City Gas Distribution Market in India – A Comparative Study on Feasibility of Natural Gas in Ratnagiri, North Goa and Dhar District

Abstract

City Gas Distribution is expected to be one of the most growth oriented business in upcoming years. The realization of natural gas as a greener and cleaner fuel is growing. Researchers have identified the basics of the gas distribution system, the infrastructure network which is required to set up, business elements involved in actual distribution of Natural Gas as piped Natural Gas and the safety parameters with respect to pipeline technology and environmental regulations implemented. The salient feature of this project was to concentrate on forecasting demand in the Indian Natural Gas market and evaluating the feasibility of the project. Demand requirement of Natural Gas in different segments like industries, domestic consumers, commercial customers, transport authorities have been surveyed to assess the demand scenario in targeted areas that we have surveyed for.Three locations called “Targeted Areas” have chosen and as Ratnagiri District (Maharashtra State), North Goa District (North Goa State) and Dhar District (Madhya Pradesh State) had been surveyed which has the potential for CGD network establishment.Data regarding the power consumption pattern, type of fuel they for consumption, current costs of each fuel consumed in targeted areas. Data regarding domestic LPG consumption for fuel usage in households, Fuel used by different transportation vehicles as three wheelers and four wheelers only considered and has been collected for data analysis in these targeted areas. Thus demand for NG in domestic, commercial and industrial sector has been calculated and CNG demand in transportation sector has been calculated.