GAIL, regulator at odds over Rs 1.5K crore pipeline
NEW DELHI: GAIL and the downstream regulator are headed for a clash after the latter cancelled the state-run firm’s sole bid to lay a Rs 1,500-crore pipeline in Rajasthan citing unviably high tariff, and launched in its place the bidding process for another pipeline with altered route, according to people familiar with the matter.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) said on November 6 that it had cancelled the bid process for Langtala-Jodhpur-Bhilwara pipeline “as the tariff quoted by GAIL (India) Ltd (as a sole bidder) was found to be excessively high, impacting the viability of the gas itself.” That very day, the board also invited bids for laying a new gas pipeline on altered route from Langtala to Pali via Jodhpur.
