Assam’s NRL signs MoU with Paradip Port Trust and IOCL for Import of crude oil at Paradip Port

Under NRL’s proposed Refinery expansion Project, a 28 Inch Diameter 1400 Km long Crude Oil Pipeline of 1 MMTPA capacity will be laid for transporting 6.0 MMTPA of imported crude oil from Paradip Port in Odisha to Numaligarh in Assam.

According to NRL,the MoU provides for utilizing IOCL’s spare capacity of existing SPMs (Single Point Mooring) at Paradip. Paradip Port Trust will extend land space for installation of Crude storage tanks, Pump house and Township at Paradip.

The tripartite MoU was signed between Chairman Paradip Port Trust, Rinkesh Roy, Director (Technical) NRL,. B.J Phukan and ED (Pipelines.)

IOCL, A. K Tiwari in the presence of Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari; Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan; Assam’s Finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam’s Industry Minister, Chandra Mohan Patowary; and NRL MD P.Padmanabhan.