Posted on July 7, 2016
The state government handed over 48 acres of land at Vakalapudi village of Kakinada rural mandal in East Godavari district to the AP Gas Distribution Corporation Limited (APGDC) for construction of onshore receiving facility for Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal project and also for establishing of dispatch terminal for Kakinada-Srikakulam natural gas pipeline. The estimated cost of the project is around `1,500 crore.
The APGDC, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Shell and Engie Global LNG had recently signed two joint venture agreements for establishment of FSRU at Kakinada deepwater port.
The proposed LNG terminal will have development of marine facilities for LNG import (island jetty platform), berthing/mooring of FSRU, storage and regasification of LNG with Kakinada deep water port harbour, a high pressure subsea pipeline to transport regasified LNG to coast and an onshore receiving facility for gas metering skid, control room and supply to gas grid.
The capital dredging for the proposed project is estimated at about 19 million cubic metres and the maintenance dredging is estimated about 1.5 million cubic metres per year.
Source: The New Indian Express
