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Informist, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026

 

NEW DELHI – The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board has authorised the development of 1,800 kilometres of liquefied petroleum gas pipeline involving an investment of about INR 70 billion to substantially reduce the movement of LPG tank trucks and ensure energy security. GAIL (India) Ltd. has  been authorised the projects for development, PNGRB said in a release late Friday. "Upon completion, the PNGRB-authorised common carrier LPG pipeline network in the country will increase from 7,700 km to 9,500 km, representing an increment of nearly 23.5%," the release said. 

 

The approved pipeline will traverse Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Goa. India imports bulk of its LPG supply, which is imported at coastal locations, and needs to be hauled across to all parts of India. The project will ensure fuel transportation is safe, lower logistics costs, reduce traffic congestion, and decrease carbon emissions, PNGRB said. 

 

Under the 1,800-km project, 556 km of pipeline will be built between Telangana's Cherlapally and Maharashtra's Nagpur, 611 km between Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi and Uttarakhand's Sitarganj, and 633 km between Maharashtra's Shikrapur and Goa and Karnataka's Hubli. 

 

This development also comes amid India emerging from one of the worst energy crises in decades in the aftermath of the war in West Asia. The war exposed India's fragile domestic fuel availability as supply disruptions caused widespread shortages of LPG, India's primary cooking gas. Before the war, India imported about 60% of its overall LPG requirement. Of this, around 90% used to be routed through the Strait of Hormuz, the primary disruption point, after the US and Israel launched a military attack on Iran on Feb. 28. 

 

"As the country continues to rely significantly on imported LPG, an extensive pipeline network provides inherent system resilience," PNGRB, a statutory body set up under the oil ministry to regulate downstream activities in the oil and gas sector, said. "Pipelines also function as a line-pack storage system, enabling continuous product movement, enhancing supply reliability and improving the nation's ability to respond effectively during supply disruptions, emergencies and periods of heightened demand."  End

 

Reported by Priyasmita Dutta

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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