Solar Power for the World’s Longest Pipeline

To commemorate World Environment Day, Cairn Oil & Gas has announced that its Mangala pipeline will now be converted to solar.

June 04, 2022. By News Bureau

To commemorate World Environment Day, Cairn Oil & Gas has announced that its Mangala pipeline will now be converted to solar.

The Mangala pipeline is the world’s longest continuously heated and insulated pipeline that runs from oil fields of Rajasthan to the refineries in Gujarat – traversing 705 km.

Discussing the company’s initiative to adopt solar power for its celebrated pipeline, Prachur Sah, Deputy CEO Cairn Oil & Gas, said, “The Mangala pipeline has been a great asset for Cairn Oil & Gas. Its unique technology has allowed the transportation of waxy crude from our Rajasthan fields to refineries in Gujarat. Mangala pipeline has been a testimony to our industry leading practices and now, its conversion to solar power is pioneering yet another first for the oil and gas industry. We look forward to several more years of successful production from Barmer and the Mangala pipeline will the backbone of sustaining our ambitions.”

At COP 26 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. In line with the country’s ambitious goals, Cairn Oil & Gas is today pioneering ESG leadership in the sector and has committed to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050.

For this, the company has created a robust ESG roadmap with a slew of diverse initiatives – the first in the country’s oil and gas sector to take this step. In fact, Cairn decision to convert its much-celebrated Mangala pipeline into a fully solar-operated pipeline flows from this ESG vision.

Discovered in 2004, Cairn’s Mangala oil field in Rajasthan was the largest global discovery of the year and India's largest onshore discovery in 25 years.

The field is also home to the Mangala pipeline – the world's longest continuously heated and insulated pipeline that runs from the fields of Rajasthan to refineries in Gujarat – covering 705 kilometers.

The pipeline is a technology marvel that was built to make the transportation of waxy crude produced from the prolific Mangala pipeline a thriving reality.

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