Dabhol LNG Terminal

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Dabhol LNG Terminal, also known as Ratnagiri LNG Terminal, is a LNG import terminal in Maharashtra, India.

Location

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Project details

• Owner: Konkan LNG Ltd
• Parent: GAIL
• Location: Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
• Coordinates: 17.54, 73.16 (exact)
• Capacity: 5 mtpa, 0.72 bcfd
  • Note: Nameplate capacity is not met due to regular idling. Currently operating at 2.9 mtpa until breakwater project is complete.
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start year: 2013

Expansion projects

Breakwater project

• Owner: Konkan LNG Ltd
• Parent: GAIL
• Location: Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
• Coordinates: 17.54, 73.16 (exact)
• Capacity: 3 mtpa
  • Note: Once project is complete, total capacity of the terminal will reach 5 mtpa.
• Status: Construction
• Type: Import
• Start year: 2024

Expansion

• Owner: Konkan LNG Ltd
• Parent: GAIL
• Location: Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
• Coordinates: 17.54, 73.16 (exact)
• Capacity:
  • 5 mtpa, 0.72 bcfd
  • 7 mtpa
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Import
• Start year: 2030-2031

Background

Dabhol LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Maharashtra, India. It appears to be partly associated with the Ratnagiri Combined Cycle power plant, a LNG-based power plant owned by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited (RGPPL). Konkan LNG Ltd (KLL) owns the LNG assets of the larger-scale project.

Commissioned in early 2013, Dabhol LNG Terminal consists of three 160,000 cubic meter storage tanks and a receiving capacity of 5 mtpa and provides access to natural gas to India’s southern and western states. Future expansion of the terminal has been put on hold since 2014 due to low capacity utilisation of the terminal because of high LNG prices and lack of breakwater infrastructure to receive tankers during the monsoon season. As of 2017, the terminal cannot operate during the monsoon season, but plans for a breakwater project is estimated to be completed in 2019.

In 2020 the Dabhol LNG terminal in Maharashtra commissioned its third 160,000 m3 LNG storage tank.

Breakwater project

In June 2020, the breakwater construction contract was awarded to Larson and Toubro. It is expected that a fully functional breakwater would be ready by 2022-2023 which will allow the terminal to be fully operational throughout the year.

During the South Asian monsoon season, typically during May–September, GAIL idles the terminal, as high tides make operations difficult. While the Dabhol terminal has a nameplate capacity of 5 mtpa, it operates at 2.9 mtpa as it remains idle during the monsoon season. A breakwater is expected to be ready in 2024 to allow for year-round operations.

According to the July 2023 IGU report, the breakwater project was under construction and positioned to increase the facility's capacity by 3 mtpa.

In February 2024, construction was ongoing at the cite.

In April 2024, the project was still under construction.

Expansion

In April 2018, GAIL announced that it would invest 3,000 crore ($556 million) to double the capacity of the terminal to 10 mtpa over the next three years.

According to the July 2022 and 2023 IGU reports, the expansion project was under construction and positioned to increase the facility's capacity by 5 mtpa. Construction is presumed to have begun in 2022.

In April 2024, it was reported that the expansion aims to raise the terminal’s capacity to 12 mtpa in a phased manner by 2030-2031.

As of June 2024, it doesn't appear that the expansion is currently under construction, only the breakwater project. The expansion is still proposed.