IOCL plans to invest Rs 18.23 bn to expand east India's first LPG pipeline

The Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline will be extended to Muzaffarpur and Patna to cater to the LPG demand of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal

Oil marketing major Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) is planning to augment eastern India’s first pipeline, the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline and its extension up to Muzaffarpur and Patna, with an investment of Rs 18.23 billion.

“Under the augmentation of Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline, new facilities will be added at Paradip and Balasore. We expect to commission the project by December 2020. This line will be extended to Muzaffarpur and Patna”, said P C Choubey, Executive Director (pipelines division), IOCL.

The LPG requirement at Patna and Muzaffarpur are now met by train wagons and bullets. 

The investment is in addition to Rs 13.30 billion LPG