HVJ Gas Pipeline

{{Infobox pip eline | name = HVJ Gas Pipeline
એચ.વી.જે ગેસ પાઇપલાઇન
एच.वी.जेलाइन | type = Gas Pipeline | photo = | caption = | map = | country = India | state = Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and NCT | province = | coordinates = | lat = | long = | direction = North to South | start = Hazira (Surat), Gujarat | through = Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh | finish = Jagdishpur (Industrial Area), Uttar Pradesh | par = 69 rivers, 300 roads and numerous railway crossings.[1] | owner = Gas Authority of India Limited | partners = | operator = Gas Authority of India Limited | technical_service_provider = | contractors = Various | construction = 1986 .ऐचक | e st

             = 1987

| decom = | length = 3474.00 | length_mi = 2158.64 | discharge = 33.4×10⁶ m³/d at ~1 atm[2] | discharge_bbl_d = | diameter_mm = 914.4 | diameter_in = 36 | compressor_stations_no = 4 | compressor_stations = Hazira, Morena, Vijaipur and Auraiya | pumping_stations_no = | pumping_stations = }}

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 1986 after the incorporation of GAIL (India) Limited to supply gas to the fertilizer plants located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The first phase of the project consisting of non-branched 1,750 kilometer grid was commissioned in 1987. Later on the system was expanded with additional branches to supply gas for industrial and domestic use in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana and NCT, which increased the total grid length to 3,474 km.[3]

In year 1998, newly established Indraprastha Gas Limited took control of the Delhi branch of the pipeline to set up a citywide gas grid.[4]