The Dahej LNG terminal, owned by India’s biggest LNG importer, Petronet LNG, will get a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 138,097 cbm Disha on August 16, shipping data reveals.
Petronet has set up South East Asia’s first LNG receiving and regasification terminal with an original nameplate capacity of 5 MMTPA at Dahej, Gujarat.
The capacity of the terminal has been expanded to 10 MMTPA and the same has been commissioned in June, 2009.
The expansion involved construction of 2 additional LNG storage tanks and other vaporization facilities. The terminal is meeting around 20% of the total gas demand of the country.
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LNG World News Staff, August 14, 2013