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Engineering students make a Myanmar, India mull building

robot from waste material cross-border oil products
pipeline

he mechanical engineering students of Adi Shankara
TInstitute of Engineering and Technology, Kochi have ndia has proposed to build a pipeline from the
created a robot from waste material. A group of 25 Icountry's east coast to deliver oil products,
second-year students created a robot proportioned 12 ft mainly diesel, to Myanmar, a Myanmar government
x 600 kgs from use-and-throw waste sourced locally. The official said on Friday. "We have already connected
raw materials include engine parts, silencers and petrol (oil and gas) pipelines toChina and Thailand, and we
tanks. According to Eldhose K K, head of the Mechanical considered connecting (oil) pipelines to India as well
Engineering department, the students created the robot as Bangladesh. This is under consideration to share
from the scrap metal collected from the campus and petroleum products," Zaw Aung, director general of
different areas the Ministry of Electricity and Energy's oil and gas
in the panchayat. planning department, said at the OTC Asia conference.
“The initiative A working group has been formed by Myanmar and India
aims to help the to look at issues such as security, land and oil storage,
students apply all and how to price the fuel and the oil's specification,
the things they he told Reuters.
have learned in Myanmar currently imports about 100,000 barrels per
the past four day (bpd) of diesel and gasolinemainly from Singapore,
years to create Zaw Aung said, and produces only 12,000 bpd of oil
s o mething locally. The country has invited investors to build
beautiful,” he said. The robot might not have the finesse refineries but high land cost is one of the main issues
of the one displayed at Lulu Mall, but the effort put in by to overcome, he said.The country has also held its first
the students makes up for it, said the professor. Currently, round of talks with China and Bangladesh to discuss
the students are working on making automated movements building an electricity transmission grid across borders
possible for this giant art-work. Another creation of
the same group is a ‘race-car’ which similarly utilises
recyclable waste.
The car boasts a diesel engine, suspension (back and
front), drum brake, and a four gear system which includes
reverse gear (a rarity in formula one cars).The car which
has high fuel efficiency took only Rs 35,000 for its first
edition production. The faculty and students of the
department are in full-fledged preparation to display their
long-time dream in various automobile expos.

Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering & Technology was to ease power shortages, Zaw Aung said. With economic
established at Kalady with the aim of providing value reforms and loosening of international sanctions,
added technical education with a flair of professional the Government of Myanmar has sped up oil and gas
excellence and ethical values.The college is run by ADI exploration and promoted foreign direct investment in
SANKARA TRUST, a registered trust which has carved a the Oil & Gas (O & G) Sector. According to the Central
niche in the educational sector by running Sree Sankara Statistic Organization- CSO, the total gas production
College, Sree Sarada School, Adi Sankara Training (pipeline gas and compressed natural gas- CNG in FY
College, Sree Sarada Special School, DDU Kaushal Kendra 2014-2015 was over 650 billion cubic feet (Bcf) and
all at Kalady. in FY 2015-2016, the production went up to 700 Bcf.

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