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'''Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG pipeline (KGPL)''' is an under-construction gas pipeline project. The project cost estimation is Rs. 9,000 to 10,000 crore. It has a total length of {{convert|2,757|km}} stretching from [[Kandla|Kandla port]] in [[Gujarat]] to the city of [[Gorakhpur]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] via [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 25, 2020|title=IOC to ramp up Kandla LPG import terminal's capacity|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ioc-to-ramp-up-kandla-lpg-import-terminals-capacity/articleshow/74803715.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629063922/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ioc-to-ramp-up-kandla-lpg-import-terminals-capacity/articleshow/74803715.cms|archive-date=2020-06-29 |access-date=2020-06-29 |website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PM lays foundation stone of Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline |url=https://www.projectstoday.com/News/PM-lays-foundation-stone-of-Kandla-Gorakhpur-LPG-Pipeline|access-date=2020-06-28 |website=www.projectstoday.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Oil PSUs to lay world’s longest LPG pipeline between Kandla and Gorakpur |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/psu-oil-majors-ink-jv-for-kandla-gorakhpur-pipeline-project/article27439060.ece |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref> The oil [[Public sector undertakings in India|PSUs]], [[Indian Oil Corporation]] (IOCL), [[Bharat Petroleum]] (BPCL) and [[Hindustan Petroleum]] (HPCL) are constructing this pipeline to connect refineries to [[liquefied petroleum gas]] (LPG) bottling plants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oil PSUs form JV for Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG pipeline project - ET Government |url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/psu/oil-psus-form-jv-for-kandla-gorakhpur-lpg-pipeline-project/72475589 |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=ETGovernment.com|language=en}}</ref> On 24 February 2019 the [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Narendra Modi]], laid the foundation stone of the pipeline at Gorakhpur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News Detail: News |url=https://www.iocl.com/AboutUs/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=52503&tID=8 |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=www.iocl.com}}</ref>

== Project detail ==
'''Total Length:''' 2,757 km<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Pre-feasibility Report of project|url=http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Online/TOR/16_Aug_2019_163322250YR749G0QPFR-KGPL.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

'''[[Gujarat]]''': 1,063 km, '''[[Madhya Pradesh]]'''''':'''  611 km, '''[[Uttar Pradesh]]'''''':''' 1,083 km

'''Line Diameter :''' 20”, 18”, 16”, 14”, 12”, 10”, 8”

'''Pumping Stations:''' [[Kandla]], [[Mithi Rohar]], [[Viramgam]], [[Port of Dahej|Dahej]], [[Pipavav]],  Dumad,  BPC Bina Refinery, IPS-1 (Ch. 237: Near Indore)

<u>'''LPG Sources''':</u> 

'''LPG Import Terminals''':  Kandla, Mundra (at Mithi Rohar), Dahej, Pipavav

'''Refineries''': [[Gujarat Refinery|IOCL’s Koyali Refinery(Gujarat Refinery)]], BPCL’s [[Bina Refinery]]
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|[[Indian Oil Corporation|IOCL]]
|Ahmedabad (Sanand), Lucknow, Allahabad, Ujjain, Bhopal, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur
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|[[Bharat Petroleum|BPCL]]
|Ahmedabad (Hariyala), Indore, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bhopal, Jhansi, Allahabad, Gorakhpur
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|[[Hindustan Petroleum|HPCL]]
|Gandhinagar, Indore, Unnao, Bhopal, Varanasi, Gorakhpur
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== See also ==

* [[HVJ Gas Pipeline]]
* [[East West Gas Pipeline (India)]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Pipelines in India]]
[[Category:Liquefied petroleum gas]]
[[Category:Energy in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Energy in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Energy in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Proposed infrastructure in India]]