Project Profile
Value: US$902 million
Start-up Year: 1Q 2013
Location: Kerala State, Puthuvypeen Island
The project will see the construction of an LNG terminal with an initial capacity of 2.55 mmtpa, which is to be increased to 5 mmtpa in the future. The terminal will be built on the Puthuvypeen island. The proposed project consists of the following: 1) A Single Point Mooring (SPM) 19.4km off the Puthuvypeen lighthouse for handling VLCCs of 300,000 tonne capacity; 2) A submarine pipeline to carry crude oil from the SPM to a Shore Tank Farm (STF); 3) An STF for storage of 240,000 kilo litres of crude oil at Puthuvypeen Coast, before it is pumped to the KRL refinery at Ambalamugal; 4) An onshore pipeline between the STF and KRL over about 10km, including backwater crossing of about 4km. and 5) A 94 km pipeline from Vypeen to Aluva.
ExxonMobil will supply approximately 1.5 mtpa of LNG from the Gorgon LNG Project.
Operator:
Petronet India Limited (PIL): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Whessoe: FEED contract
Bluewater Energy Services BV: Single Point Mooring (SPM) and allied systems
Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries (IHI): EPC – Storage tanks
Consortium for onshore terminal EPC:
Punj Lloyd
CTCI Corporation
Afcons Infrastructure: EPC - Marine works
CTCI Corporation: EPC - 5 mtpa capacity increase
GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited): Pipeline contract