Amid the approaching the Tamil Nadu state assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate several oil and gas sector projects in the state on Wednesday (17 February) via video conferencing.
PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of the upcoming Cauvery Basin Refinery at State’s Nagapattinam district, reports Hindustan Times.
Among other key projects to be inaugurated by PM Modi are the Ramanathapuram-Thoothukudi natural gas pipeline and the gasoline desulphurisation unit at Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited.
The Ramanathapuram-Thoothukudi section (143 km) of the Ennore-Thiruvallur-Bengaluru-Puducherry- Nagapattinam- Madurai-Tuticorin Natural Gas Pipeline cost the exchequer ₹700 crore.
These are important infrastructure projects and would deliver natural gas supplies to industries and commercial customers and help utilise gas from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) fields.
In another development, the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited’s gasoline desulphurisation that has been constructed at a cost of about ₹500 crore will produce low sulphur (less than 8 ppm) environment-friendly gasoline.
This will help reduce sulphur emissions and contribute to a cleaner environment. The petroleum processing facility will also produce motor spirit and diesel meeting BS-VI specifications, along with polypropylene as a value-added product.
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