Assam Gas Company (AGCL) and Assam Power Generation Corporation (APGCL) -- two state sector PSUs -- plan to set up a 50 MW power plant.

It is estimated to cost around Rs 300 crore and the gas-based power project will be situated in Titabor, in Jorhat district of Assam. The project is expected to be commissioned in two years.

The proposed plant will utilise associated gas that generally goes waste in the state’s oil fields.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will sell associated gas from its oil fields in Jorhat and Golaghat districts for the project. The necessary pipeline for collection of the associated gas to feed the power project will be constructed by AGCL.

A solar power plant at the site in Amguri, in Sivasagar district, will be set up by APGCL soon. Over the past 20 years, not a single gas-based power project has been set up due to inability by ONGC and Oil India to supply gas for the plant.

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Gas Based Power (Titabor) Project