Indian Oil Corporation owns and operates the largest network of crude oil and product pipelines in India. The total network of pipelines is 9273 km with a capacity of 61.72 million metric tonnes per annum.

CRUDE OIL PIPELINES

Salaya-Mathura Pipeline (SMPL)
IndianOil operates the 1870 km long Salaya-Mathura Pipeline from Salaya (near Vadinar) in Jamnagar district on the coast of Gujarat to bring crude oil to IndianOil's refineries at Koyali (Gujarat), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) and Panipat (Haryana). Two Single Point Mooring (SPM) systems are operated at Vadinar to unload the crude oil received from tankers including Very Large Crude oil Carriers (VLCCs) with offshore pipelines. At Vadinar, IndianOil has a vast crude oil tank farm of 13 tanks with a total capacity of 0.773 MMT. IndianOil also has crude oil storage tank farm at Viramgam with a total capacity of 0.331 MMT. Another storage tank farm at Chaksu has six tanks with a total capacity of 0.219 MMT.

After traversing 435 km from Vadinar, the Salaya-Mathura Pipeline branches off at Viramgam in Gujarat through a 148 km pipeline to Koyali (Baroda). Further, after 716 km, the pipeline branches off at Chaksu to Mathura and Panipat.


Haldia-Barauni Crude Oil Pipeline (HBCPL)
The 943 km long Haldia-Barauni Crude Oil Pipeline is in the eastern part of the country. It receives crude oil at Haldia oil jetty and transports it to IndianOil's Barauni Refinery in Bihar. The crude oil tank farm at Haldia has eight large crude oil tanks with a total capacity 0.312 MMT.

The crude oil requirement of IndianOil's subsidiary BRPL’s refinery at Bongaigaon is also partly transported through HBCPL up to Barauni.

Mundra - Panipat Pipeline (MPPL):
The 1174 km long Mundra Panipat Pipeline was commissioned to transport crude oil from Mundra on the Gujarat coast to IndianOil’s refinery at Panipat in Haryana. The pipeline consists of a 74 km long pipeline from Mundra to Kandla which was hooked up to the existing system of Kandla-Panipat section of Kandla-Bhatinda Pipeline at Churwa near Gandhidham. The pipeline utilizes Gujarat Adani Port’s Single Point Mooring (SPM) offshore crude oil terminal facilities and associated offshore and onshore pipelines. The crude oil tank farm consists of 12 crude oil storage tanks with total capacity of 0.499 MMT at Mundra.

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PETROLEUM PRODUCT PIPELINES

Guwahati-Siliguri Pipeline (GSPL)
Guwahati-Siliguri Pipeline was commissioned in 1964. Designed by Bachtel, USA and constructed by Snam Progetti, Italy, it has the unique distinction of being the first product pipeline to be built on the east of Suez. The 435 km long pipeline originates at Guwahati Refinery, transporting petroleum products for delivery at Betkuchi, Hashimara and Siliguri. GSPL represents the cradle of IndianOil’s capabilities in operations and maintenance of pipelines.

Koyali - Ahamedabad Pipeline (KAPL)
The 116 km long Koyali-Ahmedabad Pipeline was commissioned in April 1966. Designed and constructed by Snam Saipen, Italy, the pipeline carries a variety of petroleum products from IndianOil’s Koyali Refinery to the Sabarmati terminal (Ahmedabad) through a high population density route within the state of Gujarat.

Haldia - Barauni Pipeline (HBPL)
Commissioned in 1967, the Haldia - Barauni Pipeline originates at Haldia and terminates at Barauni. This pipeline exemplifies IndianOil's expertise in system modification and pipeline hydraulic engineering. The pipeline was commissioned as a petroleum product pipeline but for some initial years, the pipeline was used to transport imported crude oil to Barauni. After some years, the pipeline started pumping petroleum products from Barauni Refinery to Haldia. After Haldia Refinery came into being, pumping was again reversed and at present, the pipeline is engaged in transportation of indigenous as well as imported petroleum products from Haldia.

Barauni - Kanpur Pipeline (BKPL)
The 745 km long Barauni - Kanpur Pipeline was commissioned on September 26, 1966. It transports petroleum products from Barauni Refinery. The pipeline has boosting-cum-delivery stations at Patna, Mughalsarai, Allahabad and terminates at Kanpur. A branch pipeline was taken out from Gowria to Amousi (Lucknow).

Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbandh Pipeline (HMRPL):
The 277 km long Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbandh Pipeline was built in early 1972 for transportation of petroleum products from IndianOil's Haldia Refinery to Kolkata and beyond. It has delivery stations at Mourigram and Rajbandh. An eight km long branch pipeline was taken out at Raghudevpur to Budge Budge in 1999 crossing the river Hoogly.

