Posted - August 20, 2013 - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
The US regasification expert, VGS Group, is developing a new floating
import LNG terminal in the Bay of Bengal in India. The Kakinada LNG
terminal will deal with handling, storing and re-gasification of LNG.
It will support a floating storage unit (FSU) and floating
re-gasification unit (FRU), which will be semi permanently moored to the
terminal plus an LNG carrier when it calls to make deliveries.
Gaurav Tiwari, president, VGS Group, said: “Besides having the first
mover advantage for LNG importation on India’s east coast, VGS Group and
our other industry partners has brought a game changing project to the
LNG scene.”
Mr Tiwari pointed out that the unique configuration of the terminal
allows for it to be economically and rapidly scaled up from 4.0mtpa to
over 8.0mtpa in one or more stages.
The project is composed of two development phases. Its initial phase has
an FSU with a storage capacity of 174,000 m3 and the second phase is
266,000 m3.
Initially the terminal will have capacity ranging from 75,000 m3 to
155,000 m3. The FRU, with approximate dimensions of 100 x 47 m, will
process LNG into natural gas at an operating capacity ranging from 500
MMscfd to a peak of 1,000 MMscfd in Phase 1.
China based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd is the project’s vessel
builder collaborating with Hamworthy Wärtsilä, which is providing the
re‐gas technology. The feasibility study report was completed by Moffatt
& Nichol.
Source: Port Strategy
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