PETRONET LNG LIMITED

Sept. 30, 2019

During PM Modi’s visit to the United States, a MoU, instead of an actual agreement, was singed for the $2.5 billion investment planned by Indian PSU Petronet in American LNG company Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG terminal.

About:

  • Petronet LNG Limited, was formed as a Joint Venture by the Government of India to import LNG and set up LNG terminals in the country.

  • It involves India's leading oil and natural gas industry players with its promoters being GAIL, ONGC, IOCL and BPCL.

  • It has set up the country's first LNG receiving and regasification terminal at Dahej, Gujarat, and another terminal at Kochi, Kerala.

  • Headquarters: New Delhi.

  • In September 2019, PetroNet signed an MoU with United States-based Tellurian Inc to purchase a stake in the latter's Driftwood project in Louisiana and to import 5 million tonnes of LNG annually. The deal is expected to be finalized by 31 March 2020.

Source : The Hindu

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