The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board vide notification dated 17th November, 2022 has issued the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Determination of Natural Gas Pipeline Tariff) Amendment Regulations, 2022. As per the amendment, initial capacity of an integrated natural gas pipeline, if any, shall be as determined for the purpose of determining natural gas pipeline tariff as per the basis as specified in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Determining Capacity of Petroleum, Petroleum Products and Natural Gas Pipeline) Regulations, 2010, and approved by the Board.
Till such capacity is determined and approved by the Board, the capacity of an integrated natural gas pipeline, if any, shall be taken on a provisional basis as the higher of:
- Sum total of capacity of all the constituent pipelines of the integrated natural gas pipeline, in accordance with their respective latest tariff orders, excluding capacity of such constituent pipelines which do not have any separate natural gas source directly connected to it, if any; or
- The capacity of an integrated natural gas pipeline as may be submitted by the concerned entity.
