The Hindu Business Line : TN petro product pipeline is ready

The 680-km-long Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai pipeline for transporting petroleum products will be formally inaugurated on June 26. The Petroleum Minister, Mr Murli Deora, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, and a host of others are expected to participate in a function to mark the occasion.

The product pipeline, laid at a cost of Rs 450 crore, was commissioned in August 2005. It has a capacity to transport 1.8 million tonnes of products a year, and by 2010, when it will be fully completed, the capacity will go up to 2.3 million tonnes a year. As part of the pipeline, laid by Indian Oil Corporation, tankages have been built at three places. The pipeline is being used to transport diesel, kerosene and petrol. It is 30 per cent cheaper to transport these products by the pipeline than by rail, according to officials associated with the project.

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