Press Releases
[New Delhi, 19th May, 2006]

GAIL commissions Thulendi-Phulpur pipeline

• Ahead of schedule
• Saves Rs. 70 crores

New Delhi, May 19, 2006 GAIL (India) Limited has commissioned the Thulendi-Phulpur pipeline and gas supply has commenced to IFFCO.

The 18 inch, 139 km pipeline was commissioned ahead of the schedule committed to the customer. As against the approved project cost of Rs. 220 crores and the actual cost incurred was approximately Rs. 150 crores, thereby entailing a saving of Rs. 70 crores.

With the commissioning of this pipeline, GAIL has completed one more leg of its proposed national gas grid, the other legs completed so far being Gas Expansion and Rehabilitation Project (GREP) and Dahej – Vijaipur pipelines.

Other pipelines under the national gas grid currently under construction include 474 km Dahej-Uran pipeline scheduled for completion in March 2007; 375 km Panvel – Dabhol pipeline scheduled for commissioning in March 2007; 192 km Vijaipur-Kota pipeline scheduled for completion in December 2006