RGPL to lay Shahdol-Phulpur gas pipeline line

Reliance Gas Pipeline Ltd (RGPL) has won a licence to lay a 312km pipeline to transport coal gas produced from RIL's Sohagpur block in Madhya Pradesh.

The pipeline will have a capacity to transport 4.3 million standard cubic metres per day of gas including 0.875 mmscmd capacity which will be available for any third party for open access on non-discriminatory basis.

The pipeline will travel from Shahdol to JaysingNagar to Beohari to Gurh and finally culminate at Phulpur.

At Phulpur, the pipeline may be hooked into state-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd's main Hazira-Vijaypur-Jagdishpur trunk gas pipeline. Connection with HVJ would enable gas to flow to any consumer.

RIL plans to produce 3.5 mmscmd of gas from its Sohagpur (east) and Sohagpur (west) coal-bed methane (CBM) blocks in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh from 2015.

The entity is allowed a maximum period of 36 months from the date of issue of authorisation letter for commissioning of the natural gas pipeline project,