| KPTL to lay 550 km of pipeline for HMEL, bags Rs 385 cr order | |
| BS Reporter / Mumbai/ Ahmedabad March 10, 2009, 0:20 IST | |
Gandhinagar based Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) has bagged contract of Rs 385 crore for laying 550 km of pipeline as Part A of Mundra-Bhatinda pipeline project for transportation of crude oil from Mundra to Guru Govind Singh Refinery at Bhatinda.
The project is being set up by Hindustan Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), a joint venture of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and LN Mittal Group.
Part A of the Mundra-Bhatinda pipeline project also has in its scope one pumping as well as intermediate pigging (IP) station at Dhansa, two IP stations, 17 SV stations and one dispatch station at Kota which involves all civil, electrical, piping, mechanical and instrumentation work.
The pipeline scope starts at Kota near Mundra in Gujarat and ends at Jhanwar in Rajasthan.
The project has to be executed in three spreads and is to be completed in 18 months from the date of award.
State government sources meanwhile said that HMEL is also planning to set up a single point mooring (SPM) in Mundra region for an estimated investment of Rs 650 crore. The company has approached the state's maritime regulator, Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) for necessary clearances for the project.
The company has identified Luni region in east of Mundra, said sources close to the development.
HMEL has been using Adani's SPM or Single Buoying Mooring as its crude receipt facility. The capacity of Adani's SBM is 9 MMTPA. "The capacity of HMEL's proposed SPM is 18 MMTPA," sources said. The depth at Luni is about 28-30 meters, which is ideal for setting up an SPM, sources added.
Last year, HPCL, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, Geoglobal Resources and Jubilant Group had discovered oil reserves in a well Miroli 1 at an offshore block in the Cambay basin.
In the recent NELP-VII bidding, a consortia of HPCL- Mittal Energy, OIL and HOEC had emerged winners for the Rajasthan block.
Government officials say there will be an additional eight SBMs—including the one being proposed by HMEL-- installed along Gujarat's coast taking the total tally to 15.
Players like Reliance, Essar, Adani, Bharat Oman Refinery among others are setting up SBMs along Gujarat coast.
In order to facilitate import through very large crude carriers (VLCC), several petroleum companies are now planning to install Single Buoy Mooring (SBM), a kind of unloading platform in the ocean (around 3-4 km off the coast) where oil tankers can unload their crude, which is then transported to the coast through an under-sea pipeline and to the refinery through a land pipeline.
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