The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Shri R.P.N. Singh informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that
more than 11,000 km of cross-country gas pipelines have been laid so
far for connecting the consumption centers for supply of gas. Another
14,000 km of pipelines infrastructure is under various stages of
implementation. The development of pipeline infrastructure is an ongoing
process which will progress with increase in demand of natural gas, the
Minister added.
He further stated that Government has initiated multi-pronged measures
to increase availability of natural gas in the country. They are as
follows:-
I. Intensification of domestic Exploration & Production (E&P)
activities through New exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) rounds,
II. Coal Bed Methane (CBM),
III. Shale Gas,
IV. Gas Hydrates,
V. Import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from various countries, and
VI. Transnational pipelines, viz.,
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India(TAPI) pipeline and
Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline.
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