Question

Describe the importance of pipelines in India. Name three important networks of pipeline transportation in the country.

Answer 1

The pipeline transport network is a new arrival on the transportation of India.

1. Transport of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas from oil and natural gas fields to refineries, fertilizer factories, and big thermal power plants. ‘
2. Even solids can be transported through pipelines when converted into a slurry.
3. The far inland locations of refineries and gas-based fertilizer plants could be transported.
4. The initial cost of laying pipelines is high but subsequent running costs are minimal.
5. It rules out trans-shipment losses or delays.

Three important networks of pipeline transportation in the country:

• From the oil field in the upper Assam to Kanpur (UP), via Guwahati, Baraumi, and Allahabad.
• From Salaya in Gujarat to Jalandhar in Punjab. Via Viramgam, Mathura, Delhi, and Sonipat.
• Gas pipeline from Hazira in Gujarat connects Jagdishpur in UP, via Vijaipur in MP.