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BANGLADESH, Myanmar, most of the states in the north-east and Bengal will be linked by a 6,900 Km
gas pipe line by state owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited.As part of Hydrocarbon Vision 2030
for North-eastern region, the pipelines would be laid connecting Sitwe in Myanmar, Chittagong in
Bangladesh, most north-eastern states, Siliguri and Durgapur, Executive Director of Dehradun
headquartered multinational ONGC S C Soni told media at Agartala on Saturday. Currently, large
quantities of gas are flared burned- in the north-eastern region as it cannot be piped to the consumers,
he said.
The policy related to sale of gas from small and isolated gas fields is more inclined to the seller side. So,
ONGC and Oil India Ltd are not able to sell the gas, which is flared now.The plan is to carry the gas
elsewhere for productive purposes, he added.
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed an
agreement in April this year to jointly set up a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) terminal plant in
Chittagong Port City which will help pipe gas to the north-eastern states.
There is also a sale-purchase agreement between Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in Assam and BPC for
construction of a pipeline from Siliguri in north t Bengal to Parbatipur in Bangladesh for supply of High
Speed Diesel (HSD) to the neighbouring country. This agreement figured in talks in June last year
between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. The two leaders
directed their officials to finalise the terms for establishment of a joint venture company which will
construct and operate the pipeline. The first high-level meeting was held in Guwahati last week and the
second meeting would be held in Agartala later this year to finalise the laying of pipeline between
Bangladesh, Myanmar, north-eastern states and Bengal to carry gas, LPG and HSD, he said. Thirteen
routes with a total length of about 6,900 km of pipelines have been proposed for the purpose.
The Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 envisions doubling the production of oil and natural gas in the north-east
and promoting trade between the region and the neighbouring SAARC countries.ONGC Board has
approved a plan to invest 5,050 crore INR by 2022 to explore more gas in Tripura, he said.
Under this plan, new wells would be drilled and additional surface facilities would be created to increase
gas production from 5.1 million standard cubic metres per day (MSCMD) to at least 6.25 MSCMD from
Tripura gas fields, he said. ONGC has so far discovered 11 gas fields in the state, seven of which are
on production. Under the investment plan to produce and supply 6.25 MSCMD to various consumers,
including production of electricity, for another 15 to 20 years, at least 153 wells are to be drilled, he said.
To enhance gas production, processing and supply capabilities, the GCS Gas Collection Centre in
Sonamura, Gojalia and Konaban would be upgraded and around 900 km gas pipelines would be
laid.The ONGC Tripura asset was carrying out its drilling activities with three owned rigs under operation
and well servicing operations through two work-over rigs, he said. Additional four to five rigs would be
hired to intensify the exploration activities. Tripura gas fields and pipeline locations are in very
challenging locations requiring forest clearance and special effort for timely construction, he said.
ONGC has so far drilled in Tripura about 209 wells more than half of which are gas-bearing, Soni said.
The ONGC has also commissioned its first commercial power project in India, located in southern
Tripura and run by ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC). The 726 MW gas-based combined cycle
power project using both water and natural gas is , located at Palatana, 60 km from Agartala.Electricity
is being supplied to seven of the eight North-eastern states from the Palatana power project. Also 100
MW of power is being supplied to Bangladesh since March, Soni added expressing optimism that the
nitty-gritty will be finalised soon.

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