Mathura-Jalandhar Pipeline (MJPL):
The Mathura-Jalandhar Pipeline was commissioned in 1984. It was designed by IndianOil with in-house construction supervision. The 763 km long pipeline transports petroleum products from Mathura Refinery to Jalandhar in Punjab with delivery enroute at Bijwasan in Delhi and Ambala in Haryana. During 1997, the pipeline was connected to Panipat Refinery, enabling transport of petroleum products from Panipat Refinery. The pipeline has a branch line from Sonepat to Meerut and from Kurukshetra to Najibabad via Roorkee.

Mathura-Tundla Pipeline (MTPL):
A 55 km long separate pipeline was also laid from Mathura to Tundla to transport petroleum products from Mathura Refinery.

Panipat-Rewari Pipeline (PRPL):
The 155 km long Panipat-Rewari petroleum product pipeline was commissioned in September 2004 for transporting petroleum products from Panipat Refinery to the agricultural and industrial demand areas of Haryana.

Koyali-Viramgam-Sidhpur-Sanganer Pipeline (KVSSPL):
The 249 km long Koyali–Viramgam–Sidhpur petroleum product pipeline was extended with a 518 km long pipeline upto Sanganer connecting with the Kot–Salawas branch pipeline at Kot and delivery facilities at Sanganer terminal. A 21 km long branch pipeline has also been commissioned from Sidhpur–Sanganer Pipeline to Ajmer in August 2005. The pipeline has also another 158 km long branch pipeline of to Chittaurgarh commissioned in 2007. The total length of the pipeline, including the branch line, is now 1056 km.

Chennai – Trichy - Madurai Product Pipeline (CTMPL):
Chennai–Trichy-Madurai Product Pipeline consists of a 526 km long pipeline from Chennai to Madurai and a 157 km branch pipeline to Sankari. The Pipeline was commissioned on August 24, 2005.

Koyali - Dahej Product Pipeline:
The 112 km long product pipeline from Koyali Refinery to Dahej terminal of Gujarat Chemical Port Terminal Company Limited (GCPTCL) was commissioned in 2007.

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PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION

Mundra – Kandla Crude Oil Pipeline And Conversion Of Kandla – Panipat Section of KBPL to Crude Oil Service
The Rs 305.60 crore project consists of following three components:
Utilising Single Point Mooring facilities of Gujarat Adani Port Limited (GAPL) and associated offshore and onshore pipeline for handling additional crude oil for Panipat Refinery expansion and taking to Mundra crude oil terminal.
Construction of tank farm consisting of eight crude oil storage tanks of 60,000 kl each (total: 4,80,000 kl) at Mundra and laying 73 km 28 inch diameter pipeline from Mundra to scrapper station at Churwa (near Gandhidham).
Hook up of mainline with Kandla – Bhatinda Pipeline (KBPL) and conversion of Kandla -Panipat section to crude oil service.

Paradip-Haldia Crude Oil Pipeline
The project consists of installation of crude oil handling facilities at Paradip Port, including laying 20 km transfer pipeline, development of tank farm at Paradip consisting of 15 crude oil storage tanks of 60,000 kl each (Total: 9,00,000 kl) and a 330 km long crude oil pipeline to Haldia, and also connecting it to the existing Haldia-Barauni Crude Oil Pipeline (HBCPL) at Haldia. The pipeline will facilitate transportation of crude oil to Haldia and Barauni refineries in an efficient and cost effective manner compared to the present system of receipt of crude oil through the Haldia Dock Complex. Approved cost of the pipeline is Rs 1178 crore.

Koyali–Ratlam Product Pipeline
Project consists of laying 274 km long product pipeline from Koyali Refinery to Ratlam, where a new terminal is to be constructed on resitement basis. Project has been approved at a cost of Rs 322.92 crore (pipeline: Rs 224.69 crore; terminal: Rs 96.21 crore; refinery facilities: Rs 2.02 crore). The pipeline will facilitate effective evacuation of products from Koyali Refinery and ensure cost-effective and reliable transportation of products to Central India and northwest UP, thereby strengthening IndianOil’s product positioning capability.

Augmentation of Mundra–Panipat Crude Oil Pipeline from 6 to 9 MMTPA
Project meant for supplying additional 3 MMTPA crude oil required for Panipat Refinery expansion to 15 MMTPA consists of laying a 20 km long loop line in Kot–Beawar section and conversion of Radhanpur scraper station to pumping station while adding pumping units at Mundra, Kot, Sanganer and Rewari. It was approved at a cost of Rs 204.74 crore.

