Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma released a prestigious corporate book of Oil India Ltd. titled ‘Oil India – The Pipeline Saga’ in Dispur in presence of august gathering of OIL’s Senior Management and author Padmashri Arup Kr. Dutta. The voluminous book is based on birth and journey of India’s pioneering cross-country pipeline constructed from Naharkatiya in Upper Assam to Barauni in Bihar over a distance of 1158 km for transporting crude oil produced in Upper Assam field to newly constructed public sector refineries at Guwahati and Barauni during 1960’s.
‘Oil India – The Pipeline Saga’ seeks to chronicle the titanic efforts that went into the construction of the pipeline, at that time the second longest in Asia, and the first to be fully automated.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma appreciated the efforts of Oil India Limited to document & archive the Pipeline history, which is much required for our future generation & for the people of Assam. He also viewed that this book would help our aspiring students willing to study technical aspect of Pipelines and Hydrocarbon sector. He mentioned that the Pipeline, OIL’s technological marvel of 60’s established its superior technology at that point of time which speaks of high-end credentials and capacity building by Oil India Limited during 1960s despite extreme adverse geological conditions.
