India is likely to start the operations of 118 midstream oil and gas projects from 2021 to 2025, accounting for 35% of the total upcoming midstream project starts in Asia by 2025, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Out of 118 projects to commence operations in India, transmission pipelines projects would be 55, liquids storage would be 43, LNG regasification 17, and gas processing projects would be three.
Among the midstream segments, transmission pipelines projects would constitute around 47% of all midstream projects’ starts in India during the period 2021 to 2025. The Kandla–Gorakhpur LPG pipeline is one of the key projects with a length of 2,757 km and costing USD 1.4bn. The pipeline project would serve LPG bottling plants in the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh that meet the growing demand for the commodity in India.