The Odisha Pollution Control Board has sanctioned clearance for expansion of the Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOCL) Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline (PHDPL).
The sanction was granted for the new pumping station at Balasore. The Paradip-Balasore section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline is already operational for delivery of LPG to IOCL's bottling plant in Balasore.
With a capacity of 0.5 million tpa, the pipeline will transport LPG from Paradip refinery in Haldia and Indian Oil Petronas to LPG bottling plants in Balasore, Budge Budge, Kalyani, and Durgapur.
Earlier, LPG delivery in Balasore was done through bullets. The 157 km section from the Paradip refinery to Balasore was built at around Rs 2.50 billion and the cost of the project has been pegged at around Rs 10 billion.
The 15 million tpa crude oil refinery in Paradip is spread over 3,345 acre of land, with an estimated value of Rs 345.55 billion. The refinery can process 100 percent high-sulphur and heavy crude oil to produce various petroleum products.