SP Ports Pvt Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) would soon sign a 50:50 joint venture agreement for setting up a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal at Chhara in Gujarat. The state-run HPCL and the Shapoorji Pallonji group company would invest about Rs 5,000 crore on the terminal project, which is intended to
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Petronet considering GAIL proposal to renegotiate deal
Petronet LNG is said to be considering the proposal to renegotiate the Sale Purchase Agreement for natural gas it decided to source from Gorgon in Australia. GAIL India recently suggested Petronet to renegotiate the contract the latter entered into in August 2009 with Australia on grounds that the scenario changed worldwide since then
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India keen to source LNG from Iraq
Union minister M Veerappa Moily held discussion with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki on partnership between both the countries on oil and gas sector. Moily visited Baghdad to attend a two-day meeting of the India-Iraq Joint Commission. According to a government statement, India will be interested in natural gas-based projects and importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Iraq
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Price of GAIL’s gas import to depend on Henry Hub
The price of the shale gas that would be imported by state-run gas transportation firm GAIL India from the US starting 2016-17 would depend on Henry Hub prices to which shale gas price is linked. This price may most probably be around $10-11/mmBtu, media reports indicate. It may be recalled that GAIL India entered into an agreement with Cheniere Energy Partners to import 3.5 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) of LNG from the US s
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IOC to sign pact with Ennore Port for Rs 43 bn LNG project
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), which has proposed to set up a Rs 4,320-crore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Ennore would soon enter into an agreement with the Ennore Port to secure 132 acre of port land for the project. The project would enable supply piped gas in the southern region, which does not have adequate supply of piped gas
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India to have over 50 mn t LNG re-gassification capacity
Union Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily informed that India may have LNG re-gasification capacity of over 50 million tonne per annum by 2016-17 with a supply of 198 million standard cubic meters per day. Currently, India has 18.6 mn t of re-gasification capacity - 10 mn t terminal at Dahej and 3.6 mn t plant at Hazira in Gujarat and 5 mn t terminal at Dabhol in Maharashtra
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GAIL to strengthen LNG trading segment
Public sector firm Gail wants to strengthen its liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading business as it may reduce the dependence of the company's earnings on the uncertain transmission segment. BC Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director of the company said this in an analyst call. The trading segment of the company involves import of LNG cargoes into the country and then selling them in the spot
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GAIL’s Kochi LNG terminal by July
GAIL India plans to commission its Kochi liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in July. Initially, the terminal was about 2.5 million tonne (mt) capacity and the pipelines were to be laid within Kerala only,
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GAIL India to operate LNG carriers
GAIL (India) plans to have seven or eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the next three to four years on a long-term charter or ownership basis in order to ferry the fuel to India from abroad. From 2017, the company plans to enter the LNG shipping business as it would enable the firm transport the fuel it agreed to buy from the USA
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US govt allows export of LNG to non-FTA nations
Department of Energy of the US government gave conditional approval for export of locally produced LNG to non-FTA (free trade agreement) countries from Freeport Terminal on Quintana Island in Texas. The Department of Energy, in its 132 page order, said the proposed exports may result in net economic benefits to the U