India to dominate Asia’s new-build trunk pipeline additions

GlobalData’s latest report,‘Global Length and Capital Expenditure Outlook for Oil and Gas Pipelines, 2020−2024: Asia Leads Global Pipeline Growth’, reveals that India is expected to develop a new-build pipeline length of 27 364 km by 2024.

Soorya Tejomoortula, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “In India, 48 new-build pipelines are likely to start operations by 2024, of which 33 are planned pipelines with identified development plans and the remaining 15 are early-stage announced pipelines. Kandla–Gorakhpur is the longest upcoming pipeline in the country with a length of 2757km. It is a product pipeline expected to start operations in 2024.”

GlobalData expects China to be the second-highest contributor to the Asia’s new-build pipeline length additions by 2024 with a length of 10,609 km. Planned projects account for almost entire pipeline additions in the country with 10 567 km. The Power of Siberia 1 (China Section) is the longest upcoming pipeline in the country with a length of 3371 km. It is a natural gas pipeline expected to start operations by 2023.

Pakistan ranks third in contribution to the new-build pipeline length additions in the region by 2024 with a length of 2711 km from eight upcoming pipelines. Of the total length, announced and planned pipelines are likely to contribute 1480 km and 1231 km, respectively.

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