The pipeline will be constructed in two phases with a completion schedule of 30 months from the date of approval.
The first phase consists of laying of a 12″, 105-km Karanpur-Moradabad-Kashipur section along with a 24 km of 4″, 6″ and 8″ lines spanning 26.4 km to consumers at Moradabad and Kashipur. The phase is estimated to cost INR1.96 billion. The phase is scheduled to be completed by October 2010 and is expected to be commissioned by January 2011.
The second phase comprises of an 8″, 54-km pipeline to be laid from Kashipur to Rudrapur. The phase is estimated to cost INR0.56 billion. The second phase is scheduled to be completed by October 2011 and is expected to be commissioned by January 2012.
The design capacity of the Karanpur-Moradabad-Kashipur-Rudrapur section is 2.5 MMSCMD on a 24-hour uniform drawl rate. The design pressure of the pipeline is 92 Kg/Cm2g and gas supply pressure has been considered 88 Kg/cm2g at Dadri.
The gas will be sourced from ONGC’s Vasai field, a western offshore gas field. The gas would be transported through the HVJ/DVPL pipeline system from Hazira to meet the gas demand of consumers in the region of Moradabad, Kashipur and Rudrapur.
It may be noted that on June 30, 2009, GAIL signed a term sheet with ONGC for supply of 0.86 MMSCMD initially, which would increase later.
