NEW DELHI, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Cairn India Ltd. has awarded a contract to Larsen and Toubro to lay crude oil and gas pipelines from Rajasthan to Gujarat.
L&T Ltd. will do the engineering work of the two pipelines from Barmer (Rajasthan) to Salaya (Gujarat) to transport crude and gas, a Cairn spokesman said.
The work includes laying a cross-country 24-inch skin heat traced pipeline with PUF insulation from the Mangala terminal at Barmer (Rajasthan) to Salaya oil export terminal, near Jamnagar, a company official said Friday.
The pipeline would be 330 kilometers south from the Mangala field to a pump station and oil take-off point at Viramgam. From Viramgam the pipeline would continue for 261 kilometers southwest up to an export oil terminal at Salaya, the spokesman said.
He said another pipeline of 8-inch diameter will be laid to transport natural gas from the Raageshwari Fields. This will be alongside the 24-inch pipeline for feeding gas generator sets at 32 sites on the way. The gas generator sets are primarily for producing electricity for the skin-effect heat-management system to maintain the fluidity of the waxy crude.
"This is another milestone in the development of these valuable resources from Rajasthan and we remain confident of achieving first oil in the second half of 2009," said Rahul Dhir, chief executive, Cairn India.
