In a first in eastern India, IOC delivers LPG through pipeline

In a first in eastern India, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) has delivered LPG through its pipeline in Odisha's Balasore district from the company's refinery at Paradip.

"The Paradip-Balasore section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline (PHDPL) is streamlined for delivery of LPG to IOCL bottling plant at Balasore. This is the first off take of LPG from Paradip refinery through the pipeline," said P C Choubey, executive director (pipelines division), IOCL.

The PHDPL is IOC's second LPG pipeline after the Panipat-Jalandhar pipeline and the first in eastern India. PHDPL traverses the coastal belt of Odisha from Paradip to  Balasore and