Greenfield LNG storage terminal at Chhara Port

HPLNG, a subsidiary of Maharatna oil PSU HPCL, is developing a greenfield LNG terminal at Chhara Port, located in Gujarat. The company said that the terminal is being built in the coastal region of East Somnath district in Gujarat.

Further, the company informed that the terminal has a regasification capacity of five MMTPA which has the potential to expand till 10 MMTPA. The terminal is spread over 139 acres and its estimated cost is around Rs 4,293 crores.

Additionally, the project will involve the development of an LNG terminal with all its associated facilities like receipt, unloading, storage, and regasification of LNG and supply of regasified LNG to the gas grid, it added.

The subsidiary company said, for unloading LNG Carrier ships, a 1.2-kilometre-long jetty with unloading arms and pipeline for transporting LNG to storage tanks is being constructed.

The unloading facility will be able to cater to LNG carriers of 80,000 to 2,66,000 cubic metre of capacity for unloading LNG. The provision of the additional jetty for the future is also available for Phase 2.