Essar, IOC to commission
Baroda-Kalol gas pipeline.
Economic
Times - May 4, 2004
Nimish
Shukla
It
won't just be 'Gas'. "Very soon industrial units
in Ahmedabad and its periphery will soon have the option
of using gas as a fuel, with a consortium of three companies
- Essar Constructions, Stroytranzgas of Russia and IndianOil
Corporation - set to commission the prestigious Baroda-Kalol
gas pipeline.
The Baroda-Kalol gas pipeline project
is a part of the 2,200-km gas grid project being set
up in the state by Gujarat State Petronet (GSPL), a subsidiary
of the state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation
(GSPCL).
According to sources, the project is in the final
stage of implementation and a trial run is currently
being carried out. Once this is over, gas is likely to
flow through the pipeline within a fortnight. The project
is perceived as one of the important sections in the
entire gas grid project, as the pipeline will supply
gas to Ahmedabad and to important projects such as Ahmedabad
Electric (AEC) and IFFCO's fertiliser plant at Kalol.
When contacted by ET,
GSPCL managing director DJ Pandian confirmed the development
and said, "We will start the gas supply very soon."
The
pipeline was laid on an engineering, procurement & construction
(EPC) basis by a consortium of Stroytranzgas of Russia,
Essar Constructions and IndianOil Corporation for GSPL.
It was completed as per schedule in about a year, at
a cost of Rs 198 crore. The steel requirement for the
pipeline, which was approximately 25,000 MT, was supplied
by Essar's steel plant at Hazira.
The Mora-Hazira pipeline
has reached Baroda and from there, has come to the Vatva
area of Ahmedabad near AEC power station. Sources said
the pipeline will supply 60 lakh cubic metres. Of this,
AEC and IFFCO will pick up 5 lakh and 6 lakh cubic metres
respectively. Adanis will receive l0 lakh cubic metres
for gas distribution in Ahmedabad and Baroda.
Essar, one of the EPC contractors,
hooked up with the Baroda-Ahmedabad pipeline on May 1,
'04 which is also known as Gujarat Day to GSPL's existing
gas grid at Sherki near Baroda, for transmission of gas
in Ahmedabad.
The main pipeline from Baroda to Kalol has
two spur lines for supply of gas to AEC and IFFCO at Kalol.
Besides, the pipeline has seven sectionalising valve stations,
five tap-off stations for future gas supplies, in addition
to one terminal station at Kalol and metering stations
at AEC & IFFCO (Kalol). Sources said that with the
commissioning of this line, gas will also flow to Gandhinagar
soon.
CORPORATE