Steel majors KIOCL, NMDC and RINL have decided to set up a 13 MTPA slurry pipeline between Nagarnar and Vizag for carrying iron ore with Rs 3500 crore investment. MoU has already been inked between them for setting up a JV in which KIOCL will hold a 48 per cent stake. NMDC and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd will hold 26 per cent each. International technology / equity partner may be roped in to join the project at a later stage. The slurry pipeline will be used to transport iron ore fines from NMDC’s Bailadila mine in Chhattisgarh to Vizag in Andhra Pradesh.

Bagged Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline Project from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. The project envisages laying of mainline for Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline Project (PHDPL)-Group A.

The authority has come up with a detailed drainage pipeline plan for Khoraj. This drainage pipeline will come up near Vaishnodevi Circle on the SG road and would extend up to the SP Ring Road junction. The 300 to 100 mm diameter pipeline would be 11.52 km

Plans to lay LNG pipeline connecting from Ennore-Trichy to Madurai locations. Bids were invited recently for topographical survey and geo technical investigation works.

Plans to implement natural gas pipeline project from Mallavaram-Bhopal-Bhilwara-Vijaipur route.

Plans to set up 220 MW combined cycle gas-based power plant at Raigad. Tractebel Engineering Pvt Ltd is appointed as consultant for preparation of detail feasibility report (DFR).

Plans to construct 51-km Kalammawadi direct water supply pipeline project from Kalammawadi dam on the Dudhganga River to the water treatment plant at Puikhadi under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT)

Plans laying of 35 km water pipeline to bring water directly from Pavana dam to Pimpri region under JNNURM scheme. The foundation stone has laid in May 2008, so far only 12% of work is completed. The project work is stucked due to farmers protest.

The 362-km LPG pipeline project between Mangalore and Bangalore will have a branch line connecting Hassan to Mysore. The pipeline system has been designed based on the initial demand of 1.12 MTPA. The approvals from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, the M/o Environment and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board are in place. The approval from the Forest Department is in progress. The project is expected to be complete by November 2015.