Oil regulator PNGRB fines H-Energy for delays in pipeline construction

Oil sector regulator PNGRB has fined H-Energy Private Ltd – a part of real estate giant Hiranandani group – for delays in laying a pipeline from Jaigarh in Maharasthra to Mangalore in Karnataka, via Goa, to carry natural gas to users. HEPL was granted a licence to lay the 635-kilometer Jaigarh-Mangalore natural gas pipeline (JMPL) on June 28, 2016. The line with a capacity to carry 17 million standard cubic meters per day of gas was supposed to be commissioned by June 27, 2019, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) said in an order dated June 7. Jaigarh is the port where HEPL is setting up a floating terminal to import LNG.

“The Board while examining the progress of the JMPL project, observed that as on March 2022, the progress is nil,” it said.