km Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ)
tion centers in India with major gas fields,
for supplying Piped Natural Gas (PNG)
pipeline was the prominent one and it
LNG terminals and other cross border gas
to households and commercial users, and
became operational in 1991.
sourcing points. GAIL is also expanding
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to the
its business to become a player in the
transport sector
During 1991-93, three LPG plants were constructed and some regional pipelines acquired, enabling GAIL to begin its regional gas distribution in various parts of India. GAIL began its city gas distribution in Delhi in 1997 by setting up nine CNG stations, catering to the city’s vast public transport fleet. In 1999, GAIL set up northern India’s only petrochemical plant at Pata. GAIL became the first Infrastructure Provider Category II Licensee and signed the country’s first Service Level Agreement for leasing bandwidth in the Delhi-Vijaipur sector in 2001, through its telecom business GAILTEL. In 2001, GAIL commissioned worlds longest and India’s first Cross Country LPG Transmission Pipeline from Jamnagar to Loni. GAIL today has reached new milestones with its strategic diversification into Petrochemicals, Telecom and Liquid Hydrocarbons besides gas infrastructure. The company has also extended its presence in Power, Liquefied Natural Gas re-gasification, City Gas Distribution and Exploration & Production through equity and
International Market.
Current Activities
GAIL is participating stake in the Dahej LNG Terminal and the upcoming Kochi LNG Terminal in Kerala. The company
Today, GAIL’s Business Portfolio in-
has been entrusted with the responsibil-
cludes, 6,700 km of Natural Gas high
ity of reviving the LNG terminal at Dabhol
pressure trunk pipeline with a capacity
as well as sourcing LNG.
to carry 148 MMSCMD of natural gas across the country. It owns 7 LPG Gas Processing Units to produce 1.2 MMTPA of LPG and other liquid hydrocarbons. GAIL is North India’s only gas based integrated Petrochemical complex at Pata with a capacity of producing 4,10,000 TPA of Polymers. The company maintains 1,922 km of LPG Transmission pipeline network with a capacity to transport 3.8 MMTPA of LPG. Gas Authority of India owns 27 oil and gas Exploration blocks and 3 Coal Bed Methane Blocks.
GAIL has also established its strong presence in the CNG and City Gas sectors in Egypt through equity participation in three Egyptian companies: Fayum Gas Company SAE, Shell CNG SAE and National Gas Company SAE. In another significant move, GAIL had gained important stake in China Gas Holding to explore opportunities in the CNG sector in mainland China.
Financials Revenues of GAIL (India) increased by
As a part of its telecommunication net-
26.1 percent y-o-y to Rs. 6233.9 crores
work GAIL has 13,000 km of OFC net-
in Q4 09. Strong growth in revenues is
work offering highly dependable band-
attributable to strong performance across
width for telecom service providers. The
segments. Revenue from Natural Gas
company has formed Joint venture with
Trading segment increased by 40.2 per-
various other companies in Delhi,
cent y-o-y to Rs. 4742.9 crores. Natu-
Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Agra,
ral Gas Transmission services segment
Lucknow, Bhopal, Agartala and Pune,
registered growth in revenue of 17.1 per-
joint ventures participations. Incorporating the new-found energy into its corporate identity, Gas Authority of India was renamed GAIL (India) Limited on November 22, 2002. Presently the company is deeply involved in integrating all aspects of the Natural Gas value chain (including Exploration & Production, Processing, Transmission, Distribution and Marketing) and its related services. In a rapidly changing scenario, the company is spearheading the move to a new era of clean fuel industrialization, creating a quadrilateral of green energy corridors that connect major consump-
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