GAIL signs pact to buy 3.5 mt per year LNG from US

12 Dec 2011 Evaluate

State-owned gas utility GAIL India has signedan agreement to buy 3.5 million tonnes a year of Liquefied Natural Gas LNG for20 years from a US firm to meet India's growing energy needs. GAIL has signed aSales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for supply of LNG over 20 years with SabinePass Liquefaction, LLC, a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Partners, LP, USA forsupply of 3.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG. Supplies may start as early as 2016. Under the SPA,GAIL will pay Sabine Liquefaction as per contractual provisions on a Henry Hub(US gas benchmark) basis after transfer of custody on FOB. LNG will be loaded ontoGAIL’s vessels. The SPA has a term of 20 years commencing upon the date offirst commercial delivery, and an extension option of up to 10 years.The LNG from Sabine Pass shall form a part of the basket for feeding LNG toDabhol terminal in Maharashtra and Kochi in Kerala.

This will be in addition to other initiativesbeing undertaken by GAIL which includes building captive LNG facilities inIndia and augmenting its transmission capacity from 175 million standard cubicmetres per day to over 300 mmsmcd over the next two years. The LNG would besupplied from train four of the Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal located onthe Sabine Pass Channel in western Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The Sabine PassLNG terminal project is being developed by Sabine Liquefaction and wouldinclude up to four liquefaction trains capable of producing up to 18 mtpa ofLNG. The project is being developed in phases with each LNG train commencingoperations approximately six to nine months after the previous train.

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