The source of gas for Paradip is expected to be the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of GSPC at Mundra, Shell at Hazira, Petronet at Dahej and the domestic gas fields offshore of Gujarat. As per the primary estimates, the demand en route the pipeline is likely to be 20 mmscmd while the assessment of total gas volumes for transportation will be 30 mmscmd, considering the 33% additional capacity creation according to the PNGRB needs.
Meanwhile, GSPC is expected to start work at Mora in Surat where it intends a major node/terminal of GSPL’s gas grid pipeline network. The planned pipeline is likely to pass through the Mora-Jalgaon-Nagpur Raipur-Bhubaneswar route with spur lines to consumers. The 1,724-kilometers pipeline will have five spur lines totaling 124 kilometers, while the end-point of this will be Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s 15 million tpa refinery at Paradip.
The spur lines will be in Durg-Bhilai and Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Angul, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar (Orissa). The pipeline is likely to travel through Surat, Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia (Maharashtra), Rajnandgaon, Durg, Dhamtari, Raipur and Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) and Nauparha, Baragarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Angul, Cuttack, Khurda, Puri and Jagatsinghpur (Orissa).
