Hazira LNG Terminal in India to Boost Capacity by 50% in 2016-17
India’s Hazira LNG Ltd will increase the capacity of its LNG terminal on the west coast by 50 percent to 7.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in the financial year 2016-2017 (Apr-Mar), news agency Reuters reported Tuesday citing a government panel report.
Hazira is a partnership between Shell Gas B.V and Total Gaz Electricité Holdings France. Shell and Total have a shareholding of 74 percent and 26 percent respectively in each of the companies that comprise the Hazira LNG Terminal and Port project.
“The increase in (Hazira LNG) capacity from 5 million to 7.5 million tonnes a year will become available at the end of year 2016/17,” the report said.
India’s import and regasification capacity, which currently stands at 25 mtpa, will rise to 41 mtpa in 2016-2017.
The report said that new terminals with capacities of up to 27 mtpa were at various stages of planning on both the eastern and western coasts of India, Reuters stated.