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Adani’s Dhamra LNG Terminal to Begin Commercial Operations by Month-end

Adani Group and TotalEnergies' newly built Rs 6,000 crore facility to import LNG at Dhamra port will start commercial operations by the end of this month.

 

The terminal received its first ever shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar on 1 April, 2023. After completion of the requisite checks, the terminal would be ready to commence operations with an expected 2.2-2.3 million tonne of LNG expected to be imported in the first year, with the provision for a scale-up to full capacity in the next.

 

The regasification capacity of five million metric tonne of LNG per year will enable the country to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix from eight percent to 15 per cent by 2030 to reduce its carbon intensity. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) operates the Dhamra port and has leased the LNG jetty to Adani Total, which is a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between TotalEnergies and Adani.

 

Dhamra is a tolling facility where GAIL (India) and IOCL have booked capacity through a 20-year take-or-pay contract, under which IOCL will receive regasification services for three million tpa of LNG and likewise, GAIL will be provided 1.5 million tpa. LNG at the terminal will be re-converted into gas before being piped to refineries and fertilizer units, and will also enable converting into CNG for running automobiles and gas for cooking purposes.

 

The terminal will berth the widest range of LNG vessels all the year round, transport gas via pipelines, trucks or on reloaded vessels, and houses two storage tanks, each of 1,80,000 cubic mtrs. capacity. Dhamra will be the main supply point on the recently completed Urja Ganga pipeline developed by GAIL, which will provide gas access to over 35 percent of India's population.

 

LNG is predominantly methane (C1) gas chilled to around (-)160 degrees celsius where it turns into a liquid at atmospheric pressure, and is considered as a bridge fuel for India's energy transition.

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