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Date: 12/03/2025

India to commission world’s longest LPG pipeline by June
 
India’s state-run refiners will fully commission the world’s longest liquefied petroleum gas pipeline by June 2025, a key development that will sharply cut fuel transportation costs and help prevent deadly road accidents. Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corp. and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. have jointly formed IHB to lay the 2,800-km-long pipeline from Kandla on the west coast to the northern city of Gorakhpur. The first phase will be commissioned very soon and will be fully operational from the middle of this year. The network will be capable of annually transporting about 8.3 million tons of LPG or about 25% of India’s total demand. It’s likely to significantly reduce transportation costs in the world’s third-largest consumer market as about 70% of bottling plants still get it by trucks. The country’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board has been pushing refiners to build more pipelines to tackle increased volumes and avoid any major road disasters, as per a report.
 
Source: Exim News Service: New Delhi, March 11