Top India LNG Buyer Said to Plan Terminal Expansion by September
- Petronet LNG boosting capacity by 50% to 15 million tons/year
- LNG imports to Dahej may rise by 1 million tons in Sept.-Dec.
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Petronet LNG Ltd., India’s biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, will complete expanding its import terminal on the nation’s west coast by September, boosting shipments to the facility, according to three officials with knowledge of the matter.
The capacity of the Dahej terminal, the nation’s largest LNG import and regasification plant, in India’s Gujarat state will be boosted by 50 percent to 15 million metric tons per year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The expansion will lead to additional LNG imports of at least 1 million tons in the September to December period, they said.