Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to set up mini-LNG plants to extract and transport natural gas from wells situated in areas without pipeline connections.
These mini plants will convert gas pumped from underground into liquefied natural gas (LNG), which will then be transported by cryogenic trucks to the nearest pipelines. Once there, it will be reconverted into gas and distributed to users, including power plants, fertiliser units, and city gas retailers.
ONGC has issued a tender seeking manufacturers and service providers to set up these small-scale LNG plants on a build, own, and operate basis. The identified locations include two sites in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, and one each in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, Bokaro, Jharkhand, and Cambay, Gujarat. The LNG produced will be transported within 250 kilometres to consumption sites, where it will be regasified and injected into the existing gas distribution grids or supplied directly to bulk consumers.
