GAIL evaluating Business opportunities in Fertilizer Manufacturing: Smt P. Lakshmi

NEW DELHI . The Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today that GAIL (India) Ltd. (GAIL) is evaluating the opportunities to enter into the business of fertilizer manufacturing.

The Minister added that GAIL is exploring the possibility of supply of Ammonia Synthesis Gas (ASG) through coal gasification for production of fertilizer in FCIL, Talcher. 

In response to another question about Government’s plan to bring Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal within gas map of India, Smt Lakshmi informed that GAIL (India) Ltd. has been authorized to lay Jagdishpur-Haldia natural gas pipeline (JHPL) and Surat-Paradip natural gas pipeline. These pipelines will pass through the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha, she added. D D NEWS

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