Oil and gas pipeline construction projects to boost demand for the coatings and corrosion management sector

Increasing pipeline business worldwide and escalating technological developments in the pipeline coatings industry to fuel a robust demand

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India is among the top five developers of oil and gas pipelines, which are under construction and proposed, according to an analysis by Global Energy Monitor, a nonprofit organization that tracks energy projects. The country is constructing 1,630 km long oil transmission pipelines, ranking second globally in the pipelines under construction category. With 1,194 km long proposed pipelines, India secured the 10th spot, the analysis showed. Along with India, the other top countries with pipelines under construction and proposed include the United States, Iraq, Iran and Tanzania.

In India, Paradip Numaligarh Crude Pipeline (under construction) and New Mundra-Panipat Oil Pipeline (proposed) will be among the longest oil pipelines in the world. The Paradip Numaligarh Crude Pipeline will begin in Paradip port. It will pass through Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Assam and end in the Numaligarh refinery in Assam. The project is owned by Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, a public-sector oil company in Assam. It is expected to start functioning in 2024.

The proposed New Mundra-Panipat Oil Pipeline will begin in Chudva in Kachchh district, Gujarat and pass through Nagaur, Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jodhpur and Pali districts in Rajasthan, before terminating in the Indian Oil Company Ltd's Panipat refinery in Haryana, India.

But as of now, Africa and the Middle East are home to 49% of all oil transmission pipelines under construction globally at a cost of US$25.3 billion, according to new data from Global Energy Monitor.