HPCL’s Chhara LNG terminal receives commissioning cargo

it has reached 4 meters, below the water level. Up to that place, it has been done,” Narang said.

“Now with the fair-weather season starting effective October, the work will shortly start over there for completing the balance part,” he said.

“We are hopeful that in this fair-weather season, the same should be completed,” he said.

India’s eighth LNG import facility

HPCL LNG (HPLNG), a unit of HPCL, built the LNG terminal with all associated facilities for receipt, unloading, storage, regasification of LNG, and gas supply to the grid.

The firm, formerly known as HPCL Shapoorji Energy Private Limited (HSEPL), was incorporated as a 50:50 joint venture between HPCL and SP Ports Private Limited (SPPPL) on October 15, 2013.

However, HPCL purchased the 50 percent stake from SPPPL in March 2021, becoming the sole owner of the LNG import facility.

The LNG terminal features the 1.2 km long jetty capable of receiving carriers with a capacity of 80,000 cbm to 266,000 cbm, and two LNG storage tanks each with a capacity of 200,000 cbm, according to HPLNG.

HPCL previously said that the pipeline which connects the terminal was mechanically completed.

GSPL built the 42km long pipeline, which stretches to Gundala, and from there, it is connected to the gas grid.

The Chhara LNG terminal is India’s eighth LNG import facility.

At the moment, India imports LNG via seven facilities with a combined capacity of about 47.7 million tonnes per year.

These include Petronet LNG’s Dahej and Kochi terminals, Shell’s Hazira terminal, and the Dabhol LNG, Ennore LNG, Mundra LNG, and Dhamra LNG terminal.