Karaikal LNG Terminal
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Karaikal LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal under construction in Karaikal, Puducherry, India.[1]
Location
The terminal will be located in Karaikal, Puducherry, India.
Project Details
- Owner: Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company (AG&P)[2]
- Parent: Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company (AG&P)[2]
- Location: Karaikal, Puducherry, India[2]
- Coordinates: 10.911092 79.8438253 (approximate)
- Capacity: 1.0 mtpa, 0.14 bcfd[2]
- Status: Construction[2]
- Type: Import[2]
- Start Year: 2024[1]
- Formerly 2021[2]
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
In February 2020 AG&P announced that it would build the terminal on a 12-acre site within the port of Karaikal, and expected it to begin operating in Q4 2021.[3] Another news article reports that the company broke ground on terminal construction in February 2020, and this is the presumed construction start month.[4]
As of July 2023, the terminal was under construction, delayed, and expected to begin operation by the end of 2024.[1]
In January 2024, AG&P mentioned Karaikal in an announcement that it would build a total of six LNG import terminals in the next two to three years.[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 GIIGNL. The LNG Industry: GIIGNL Annual Report 2023. July 14, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 NS Energy Staff Writer, AG&P begins construction on Karaikal LNG import facility in South India, NS Energy Buisness, Feb. 21, 2020
- ↑ NS Energy Staff Writer, Karaikal LNG terminal to start operations by Q4 2021, India Times, Feb. 21, 2020
- ↑ "https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/agp-aims-its-first-lng-terminal-india-by-2024-end-official-2022-12-05/".
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