India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFP)

March 11, 2023

Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh will jointly inaugurate the maiden cross-border oil pipeline between the two countries.

About India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFPL):

  • IBFPL will carry diesel from Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Ltd's (NRL) marketing terminal at Siliguri in West Bengal to the Parbatipur depot of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).
  • IBFPL is 131.5 Kilometers long, out of which 126.5 kilometer pipeline is in Bangladesh and 5 kilometers in India.
  • The pipeline has a capacity of one million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA).
  • The total project cost for the construction of the IBFPL is Rs 377.08 crore. 
  • The project is built under grant assistance from the government of India.

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