometers (from Naharkatiya to Bongaigaon and Barauni to Bongaigaon) with 9 pumping stations and a capacity of 7 million tonnes per annum. 'The project involves upgradation of pumping stations/ terminals to reduce operation and maintenance cost and increase the throughput of the system for accommodating the future-flow requirement of up to 8 million tonnes,' the
statement said.
The project also aims to increase reliability and the life of the pump stations while ensuring compliance of safety and environmental norms. 'The scheduled mechanical completion of the project is 24 months,' it said.