India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline
The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (also called the Indo-Bangla Friendship Pipeline) is a cross-border petroleum product pipeline connecting Numaligarh Refinery in Golaghat, Assam, India, to the Parbatipur petroleum fuel depot in Dinajpur district, Bangladesh. The pipeline was jointly inaugurated on 18 March 2023 by the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh. It is India's first cross-border petroleum pipeline with any neighbouring country. The pipeline replaced the earlier mode of diesel transport by railway tankers, significantly reducing transit time and logistics costs. The Bangladesh portion of the pipeline was funded by India under grant assistance.
- Total length: 131.57 km (5 km in India; 126.57 km in Bangladesh).
- Capacity: 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of High Speed Diesel (HSD).
- Indian endpoint: Numaligarh Refinery, Golaghat, Assam (operated by Numaligarh Refinery Limited — a joint venture involving Oil India Ltd, BPCL, and the Government of Assam).
- Bangladesh endpoint: Parbatipur petroleum depot, Dinajpur district.
- Transfer rate: approximately 113 tonnes/hour; a 5,000-tonne shipment takes ~44 hours to arrive.
- Cost of Bangladesh-side pipeline: approximately Rs 2.85 billion, borne by India under grant assistance.
- Annual agreed supply volume: 180,000 tonnes of diesel.
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