Shri S. Jaipal Reddy dedicates GAIL's Chainsa - GAIL (India)

Shri S. Jaipal Reddy dedicates GAIL’s Chainsa - Sultanpur –Neemrana pipeline to the NationShri S. Jaipal Reddy launches new look website of GAILShri S. Jaipal Reddy visits GAIL Corporate Office, reviewsactivitiesNew Delhi, April 9, 2011. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleumand Natural Gas today dedicated the Chainsa - Sultanpur – Neemranapipeline of GAIL to the Nation. Shri S. Sundareshan, Secretary, Ministry ofPetroleum and Natural Gas, Shri B. C. Tripathi, Chairman and ManagingDirector, GAIL were present on the occasion. Shri Sudhir Bhargava,Additional Secretary, MoPNG, Shri R D Goyal, Director (Projects), Shri S LRaina, Director (HR), Shri Prabhat Singh, Director (Marketing), Shri SVenkatraman, Director (BD), Shri P K Jain, Director (Finance), Shri ArunSinghal, CVO, GAIL, Shri Manu Srivastava, Director, MoPNG and othersenior officials of MoPNG and GAIL were also present on the occasion.Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas dedicated the pipeline to theNation from the GAIL Corporate Office during his visit to review the activitiesof the Company. The Hon’ble Minister opened the valve of the pipeline atChainsa through remote access and soon the gas flowed from the pipeline.Immediately thereafter, the control of the system was transferred to theNational Gas Management Centre of GAIL at Noida. The 218 km Chainsa -Sultanpur – Neemrana pipeline has been laid at an investment of Rs. 710crore against an approved cost of Rs. 960 crore, thereby making a saving ofRs. 250 crore. With the commissioning of the pipeline an additionaltransmission capacity of 35 MMSCMD has been added to GAIL’s network.The Chainsa – Sultanpur - Neemrana pipeline will supply gas to 14consumers in industrial areas viz. Neemrana, Manesar, Dharuhera andKhushkhera.Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas alsolaunched the new look website of GAIL (India) Limited. The new website isintended to have improved functionality, user friendly interface and easynavigation.The Hon’ble Minister also reviewed the progress of the GAIL’s pipeline andpetrochemical projects during his visit. GAIL is presently implementingpipeline projects to lay additional 6,900 km of pipelines and doubling thecapacity of its petrochemical plant at Pata to 900,000 TPA besides otherdiversification initiatives in E & P, City Gas etc. over the next couple of yearsat an estimated investment of Rs. 40,000 crore.Photo Caption

Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas (right)dedicating the GAIL’s Chainsa - Sultanpur – Neemrana pipeline to the Nationthrough remote access (inset) during his visit to GAIL Corporate Office. Alsoseen Shri B. C. Tripathi (left), CMD, GAIL.