Question

The HBJ pipeline serves the fertilizer plant at__________.
A.Hazira (Gujarat)
B.Vijaipur (Madhya Pradesh)
C.Jagdishpur (Uttar Pradesh)
D.All the above

Answer 1

Hint: Pipeline transport is the long-distance transportation through which solids can also be carried when transformed into slurry. They are mainly used to transport water in cities,big towns and industrial units.

Complete answer: -HVJ stands for Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur. It is India's first cross state gas pipeline which was started in 1986 after the incorporation of GAIL (India) Limited to supply gas to the fertilizer plants situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
- The first stage of the project consisting of a non-branched 1,750 kilometer grid was authorized in 1987. Later, the system was enlarged with additional branches to supply gas for industrial and domestic usage in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana and NCT, which upgraded the total grid length to 3,474 km.
-In 1998, newly organized Indraprastha Gas Limited took supervision of the Delhi branch of the pipeline to set up a citywide gas grid.
-Each compressor station includes a gas cooling system, electricity generating sets, firefighting systems, fuel gas metering techniques and all essential instrumentation and management.

Hence, The correct option is D.

Note: -United States have the most number of pipelines.
- The first pipeline constructed in India, was the Naharkatia-Nunmati-Barauni Pipeline which was used to carry crude oil from Naharkatia oil field to Nunmati.
-The disadvantages of pipelines are, it is difficult to make security arrangements for them and cannot be easily repaired.