Nepal Oil Corporation has imported 25,500 kiloliters of petrol and kerosene along with diesel for the last 6 months through the Motihari-Amlekhganj petroleum pipeline.
According to Pralayankar Acharya, Head of Nepal Oil Corporation Madhes Regional Office, Amlekhganj, 5,500 kiloliters of petrol was brought in through the pipeline for the first time on October 4 last year.
On December 11 of last year, 10,000 kiloliters of kerosene and 10,000 kiloliters of gasoline were imported on January 10 of this year. Earlier, only diesel was being imported through the pipeline. Acharya said that currently there is no technical problem in importing petrol and kerosene. According to him, the petrol and kerosene brought in through the pipeline are regularly sent to Thankot, Biratnagar, Pokhara and Janakpur depots as per requirement.
Acharya informed that before the tank of Amlekhganj depot had less than 5 thousand kiloliters of fuel, it was brought in through the pipeline. "The stock is not allowed to be less than 5 thousand kiloliters," he said. They have 4 tanks, two with a capacity of 5 thousand 100 kiloliters and two with a capacity of 4 thousand 100 kiloliters. 3 of them are being used for storing petrol and one for diesel storage. Along with that, two 250 kiloliter transmix tanks have also been constructed. A new pipeline of 2 km has also been laid inside the depot.
At present, the depot has tanks capable of storing 25.5593 thousand liters of diesel, 174.498 thousand liters of petrol and 2.266000 liters of kerosene, both old and new. Two dozen fully automatic loading way-refiller pump houses and laboratories have also been constructed for the transportation of petrol. In the past, it took more than 30 to 40 minutes to fill a tanker at the depot, now it will be filled in half of that time. Under the
project, the upgrade of fire fighting system, OWS system for separating water and oil and PMCC room have also been constructed. The contract was awarded to the Indian company Likhita Infrastructure Pvt Ltd to complete the entire infrastructure construction within the year 2023. The tender call for the project was also made by the Indian side.
According to the agreement between Indian Oil Corporation and Nepal Oil Corporation, the second phase of the project has been completed at a cost of 128 million baht. The technical work of the project is being looked after by the Indian side and the financial aspect by the Nepali side. The Nepali side will transfer the total cost amount to the Indian side in installments.
A firewater tank with a capacity of 3,000 kiloliters has also been constructed for safety inside the depot to avoid accidents such as fire. Under the
pipeline project, the first phase of work was completed and diesel was being imported through the pipeline from August 25, 2076. It is claimed that when petroleum products are imported through the pipeline, the technical loss will be zero, and about 40 to 50 percent will be saved in the transportation fee. Vehicular accident and Birganj customs and nearby The traffic jam in the area has also reduced.
