Royal Dutch Shell on Monday announced the inking of a port service agreement with Kakinada Seaports ltd (KSl) for setting up a floating lNG import terminal at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.
A draft environmental impact assessment report has also been submitted, which along with the Port Services Agreement was described by Shell as “two important milestones”.
Shell had on May 31 last year announced the setting up of a floating facility to import 5 million tonne a year of liquefied natural gas (lNG) at Kakinada. Kakinada is the same site for which state-owned gas utility GAIl India had roped in French entity GDF Suez and signed a pact with Andhra Pradesh Government for a 3.5 million tonne Floating and Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) facility.
“The draft Environmental Impact Assessment report for the proposed development of the Andhra lNG terminal at the Kakinada deepwater port was recently submitted to the State Pollution Control Board in Kakinada,” Shell India said in a statement.