H Energy to Set Up 4 MMTPA FSRU Project in India's West Bengal State

India’s H Energy plans to set up a 4 MMTPA FSRU project off Haldia in the state of West Bengal, and supply imported gas to users in Eastern India.

This information was presented by company in an application it has submitted to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) for laying pipelines to connect the onshore terminal to users. The company wants to lay, build, operate or expand natural gas pipeline from Contai in West Bengal) to Dattapulia in West Bengal and Paradip in Orissa.

The FSRU project is scheduled to be commence operation in first quarter of 2019, the company said in the application adding that total demand for natural gas along the proposed pipeline is expected to be 14.4 million standard cubic meters per day by 2019.

H Energy expects Indian Oil Corp's (IOC) Paradip and Haldia refineries to be potential customers of the gas along with some entities in Bangladesh.