Ennore-Tuticorin Gas Pipeline

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The Ennore-Tuticorin Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from Ennore to Madurai, Trichy and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu and branches out to Bengaluru via Hosur in Karnataka. The exact route can be seen in a July 2014 plan submitted to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.

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Project Details

• Operator: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
• Parent Company: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
• Proposed capacity: 30.9 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 897 miles / 1,444 kilometers
• Status: Construction
• Start Year: 2021

Background

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board authorized GTPIL to build the pipeline in October 2015. Construction began in June 2018. In March 2019 the Ennore LNG Terminal which will supply gas to the pipeline was commissioned, and construction is reported to be continuing.