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- Pipeline4,951
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Pipelines in India
India has 90 pipelines mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 8th-largest fleet of the 110 countries that hold any, and 2% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 53 operating and 23 under construction or proposed.
The largest owner-operators are GAIL (India) Ltd (29), Gujarat State Petronet (12) and Indian Oil Corp (12) — GAIL (India) Ltd alone is named on 32% of them. Half of India's pipelines in service predate 2010 (median commissioning year of the 49 with a known date), 16 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is Naharkatiya-Digboi Crude Oil Pipeline, dating from 1954. 23 are in the pipeline, led by Bathinda-Jammu-Srinagar Gas Pipeline, proposed. They account for 3% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in India.
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Who owns India's pipelines
- GAIL (India) Ltd29 32%
- Gujarat State Petronet12 13%
- Indian Oil Corp12 13%
- Hindustan Petroleum6 7%
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited5 6%
- BPCL Group4 4%
- H-Energy4 4%
- Assam Gas Co Ltd2 2%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
- 1970s2
- 1990s7
- 2000s11
- 2010s14
- 2020s12
Median commissioning year 2010 · oldest Naharkatiya-Digboi Crude Oil Pipeline (1954) · newest Barauni-Guwahati Gas Pipeline (2024) · 49 of 90 carry a start date
Under construction & proposed
- Bathinda-Jammu-Srinagar Gas Pipelineproposed
- Ennore-Tuticorn-Bengalaru Gas Pipeline2025 · construction
- Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL)2025 · construction
- Srikakulam-Angul Gas Pipeline2025 · construction
- North East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid Project2026 · construction
- Kakinada-Vijayawada-Nellore Gas Pipeline2024 · construction
- PLL-DGEN-Sugen Gas Pipelineconstruction
- Dahej-OPAL Gas Pipelineconstruction
- Mumbai-Nagpur-Jharsuguda Gas Pipeline2025 · construction
- Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore Gas Pipeline — Phase II2022 · construction
- Mallavaram-Bhopal-Bhilwara-Vijaipur Gas Pipeline — Phase II2024 · construction
- Jamnagar to Dwarka Gas Pipeline2024 · construction
How India compares · pipelines by country
Frequently asked
- How many pipelines are there in India?
- OverWatts maps 90 pipelines in India — 2% of the world's mapped total, the 8th-largest national fleet of the 110 countries with any.
- Who owns the pipelines in India?
- GAIL (India) Ltd is named as owner or operator on the most — 29 of 90 (32%). Next are Gujarat State Petronet (12), Indian Oil Corp (12) and Hindustan Petroleum (6).
- How old are India's pipelines?
- The median commissioning year is 2010, across the 49 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is Naharkatiya-Digboi Crude Oil Pipeline (1954); 16 came online in the past ten years.
- What new pipelines are being built in India?
- 23 projects are under construction or proposed. The largest are Bathinda-Jammu-Srinagar Gas Pipeline, Ennore-Tuticorn-Bengalaru Gas Pipeline and Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL).