Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: 20 km offshore Kakinada port, Andhra Pradesh, India
Handling capacity: 3.6 mtpa in Phase-1 with the Phase-2 designed to double the capacity to 7.2 mtpa
Storage capacity: 174,000 m3
Start-up Year: -
Krishna Godavari LNG Terminal lies in some 20 km offshore Kakinada port, Andhra Pradesh, India. The terminal was designed employing an innovative ‘FRU+FSU = FSRU’ concept conceived by VGS Group, which allows for the terminal is to provide one Floating Regasification Unit (FRU); one Floating Storage Unit (FSU) and accommodate LNG Carriers LNGC) of up to 174,000 m3 at its offshore unloading platform and mooring system.
The Terminal is designed such that LNG carriers offload to the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) and the LNG is forwarded to the Floating Regas Unit (FRU) for regasification and export to the subsea pipeline. The subsea and onshore pipelines are sized for the future maximum send out rate of 1,750 MMscfd. Although the Terminal’s Facility lies on 8 kilometres from the coast, the approximately 19 kilometre subsea pipeline is required to deliver the project’s exported natural gas to the Land Fall Point, where the onshore facility is located. The 12 kilometre land based pipeline transmits the gas to the Delivery Point located on the regional gas grid.
Krishna Godavari LNG Terminal has recently received the approval in July 2016, from India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to develop the LNG FSRU at Kakinada Deep Water port in Andhra Pradesh. The ministry noted in its filing that the approval is subject to a number of specific and general conditions including a clearance from the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife.
KGLNG plans on developing the FSRU in two phases. The project will have a handling capacity of 3.6 mtpa in Phase-1 with the Phase-2 designed to double the capacity to 7.2 mtpa. The first phase of the LNG import project, which is to be commissioned 12 months after receiving all the clearances, is expected to cost around Rs 870 Crore (US$12.903 million). The second phase cost is estimated at Rs. 400 Crore (US$8.17 million) and is scheduled for commissioning 24 months after the first phase starts-up. The LNG import terminal is proposed to cater the gas demand for power plants, fertilizer plants, chemical and petrochemical units in the region.
Operators:
VGS Group: 100% interest