Gas pipeline from Kochi to Bengaluru

  • January 11, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Gas pipeline from Kochi to Bengaluru

Subject: Economy

Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline of the Gail Authority of India Limited (GAIL).

Concept:

  • It is South India’s first LNG-receiving, regasification and re-loading terminal with a capacity of five million metric tonnes per annum.
  • It will deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from a terminal in Kochi to region.
  • It is part of the project in existence since 2007 and envisages pipelines from Kochi to Mangaluru and to Bengaluru (delayed due to protests in Kerala).
  • First phase saw laying of infrastructure in Kochi and in second phase which completed extended it to Mangaluru and work on connecting Bengaluru is going on.
  • It seeks to supply LNG to industrial and residential customers.
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