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more-inWork on laying a crude oil pipeline from Chennai port to the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s (CPCL) refinery in Manali is nearing completion. The new pipeline would have a bigger diameter (42 inch), meaning it can allow more crude to run through in lesser time. Presently, connectivity to the port side is being taken up and the trial of the crude carrier is likely to be taken up shortly. All along the pipeline, an optical fibre cable has been laid so as to provide connectivity between the port and the refinery. “Our drilling machines took time to get through this soil, which is sticky and hard in nature,” explained an official..