Question : SETTING UP OF LNG TERMINALS

(a) the details of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals set up in the country along with their installed capacity and capacity utilisation in the country, during the last three years and the current year, company/Terminal/State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to open more LNG/re-gasification terminals in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the LNG terminals are likely to be set up, company/Terminal/State/UT-wise; and

(d) the details of natural gas in terms of quantity and value imported from various countries to meet the rising demand of natural gas in the country during the said period, country/company-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a): The details of the existing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals along with their installed capacity and capacity utilization during the last three years and the current year are as under:

 Name of the	Terminal	Installed	Capacity Utilization (in %) company	Capacity	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	(inMMTPA) Petronet LNG Ltd.	Dahej	10	103	108	96	110	(Gujarat)	(till	December, 2014) Hazira LNG Pvt. Ltd.	Hazira	3	84.4	92.46	94.03	58.42	(Gujarat)	(till 2013	(till	-14)	January,	2015)	5	(from 2014	- 15) 
 GAIL (India) Ltd.	Dabhol	5 (however,	-	10	28	24	(Maharashtra)	the terminal	(till date)	is operating	at around 2	MMTPA in	absence of	breakwater) 
 Petronet LNG Ltd.	Kochi	5	-	-	Less than	Less than	(Kerala)	5%	5%	(till	December,	2014) capacity utilization is percentage of operating capacity (2 MMTPA)