India’s H-Energy is still hoping for commercial start-up before the end of the year at its Jaigarh liquefied natural gas floating storage and regasification unit on India’s west coast, writes Amanda Battersby.

Phase one at Jaigarh will comprise a jetty-berth FSRU with capacity of up to 4 million tonnes per annum while a subsequent phase would have a land-based receiving and regasification facilities that could ultimately double capacity to 8 million tpa.

The FSRU, which is being leased from Engie for a minimum five years, had originally been expected to arrive on location next month before berthing and commissioning, although one source said it might not arrive until the third quarter. The floater’s contact can be extended by mutual consent.

Meanwhile, local contractor Engineers India is carrying out the engineering, procurement, construction and management contract for a 60-kilometre tie-in pipeline from Jaigarh to Dabhol that is due for completion in the third quarter.

H-Energy is also working to make progress on a 3 million tpa LNG project at Digha in West Bengal on India’s east coast, which is now expected to be commissioned by the third quarter of 2020 — some five years later than earlier envisaged.

This project will involve an FSRU/floating storage unit to be supplied by Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), which will be H-Energy’s 26% partner in the venture. Regasified volumes from this LNG import project will be delivered to customers in the state of West Bengal and in neighbouring Bangladesh.

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H-Energy eyes FSRU start