India’s first FSRU Hoegh Giant Arrives at Jaigarh Terminal

Highlights:

• H-Jaigarh Energy’s Terminal in Maharashtra has received India’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).
• On April 12, 2021, the FSRU Höegh Giant arrived at Jaigarh Terminal in Maharashtra after sailing from Keppel Shipyard in Singapore.
• This will be India’s first FSRU-based LNG receiving terminal, as well as Maharashtra’s first year-around LNG facility.
• The Hoegh Giant, which was erected in 2017, has a storage capacity of 1,70,000 cubic metres and a regasification capacity of 750 million cubic feet per day (equivalent to about six million tpa).
• FSRU has been chartered for a 10-year period by H-Energy.
• The Höegh Giant LNG terminal will be connected to the national gas grid via the 56-kilometer Jaigarh-Dabhol natural gas pipeline.
• The facility will also deliver LNG to onshore distribution via truck loading facilities.
• Reloading LNG into small-scale LNG vessels for bunkering services is also possible at the plant
• H-Energy also plans to boost the region’s small-scale LNG market, utilising FSRU for LNG storage and reloading into smaller boats.