Nation's First Pohang 'LPG Pipeline Network Information Center' Opens... A Step Closer to the Energy Welfare Era

Completion of LPG Pipeline Network Construction through Professional Outsourced Management

Systematic and Stable Comprehensive Management, Disaster Prevention, Safe City

On the 6th, Pohang City held the 'Pohang LPG Pipeline Network Information Center Opening Ceremony' in the Heunghae-eup area.

On the 6th, Pohang City held the 'Pohang LPG Pipeline Network Information Center Opening Ceremony' in the Heunghae-eup area (Jungseong-ro).

The event was attended by about 50 people, including Han Sang-ho, Mayor of Buk-gu, Son Seung-jin, Director of the Korea LPG Pipeline Network Project Group, officials from the Korea Gas Safety Corporation, Park Yong-seon, Vice Chairman of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council, provincial and city council members, village chiefs, and project stakeholders.

At the opening ceremony, after the progress report, introduction of the information center, and the unveiling of the nameplate, time was spent communicating with representatives and chiefs of each village for safe facility management.

The 'Pohang LPG Pipeline Network Information Center' systematically and stably manages LPG pipeline networks and related facilities to prevent disasters and ensure facility safety for 23 villages that have completed energy welfare projects since 2019 through entrusted management by a specialized institution, as well as for villages that will complete the projects in the future.

After deliberation by the Private Entrusted Management Committee in October last year, an annual entrusted project budget of 229 million KRW has been invested since January this year, and the center is operated by entrusting the specialized institution, Korea LPG Pipeline Network Project Group.

The Pohang LPG Pipeline Network Information Center is linked with the Seoul (Central) LPG Pipeline Network Information Center, deploying one patrol vehicle and one resident staff member, and is dedicated to disaster prevention and facility safety by conducting regular and occasional inspections according to management manuals, control monitoring, GIS shape management, and pipeline network patrols.

Nationwide LPG pipeline network facilities consist of 12 military-level sites and 850 village-level sites, among which Pohang City is promoting the largest scale in village-level projects. In addition, by installing the nation's first state-of-the-art comprehensive situation room at the information center, stable management of energy welfare facilities has become possible, enhancing its status as a safe city.

This year, Pohang City plans to invest 12.7 billion KRW in 13 villages to promote the LPG pipeline network project targeting 1,078 households, striving to ensure that 99% of all citizens can enjoy energy welfare benefits.

A city official stated, "Through the 'Pohang LPG Pipeline Network Information Center Opening Ceremony,' we plan to systematically and stably manage the facilities and do our best to build a safe city, Pohang," adding, "We will continue to expand energy welfare projects and make further efforts to realize an era of 99% energy welfare."

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