VIJAYAWADA: Adding a feather on its cap, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) adopted Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) technology for transporting fuel for the first time in the country. It laid underground pipelines across a distance of 3.1 km, between Seethanagaram and Gutala villages on the river Godavari under the Paradip-Hyderabad Petroleum Pipeline Project. For its completion, the IOCL entrusted the project on Dezhou Shengli Pipeline Crossing Engineering India Private Limited as the project cost escalated. The firm commenced the works in January, this year and completed on July 17.
