Gail in Talks to Supply Gas to Bangladesh

Gail India is in talks with Bangladesh authorities to supply gas through an inter country pipeline, reports Financial Express.

According to the business daily, Gail India plans to use the Hiranandani Group’s upcoming offshore liquefied natural gas terminal at Haldia, West Bengal, to import LNG from multiple sources and supply 3.6 million metric standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) of the fuel to consumers in Bangladesh by extending the proposed 2,050-km Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline.

The state owned firm is also working on supplying LNG to Pakistan via a pipeline.

These developments indicate that even as Indian consumers like power and fertiliser units are vying for gas linkage, many of them finding LNG unaffordable, encouraging those in the LNG business like GAIL to look for markets abroad, says Financial Express.

“From the Jagadishpur-Haldia pipeline we will need to add another 50- km pipeline to Bangladesh. A 100-km pipeline will also be required to connect the proposed LNG terminal to the land, and a further 70-80 km to connect it to the Jagadishpur-Haldia pipeline. In total, we might require about 220 km of pipelines,” GAIL director, (marketing) Prabhat Singh told the newspaper.

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