Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) is an Indian

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distribution company that supplies natural gas as cooking and vehicular fuel, primarily in

Delhi NCR The National Capital Region (NCR; ) is a region centred upon the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The NCR and ...

. Established in 1998, the company is a joint venture between

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Bharat Petroleum Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited is an Indian public sector oil and gas company, headquartered in Mumbai. It is India's second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer, whose operations are overseen by the Ministry of Petroleum and ...

, and the

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History

IGL was incorporated in 1998, to take over and operate the Delhi City Gas Distribution Project from

for laying a network of gas distribution pipelines in Delhi. The company started as a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

between GAIL,

and the

to implement a city gas distribution network. The company went public in 2003, listing on the

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and the National Stock Exchange.

Operations

As of 31 December 2017, IGL supplied piped natural gas to over 9,00,000 homes, over 2,000 commercial and more than 1,150 industrial establishments in the NCR. It also operates 425

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filling stations for

natural gas vehicle A natural gas vehicle (NGV) utilizes compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel source. Distinguished from autogas vehicles fueled by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), NGVs rely on methane combustion, res ...

s. IGL sources its gas via the

HVJ Gas Pipeline HVJ an abbreviation for Hazira- Vijaipur- Jagdishpur (also known as HBJ where B stands for Bijeypur, another name of Vijaipur) is India's first cross state gas pipeline. The project was started in 1984 after the incorporation of GAIL (India) ...

owned by

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