Indianoil's first LPG Pipeline inaugurated in North India
Calcutta   25-Apr-2009
Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, inaugurated IndianOil's first cross-country Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) pipeline in North India running between Panipat and Jalandhar April 7, 2009. The inauguration was at Kohand Pipeline Installation in Panipat. Now, IndianOil has joined the select group of companies in India, which owns and operates LPG pipelines. During the historic inaugural function, Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, IndianOil said, "With this pipeline our LPG evacuation operation from Panipat Refinery is now streamlined and the capacity utilisation of Nabha and Jalandhar installation is on the increase. Apart from Providing better logistics, this pipeline will result in direct savings of more than Rs. 30 crore per annum towards the transportation cost. "Mr. P.K. Chakraborti, Director (Pipelines), in his address said that IndianOil has built this pipelines part of its continued quest to meet the energy requirements of "the nation in the most reliable, safe, environment-friendly and cost-effective manner. IndianOil is committed to building and optimizing hydrocarbon infrastructure across the country, he added. Mr. G. C. Daga, Director (Marketing) said that it would be convenient for Marketing Division to move the product in a faster, safer and economic wav from Panipat Refinery.