Dhamra LNG Terminal

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Dhamra LNG Terminal is an operating LNG terminal in Odisha, India.

Location

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Project Details

• Owner: Dhamra LNG Terminal Pvt Ltd
• Parent: Adani Group 50%, TotalEnergies 50%
• Location: Dhamra Port, Bhadrak, Odisha, India
• Coordinates: 20.821109, 86.9652643 (exact)
• Capacity:
• Capacity: 5 mtpa
  • Formerly 12 mtpa, 1.72 bcfd
  • Provision to increase capacity to 10 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2023
  • Formerly 2022

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

Dhamra LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Odisha, India.

In May 2015, Gas Authority of India Limited (Gail) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Adani Group to reserve regasification capacity in the Terminal. The deal came a few weeks after GAIL dropped plans for a floating LNG terminal in nearby Paradip. As of August 2017, ownership shares are: Adani Group (50%), IndianOil (39%), and GAIL (11%).

Construction of Dhamra LNG Terminal began in 2017 with a planned receiving capacity of 5 mtpa. The terminal’s natural gas will be supplied to local industries, motor vehicles, and various city gas distribution networks in eastern India. In July 2017 the project's cost was put at USD$930 million.

In September 2018 an agreement under which IndianOil and GAIL would assume a combined 50% ownership of the project expired, leaving Adani as the sole owner. In July 2019 French firm Total acquired a 50% stake in the project, leaving Adani with 50%.

In April 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic led the state of Odisha to order a temporary shutdown of many business and constructions sites including the Dhamra LNG Terminal.

In February 2021, Total said that as of December 2020 the terminal construction was 70% complete, and that operations were planned to commence in July 2022.

In April 2023, the project received its first cargo from Qatar and began commissioning. The terminal will import LNG for use by refineries, fertilizer plants, industries, and city gas distribution.

There is potential to double the capacity to 10 mtpa but there have not been any announcements related to this provision.