GAIL saves Rs 70 cr by commissioning project ahead of schedule

Mumbai, May 19 (UNI) GAIL (India) Limited has commissioned the Thulendi-Phulpur pipeline ahead of schedule and also commenced gas supply to IFFCO, stated a press release issued here today.

The 18-inch, 139-km pipeline was commissioned ahead of the schedule committed to the customer, thereby entailing a saving of Rs 70-crore. ''As against the approved project cost of Rs 220-crore, the actual cost incurred was approximately Rs 150-crore,'' stated the release.

With the commissioning of this pipeline, GAIL has completed one more leg of its proposed national gas grid, the other legs completed so far being the Gas Expansion and Rehabilitation Project (GREP) and Dahej-Vijaipur pipelines.

Other pipelines under the national gas grid currently under construction include the 474-km Dahej-Uran pipeline scheduled for completion in March 2007, the 375-km Panvel-Dabhol pipeline scheduled for commissioning in March 2007 and the 192-km Vijaipur-Kota pipeline scheduled for completion in December 2006.

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