Dadri-Panipat R-LNG Spur Pipeline
IndianOil is planning to construct 132 km long R-LNG spurline from GAIL’s Dadri terminal in UP to Panipat. The proposed R-LNG pipeline would provide for an economical means of feeding natural gas to Panipat Refinery. The estimated cost of the pipeline system is Rs.250.66 crore.

Panipat-Jalandhar LPG Pipeline
This project is meant for feeding various LPG bottling plants in the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and J&K. The project envisages laying a 275 km long pipeline from Kohand (Panipat), which would traverse through Nabha and terminate at Jalandhar, and hook-up of facilities with existing bottling plants at Kohand, Nabha and Jalandhar. The project was approved at an estimated cost of Rs. 186.72 crore.

Augmentation of Bongaigaon-Siliguri Section of GSPL
Augmentation of Bongaigaon-Siliguri section of Guwahati-Siliguri Pipeline (GSPL) to 1.4 MMTPA capacity has been approved in Sept. 2004 at a cost of Rs 28.61 crore.

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CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO OTHER AGENCIES

• IndianOil had executed the Mumbai-Pune Product Pipeline project of M/s Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. during 1982-83.
• Vadinar-Kandla Product Pipeline project of M/s Petronet VK Ltd. during 1999-2000 from conceptualisation to commissioning, was executed by IndianOil as a PMC Consultant.
• IndianOil is presently providing consultancy services to M/s Petronet CI Ltd. for their 1760 km long Central India Pipeline Project and also to M/s Petronet CTM Ltd. for their Chennai-Trichy-Madurai Pipeline of 521 km.
• Training and Development of Human Resource - The Most Valuable Asset
• Consultancy services in training and development:
  • Operation and maintenance of mainline engine and pump.
  • Operation of pipelines.
  • Electrical and instrumentation system in pipelines.
  • Maintenance and inspection of pipelines, Single Point Mooring system and tank farm.
  • Pipeline system design and engineering.
  • Pipeline construction, commissioning.
  • Specially designed training programme to cater specific business need.

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PIONEER IN PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY

With a proven record in pipelines project management, IndianOil is well placed to provide seamless services in the entire spectrum of petroleum pipelines covering techno-economic feasibility studies, design and detailed engineering, project execution, operation, maintenance and consultancy services in areas for capacity augmentation, modernization, etc.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and application software expertise are available from project implementation to commissioning, including field services, maintenance and operational support. Tanker handling, product and crude oil accounting, quality control, ocean loss control, pigging procedure development and analysis of pigging data, selection, testing and evaluation of drag reducers, operations and maintenance of tank farm and pump stations etc, are other areas of expertise available with IndianOil Pipelines.

IndianOil’s sustained pursuit and implementation of proven safety and environment management systems have borne rich results. All operating pipeline units have been accredited with ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 certificates.

Various initiatives in the field of project management, operation and maintenance, including training programmes in countries like Oman, Ethiopia, Kuwait and Sudan, have been undertaken.

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Services We Offer:

Concept To Commissioning Grassroot Projects:

• Project Management Consultancy to ensure timely completion of pipeline projects within approved cost with international quality standards.
• Techno-economic feasibility study of new crude oil and multi product pipelines.
• Detailed design, engineering of mainline, stations, offshore oil terminals, tank farm, cathodic protection etc.
• Instrumentation, dedicated telecommunication system including Optical Fibre Communication (OFC) and SCADA system.
• Tendering and award of work.
• Construction supervision, testing and commissioning.
• BOOT contracts for cross country pipeline and terminals.
• Natural Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Pipeline.
• Existing pipeline system.
• Capacity augmentation.
• Revamping and de-bottlenecking.
• Operations and maintenance.
• Operation Of crude oil and multi product pipeline.
• Mainline engines, pumps and motors
• Station facilities, crude oil and petroleum product tanks.
• Automation and advanced control system.
• Single Point Mooring and submarine pipeline.
• Maintenance of crude oil and multi product pipeline.
• Predictive, preventive and breakdown maintenance of major equipment like engine, pump.
• Single Point Mooring system and submarine pipeline.
• Development of maintenance procedure, formats, schedules.
• Repair and rehabilitation of pipelines, crude oil and petroleum product tanks.
• Hot tapping.
• Corrosion monitoring and control.
• Technical audits for improved performance
• Operations and maintenance, energy consumption, safety & environment, quality system.
• Safety and Environment Management.
• Fire fighting facilities along with fire hydrant network in all pipeline units.
• Disaster management plan - onsite and offsite.

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