Gail India to triple LNG capacity at Dabhol Terminal

State-controlled gas distributor Gail India is planning to triple the capacity of its LNG terminal at Dabhol in Maharashtra to 15 million metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) after the commissioning of the terminal's much-awaited breakwater facility, now expected in May, a senior company official said.

Gail is planning to increase the terminal's capacity by the fiscal year ending March 2031 at a cost of over ₹20,000 crore. Its subsidiary, Konkan LNG Ltd, operates the terminal.

"The breakwater construction work will be completed by March. By May we will have the approvals from marine authorities to bring ships during monsoon. So, from here onwards, Dabhol is a full-weather terminal," the official told ET on the sidelines of the Indian Energy Week in New Delhi.


With the breakwater facility in place, it will be able to increase the terminal's capacity, said the official on the condition of anonymity. "We have in principle approval to increase the terminal's capacity and we will be doing that in phases. In the first phase it will go up from 5 mtpa to 6.5 mtpa and then 15 mtpa."