India’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) has arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh Terminal in Maharashtra. The FSRU Höegh Giant which sailed from Keppel Shipyard, Singapore, was berthed at Jaigarh Terminal in Maharashtra in mid April.
This will be India’s first FSRU-based LNG receiving terminal and the first year around LNG terminal in the state of Maharashtra.
The 2017-built Höegh Giant has storage capacity of 1,70,000 cu mtr and installed regasification capacity of 750 million cu ft per day (equivalent to about six million tpa). H-Energy has chartered FSRU for a 10-year period.
Höegh Giant will deliver regasified LNG to the 56 km long Jaigarh-Dabhol natural gas pipeline, connecting the LNG terminal to the national gas grid.
The facility will also deliver LNG through truck loading facilities for onshore distribution. The facility is also capable to reload LNG onto small-scale LNG vessels for bunkering services.
H-Energy also intends to develop small-scale LNG market in the region, using FSRU for storage and reloading LNG onto smaller vessels.
H-Energy has developed the LNG terminal in accordance with world-class engineering & safety standards.
The LNG terminal is located at JSW Jaigarh Port in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The port is the first deep water, 24x7 operational private port in Maharashtra.
