PNGRB Pushes Back Deadline for Key Goa ATF Pipeline Project

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has extended the bid submission deadline to 21 August 2025 for the grant of authorisation to lay, build, and operate the Vasco City to Goa International Airport (Dabolim) petroleum and petroleum product (ATF) pipeline, referred to as the GIAPL project.

Originally floated on 22 April 2025, the tender involves a 4-km pipeline with a minimum system capacity of 0.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) starting from the first year of operation. The project must also ensure open access and non-discriminatory common carrier capacity for third-party usage throughout its economic life.

The deadline extension was granted due to technical limitations on the Central Public Procurement (CPP) Portal.

News by Rahul Yelligetti.