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 15 MMTPA and the same is under expansion to 17.5 MMTPA. 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.
AN OVERVIEW
What is Natural Gas?
Natural Gas consists mainly of Methane and small amounts of ethane, propane and butane. It is transported through pipelines but is extremely bulky. A high-pressure gas pipeline can transport in a day only about one-fifth of the energy that can be transported through an oil pipeline.
India's Current Demand (Optimistic) Domestic Supply Scenario
Source: PPAC, PLL Analysis
PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION (Mtoe)
WORLD vs INDIA
(Source: BP Statistical review, June 2020) MOTE : Million Tons of Oil Equivalent
WORLD vs INDIA
| INDIA | WORLD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel | MTOE | % | MTOE | % |
| Oil | 248.78 | 30% | 4,690.47 | 33% |
| Gas | 52.21 | 6% | 3,437.16 | 24% |
| Coal | 452.45 | 55% | 3,835.77 | 27% |
| Nuclear | 9.78 | 1% | 605.63 | 4% |
| Hydro | 35.06 | 4% | 915.02 | 6% |
| Renewables | 29.34 | 4% | 704.10 | 5% |
| Total | 827.61 | 100% | 14,188.16 | 100% |
