ADAG co seeks nod for Rs 16k cr pipeline

NEW DELHI: Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL) has approached the government seeking permission to lay a Rs 16,000 crore pipeline to take natural gas from Reliance Industries-operated field off the Andhra coast to its power plant at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.

“RNRL has applied for permission to lay a pipeline from Kakinada to Dadri,” an industry official said. The pipeline from Kakinada, the landfall point of the gas from KG-D6 block of RIL in Krishna Godavari basin, will pass through Hyderabad and onwards to Nagpur, Bhopal, Delhi and finally reach Dadri, where an Anil Ambani group firm is setting up a 5,600 MW power project.

The company spokesperson was not immediately available for comment. Industry officials said the group had last year approached state-owned gas utility Gail (India) for transporting gas to its power plant.

Gail had offered to transport gas from KG basin to Dadri by using a part of the existing Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) network. Gail’s proposed pipeline from Kakinada was to connect to HVJ pipeline system at Vijaipur in MP.

Under the new scheme, the Anil Ambani group — which is to get at least 28 m standard cubic meters per day of gas from RIL field for its power plant — is also planning to set up city gas distribution (cgd) network in cities falling on the pipeline route, especially Delhi, to supply gas for domestic and commercial use and to automobiles (CNG).

The gas would also be used for additional power plants. RNRL would lay the pipeline in two years from the date of receiving permission.