Asia's longest & World's Second longest Underwater Hydrocarbon pipeline in Assam completed.

Indradhanush
Gas Grid Limited (IGGL) completed Asia's largest underwater hydrocarbon
pipeline, below the river Brahmaputra connecting Majuli and Jorhat in Assam,
announced the company's CEO Ajit Kumar Thakur on Saturday.
"IGGL
completes a major milestone in the North East Gas Grid (NEGG) project by
constructing the challenging 24-inch diameter hydrocarbon pipeline beneath the
mighty Brahmaputra river by Horizontal Direction Drilling (HDD) method which
connects Jorhat, Assam and Majuli, Assam," the statement said.
"Surpassing
all the hurdles caused due to monsoon rains and flood, IGGL successfully
completed this single HDD crossing of 4,080 Metres in length across Brahmaputra
River which makes it the longest river hydrocarbon pipeline in Asia and 2nd
longest in the world," it added.
The
total length of HDD crossing across the Brahmaputra River considering all major
and minor water channels is 5,780 Metres including three separate HDD sections
of length 1000 M, 4080 M, and 700 M.
"With
the completion of the Brahmaputra HDD, IGGL has achieved more than 71% physical
progress of the NEGG Project and is determined and constantly working to
complete the Guwahati- Numaligarh section of the NEGG by February 2024,"
it further said.
The
CEO further thanked the Assam government for being extremely supportive in
implementing the project.
Indradhanush
Gas Grid Limited (IGGL), is a joint venture company of five major Oil PSUs -
IOCL, ONGC, GAIL, OIL and NRL. It is implementing the North East Gas Grid
(NEGG) Project connecting the major cities and demand centres of Northeast
India with the National Gas Grid.
The
1,656 km long NEGG natural gas pipeline project was built at a cost of Rs 9,265
crore.
Source-The
Economic Times
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