Petronet LNG to expand Dahej’s capacity to 17.5 mtpa

Petronet LNG of India plans to expand capacity of its Dahej terminal  to 17.5 million tonne per annum.

“Encouraged by the increasing demand at Dahej, the Board of Directors have given their approval to undertake further studies to make an assessment for further expansion of the Dahej terminal to 17.50 mtpa, the company said in a statement on Friday.

Petronet LNG is already working on expanding Dahej’s capacity from 10 mtpa to 15 mtpa.

The work is going on as per schedule and it is expected that this capacity expansion will be completed by end of the year 2016,” Petronet said.

According to the statement, during the quarter ended 30th September, Petronet’s Dahej terminal has operated at highest level ever of around 117 % of its nameplate capacity.

The volume regasified at the Dahej terminal during the second quarter of FY 2014-15 was 149.16 TBTUs.

The company’s second LNG terminal – Kochi, which was commissioned last year, processed 1.31 TBTUs of LNG serving the Kochi Refinery in the vicinity of the terminal.

The total volume processed i.e. 150.47 TBTUs compares with a volume of 138.67 TBTUs in the previous quarter and 122.93 TBTUs in the corresponding quarter of the last year, Petronet said.

Truck loading facilities at Kochi have also been commissioned and supplies started to M/s HLL at Trivandrum.

Petronet also said that the Government of Andhra Pradesh has granted approval for setting up its 5 mtpa LNG project at Gangavaram.

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LNG World News Staff; Image: Petronet LNG