First floating LNG terminal likely to operationalise in India

India’s first floating terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Jaigarh in Maharashtra is expected to be operational in the second half of 2022.

H-Energy Gateway’s floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) at Jaigarh and the Swan Energy-led terminal at Jafrabad are cumulatively expected to add 11 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of regasification capacity, the International Gas Union (IGU) said.

The Jaigarh terminal will be capable of reloading LNG onto other LNG vessels to supply other terminals as well as for bunkering services. The facility is also expected to have ship-to-truck loading facilities to enable onshore retail distribution in the near future.

At present, India has six operational import terminals. No new LNG import terminals were commissioned in 2021, with Mundra LNG being the last one to come into operation in 2020, adding 5 mtpa of regasification capacity.

Another floating terminal at Jafrabad in Gujarat is also likely to begin operations this calendar year.