Kochi Terminal - Petronetlng
Kochi LNG Terminal
Kochi LNG Terminal
To cater the gas requirement of the Southern India, Petronet LNG Limited commissioned its second LNG receiving, storage and regasification terminal in Kochi with 5 MMTPA nameplate capacity. The terminal area is situated in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Puthuvypeen near the entrance to Cochin Port. The jetty facility is designed to receive LNG tankers between 65,000 to 216,000 cubic metres (Q- Flex). Terminal has two full containment above ground LNG storage tanks. The Terminal has been commissioned in August, 2013.
A long-term contract executed of about 1.4 mmtpa LNG from Exxon Mobil's Gorgon Project (Australia). In the absence of required pipeline network to increase the terminal utilization, ancillary services such as storage & reloading, cool down, bunkering options are also being offered at Kochi terminal which makes Kochi a unique terminal on its own kind.
Kochi Terminal has handled 137 LNG cargoes till 30th September 2024
The Terminal is also offering tolling services to the bulk customers. Under the brand name Taral, Kochi is also supplying LNG through LNG Trucks to various customers who are not connected with gas grid. PLL is also pursuing construction of Mangalore / Bangalore pipelines with GAIL. Post completion of these pipeline, the terminal utilization shall increase significantly.
The Terminal has achieved the highest number of (100 nos) LNG cryogenic trucks fillings on monthly basis in the month of June 2022.