Petronet LNG Limited is one of the fastest growing world-class Public Limited Company in the Indian energy sector. It has set up the country's first LNG receiving and regasification terminal at Dahej, Gujarat with present nominal capacity of 17.5 MMTPA and another terminal at Kochi, Kerala having a nominal capacity of 5 MMTPA. The company is also exploring suitable opportunities within and outside India to expand its business presence.
The Company had set up South East Asia's first LNG Receiving and Regasification Terminal with an original nameplate capacity of 5 MMTPA at Dahej, Gujarat. The infrastructure was developed in the shortest possible time and at a benchmark cost. The capacity of the terminal has been expanded in phases which is currently 17.5 MMTPA and the same is under expansion to 22.5 MMTPA in two phases. The terminal has 6 LNG storage tanks and other vaporization facilities. The terminal is meeting around 40% of the total gas demand of the country
INDIA LNG SCENARIO
LNG being a Fuel which has virtually unending availability and is strongly vying for a position juxtaposed to renewables
- Total LNG traded in World in year 2021 is 372.29 MMTPA
- Share of Spot/Short term in Global LNG Trade is 36.6% in year 2021
- Import of LNG by India in year 2021 is 24.02 MMTPA which is 6.5% of total world LNG Trade
- Share of Spot/Short term in Indian LNG Trade is 31.16% in year 2021
- Highest being China(21.3%) followed by Japan(20%) and South Korea(12.6%)
India is dependent on imported LNG (50-53% of NG is imported) to meet its domestic demand. The LNG is imported either through long term (LT) contracts or through spot purchases (ST) from the international markets. Most of the long-term contracts are either Crude linked which are largely from Middle East or Gas linked which are from USA.
PETRONET LNG Sourcing & Capacity- 7.5 MMTPA sourced through Long Term Contract with RasGas, Qatar with back to back sales arrangement with GAIL, IOCL & BPCL.
- 1.4 MMTPA LNG tied up from MARC – An Exxon Mobil's Venture in Australia with back to back sales arrangement with GAIL, IOCL & BPCL.
- Additional LNG being sourced through Spot /Short Term Contracts & sold to Offtakers/ Bulk Buyers from time to time.
- Company has executed long term firm capacity booking agreements totalling to 8.25 MTPA with major players like GAIL, IOCL, BPCL, GSPC and Torrent.
- Facilities to supply LNG through cryogenic tankers have been set up at Dahej and Kochi to meet the requirements of customers who do not have access to pipelines.
- Truck Loading facility at Dahej terminal was commissioned in August 09, 2007 and at Kochi terminal it was commissioned on July 25, 2014.
- More than 22000 trucks at Dahej terminal and 1500 trucks at Kochi terminal have been loaded till March 2020.
- Facility can handle around 40 loadings/day at Dahej and 10 loadings/day ay Kochi terminal with further scope for expansion
- Fast developing market with several new consumers (up to 1000 KMS) are being lined up for off-take of LNG for industrial and city gas use.
Direct Marketing
Petronet plans to foray into Direct Marketing by focusing on the following areas:
- LNG/LCNG i.e. LNG through Trucks and supplies at LNG hubs, customer's premises in regions not serviced by pipelines.
- Executing MoUs/Agreements with CGD entities for development of LNG/LCNG/PNG infrastructure.
- LNG/RLNG trading on International and domestic platform.
- Petronet is exploring opportunities to supply LNG to Coastal area consumers through small LNG Vessels in India and neighbouring countries.
