India: Petronet Approves Kochi LNG Expansion

The Board of Petronet LNG has approved a plan to double the capacity of Kochi LNG terminal from 2.5 MMTPA to 5 MMTPA, the Indian Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas said yesterday in a statement.

Petronet LNG, India’s leader in liquefied natural gas, has set up the country’s first LNG receiving and regasification terminal at Dahej, Gujarat, and is in the process of building another terminal at Kochi, Kerala.

The terminal at Kochi will help in meeting the enormous demand of natural gas for Power, Fertilizers, Petrochemicals and various other industries in the Southern States.

Petronet will also supply LNG through road tankers.

[mappress]

LNG World News Staff, November 25, 2011; Image: Petronet LNG