Summary
Oil marketing major Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) is set to complete its proposed Paradip-Durgapur LPG pipeline by March 2018. "The Paradip- Balasore section of the project will be commissioned by September this year. It will be the first such pipeline that will transport LPG in the state from the Paradip refinery," said P C Choubey, executive director, pipelines division, IOCL. The cost of the Paradip to Balasore section of the project is pegged at Rs 200 crore.The project with the a capacity of 0.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) envisages laying a pipeline for transportation of LPG from Paradip and Haldia to the LPG bottling plants at Balasore, Budge Budge, Kalyani and Durgapur. ......