BPCL re-routes critical Mumbai-Manmad pipeline
Mumbai: State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has re-routed its critical 252-km-long oil pipeline connecting Mumbai and Nashik, the company said on Saturday.
The 18-inch diameterpipeline has been re-routed considering the infrastructural developments, residential and other buildings having sprung up around its route over the last 20 years, making it inaccessible for repairs or maintenance and posing risks to people in the vicinity, the company said.
In 2018, a fire broke out at BPCL’s Chembur refinery in Mumbai at the compressor shed of the hydrocracker plant, triggering an explosion. Around 40 people were injured in the accident.
