Cross country pipeline network being laid for transporting natural gas: Moily
16 March 2013 8:37 AM IST
The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday that for transporting natural gas across the length and breadth of the country, a cross-country pipeline network is being laid throughout the country.
Presently, there are around 11,500 km of natural gas pipelines across the country and another 12,650 km of pipeline infrastructure is under various stages of implementation.
Moily also said that Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has envisaged a phased roll out plan of city gas distribution (CGD) network development in several geographical area (GAs) covering more than 300 cities/towns in various States on the basis of expressions of interest (EOI) submitted to the board and on suo-moto basis. 'Depending on the natural gas pipeline connectivity/gas availability, PNGRB includes these GAs in a phased manner in the bidding rounds for grant of authorization to develop CGD networks,' he added.
Presently, there are around 11,500 km of natural gas pipelines across the country and another 12,650 km of pipeline infrastructure is under various stages of implementation.
Moily also said that Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has envisaged a phased roll out plan of city gas distribution (CGD) network development in several geographical area (GAs) covering more than 300 cities/towns in various States on the basis of expressions of interest (EOI) submitted to the board and on suo-moto basis. 'Depending on the natural gas pipeline connectivity/gas availability, PNGRB includes these GAs in a phased manner in the bidding rounds for grant of authorization to develop CGD networks,' he added.
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