HPCL has been a late entrant into the gas business, but is planning to kickstart operations at Chhara LNG import terminal in Gujarat in the next couple of months
MC Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) plans to start operations at the 5 million tonne a year Chhara LNG import terminal in Gujarat in the next couple of months and has already got offers from 6-7 parties to hire capacity, a senior company official said on Thursday. The terminal was mechanically completed in March but…
Although the Chhara terminal had achieved mechanical completion earlier this year, the commissioning was delayed as the pipeline to connect it to the existing gas pipeline network was not ready at the time.
HPCL, the oil refining and fuel marketing company, has been a late entrant into the gas business. It built the facility at Chhara in Gir-Somnath district of Gujarat to receive natural gas that has been supercooled to a liquid state in cryogenic ships. At the terminal, the liquid gas will again be turned into gaseous state before being piped to industries for use as feedstock.