GAIL
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State-owned enterprise public company |
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| Traded as | : , : GAIL, : BSE SENSEX Constituent |
| Industry | Energy, petrochemicals |
| Founded | August, 1984 |
| Headquarters | Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi India |
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Key people
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Shri B. C. Tripathi (Chairman & MD) |
| Products | Natural gas, petrochemical, liquid hydrocarbons, Liquefied petroleum gas transmission, city gas distribution, E&P, telecommunication, electricity generation |
| Revenue |  ₹516.14 billion (US$8.0 billion) (FY2015–16) |
| ₹22.99 billion (US$360 million) (FY2015–16) |
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Number of employees
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4200 (2017) |
| Parent | MoP&NG |
| Subsidiaries | GAIL Gas, BCPL and GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte Ltd. |
| Website | www |
Gas (India) Limited (GAIL) (formerly known as Gas Authority India Limited) is the largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi. It has the following business segments: natural gas, liquid hydrocarbon, liquefied petroleum gas transmission, petrochemical, city gas distribution, exploration and production, GAILTEL and electricity generation. GAIL was conferred with the Maharatna status on 1 Feb 2013, by the Government of India. Only six other Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) enjoy this coveted status amongst all central CPSEs. GAIL was listed in the 131st position among India's most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, a study conducted by the Trust Research Advisory.
GAIL (India) Limited was incorporated in August 1984 as a Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG). The company was formerly known as Gas Authority of India Limited. It is India's principal gas transmission and marketing company. The company was initially given the responsibility of construction, operation and maintenance of the Hazira – Vijaypur – Jagdishpur (HVJ) pipeline project. It was one of the largest cross-country natural gas pipeline projects in the world. This 1750-kilometre-long pipeline was built at a cost of ₹17 billion (US$260 million) and it laid the foundation for development of market for natural gas in India. GAIL commissioned the 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi) Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) pipeline in 1991. Between 1991 and 1993, three liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plants were constructed and some regional pipelines acquired, enabling GAIL to begin its gas transportation in various parts of India.
GAIL began its city gas distribution in New Delhi in 1997 by setting up nine compressed natural gas (CNG) stations.
In order to secure gas for its mainstream business, the Exploration and Production department was created. Today GAIL is a partner in the Daewoo-OVL led consortium in two offshore blocks in Myanmar which have made a gas discovery. The bulk of its blocks are located in India in the prolific basins of Cambay, Assam-Arakan, Mahanadi, Krishna Godavary deep water and onland, Cauvery onland and deep water and western offshore. It is actively scouting for foreign blocks both exploratory or discovery.
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