BUILDING A RESILIENT & SUSTAINABLE GAS-BASED ECONOMY FOR INDIA

In a recent interaction with M R Yuvatha, Senior Correspondent at siliconindia, Rahul Tandon, Business Head, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited shared his insights on 'Building a Resilient & Sustainable Gas-Based Economy for India'.

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Rahul Tandon, Business Head, Bharat Petroleum Corporation

Rahul Tandon is a seasoned energy leader with over two decades of experience driving growth, sustainability, and innovation in the gas sector. Passionate about clean energy, he focuses on expanding access to PNG and CNG while integrating technology-driven solutions for greater efficiency and reliability. With a strong foundation in business strategy and digital transformation from SPJIMR and MIT, Rahul blends visionary thinking with actionable initiatives, creating energy solutions that balance progress, environmental responsibility, and social impact.

How are emerging technologies such as Al monitoring, smart metering, and advanced compression boosting efficiency and reliability in natural gas use across homes, businesses, and industry?

Pipelines: Fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), drones and satellite analytics spot third-party intrusion and tiny leaks in near real-time. India's Pipeline operators have already piloted satellite and drone patrols. India has been a pioneer in that segment thanks to ISRO and MoP&G who have carried out various projects involving satellite data and airborne remote sensing data for optimization of pipeline corridor.

IOCL had done Coal Fire mapping along Haldia-Barauni pipeline to detect potential threat of coal fires near IOCL pipelines. GAIL India Ltd. Maintains more than 16,000 Km of natural gas Pipeline infrastructure for which ISRO has developed PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM using multiple satellites and in house software for which ISRO has received patent. Ne potential application involve Monitoring of Methane (CH4) leakage in Oil & Gas fields from space.