India is expected to be at the forefront in terms of trunk/transmission oil and gas pipeline network additions in Asia, accounting for more than 40% of the region’s total pipeline length additions by 2028, according to GlobalData.
The research revealed that India is likely to witness the start of operation of more than 50 planned and announced pipelines by 2028, adding a total transmission pipeline length of more than 26,000km.
Of this number, around 24,000km of length additions would be from the planned pipelines that have received necessary development approvals, revealed the research.
Bhargavi Gandham, oil and gas analyst at GlobalData, Offshore Technology’s parent company, said: “Natural gas and product pipelines account for more than 80% of the upcoming transmission pipeline length additions in India by 2028.”
They added that the upcoming Kandla-Gorakhpur product pipeline is “likely to be the longest among all the upcoming pipelines with a length of 2,809km”.
The IHB-operated pipeline is expected to become operational in 2025 and will help to meet growing liquefied petroleum gas demand in the western part of the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
The other significant addition to the country’s pipeline network is the planned Mehsana-Bhatinda natural gas pipeline. The pipeline will run a length of 1,834km. GSPL India Gasnet is the operator of this natural gas pipeline, which is expected to become operational by 2025.
With a length of 1,755km, Mumbai–Nagpur–Jharsuguda, a natural gas pipeline, is the next significant contributor to pipeline additions. To be operated by GAIL (India), the pipeline is also expected to begin operations in 2025.
GlobalData’s latest report is titled Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry Outlook by Capacity and Capital Expenditure Including Details of All Operating and Planned Pipelines to 2028.
