Kirloskar Ebara Pumps (KEPL) has successfully executed 16 pump packages for the Paradip-Numaligarh Crude Oil Pipeline (PNCPL) project. The installation of pumps from Paradip to Numaligarh, across four pumping stations, marks a significant milestone in India’s energy infrastructure development.

The PNCPL project, spearheaded by Numaligarh Refinery (NRL), is a critical initiative aimed at expanding NRL’s capacity from the current 3.0 million tonne per annum (MTPA) to 9.0 MTPA. A new crude pipeline has been developed to support this capacity enhancement, stretching 1,630 km and encompassing four stations across multiple states.

The collaboration between KEPL and NRL significantly contributed to the successful outcome of this extensive project, wherein the scope of KEPL included supplying and installing 16 high-performance crude handling pumps as a part of one of the longest crude oil pipeline projects in India. Amongst the most complex and critical specifications successfully undertaken by KEPL, this includes high torque (HT) drives, variable frequency drives (VFDs), leak detection systems (LOS), monitoring and management systems (MMS) as well as various monitoring systems.

The successful execution of the PNCPL Project demonstrates KEPL’s expertise in handling large-scale, complex infrastructure projects in the industry.

The 1,630 km pipeline from Paradip Port in Orissa to Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) in Assam involves 16 pump packages. The pipeline passes through five states traversing numerous enroute crossings including all major rivers of East India, namely Ganga, Jia Bharali, Subansiri, Brahmaputra through a technique called horizontal directional drilling (HDD) with intersection.