IndianOil’s Tamil Nadu LNG project gets green panel nod
24 Dec 2013 11:30 PM GMT
The Expert Appraisal Committee, which met last month, said all the issues raised in the public hearing held in September were addressed by the PSU.
'The EAC noted that the Project Proponent has assessed all likely impacts due to the project and arrived at a suitable EMP (environment management plan). Also responded properly to all the issues raised in the public hearing. Therefore the EAC has recommended for grant of clearance stipulating following conditions...' the EAC said in the minutes of the meeting.
Precautionary measures shall be put in place to prevent leakage of LNG due to any disasters including tidal/tsunami wave, seismic and other natural calamities, the committee advised.
Disaster management plan shall put in place to manage emergencies, besides Oil Spill Contingency Management Plan shall be put in place, the EAC further said.
IOC said it proposed to supply regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) from the terminal to customers through 10 extensive pipeline network to the existing and new power plants, fertiliser plants, existing and new industries, CNG/LCNG.
LNG would also be supplied by road through cryogenic LNG road tankers to customers who are far away and not connected with gas pipeline networks. Capital cost is Rs 4,320 crore, the oil and gas major said.
IOC started RLNG marketing in 2004 as one of the major off takers of RLNG from Dahej LNG import terminal of Petronet LNG Ltd - a Joint Venture of IOC, BPCL, GAIL and ONGC. IOC also has a marketing share of 30 per cent of RLNG in the upcoming PLL's Kochi LNG terminal.
Ennore Port is an all weather port with all the infrastructure facilities already in place. Ennore Port has already earmarked water front for LNG Jetty and land for LNG storage and regasification terminal within the port premises in their master plan.
On completion of the project, RLNG would reach the gas starved southern states of India, particularly Tamil Nadu and some parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
ONGC Videsh shuts down South Sudan oilfields, evacuates staff
New Delhi: India on Monday evacuated all its oil employees from strife-torn South Sudan and shut down oilfields amid escalating violence in the world’s youngest nation.
All 11 executives working on 40,000 barrels per day Greater Nile Oil Project and Block 5A were airlifted, a top source with direct knowledge of the development said.
‘The evacuation happened in two batches. All the officials have arrived in India safely,’ he said.
Before departure, the last job the Indian executives did was to shut down the oilfields on Sunday.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had deputed 11 employees at Greater Nile Oil Project and Block 5A in Sudan.
The company made all arrangements to evacuate its personnel as rebel forces loyal to deposed South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar captured Unity state which housed most of the fields it was operating. OVL owns 25 per cent stake in the Greater Nile Oil Project which produces about 40,000 barrels of oil per day and 24.125 per cent in Block 5A that produced 5,000 bpd.
Other partners in the blocks — China’s CNPC and Petronas of Malaysia too have decided to evacuate their officials from South Sudan, the source said. Fighting in South Sudan, which broke out on 15 December, has already claimed as many as 500 lives, including Indian soldiers working as United Nations peacekeepers. The source said rebels so far have not captured any of OVL’s oil wells but as a precaution all of them were shut before officials left the country.
'The EAC noted that the Project Proponent has assessed all likely impacts due to the project and arrived at a suitable EMP (environment management plan). Also responded properly to all the issues raised in the public hearing. Therefore the EAC has recommended for grant of clearance stipulating following conditions...' the EAC said in the minutes of the meeting.
Precautionary measures shall be put in place to prevent leakage of LNG due to any disasters including tidal/tsunami wave, seismic and other natural calamities, the committee advised.
Disaster management plan shall put in place to manage emergencies, besides Oil Spill Contingency Management Plan shall be put in place, the EAC further said.
IOC said it proposed to supply regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) from the terminal to customers through 10 extensive pipeline network to the existing and new power plants, fertiliser plants, existing and new industries, CNG/LCNG.
LNG would also be supplied by road through cryogenic LNG road tankers to customers who are far away and not connected with gas pipeline networks. Capital cost is Rs 4,320 crore, the oil and gas major said.
IOC started RLNG marketing in 2004 as one of the major off takers of RLNG from Dahej LNG import terminal of Petronet LNG Ltd - a Joint Venture of IOC, BPCL, GAIL and ONGC. IOC also has a marketing share of 30 per cent of RLNG in the upcoming PLL's Kochi LNG terminal.
Ennore Port is an all weather port with all the infrastructure facilities already in place. Ennore Port has already earmarked water front for LNG Jetty and land for LNG storage and regasification terminal within the port premises in their master plan.
On completion of the project, RLNG would reach the gas starved southern states of India, particularly Tamil Nadu and some parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
ONGC Videsh shuts down South Sudan oilfields, evacuates staff
New Delhi: India on Monday evacuated all its oil employees from strife-torn South Sudan and shut down oilfields amid escalating violence in the world’s youngest nation.
All 11 executives working on 40,000 barrels per day Greater Nile Oil Project and Block 5A were airlifted, a top source with direct knowledge of the development said.
‘The evacuation happened in two batches. All the officials have arrived in India safely,’ he said.
Before departure, the last job the Indian executives did was to shut down the oilfields on Sunday.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had deputed 11 employees at Greater Nile Oil Project and Block 5A in Sudan.
The company made all arrangements to evacuate its personnel as rebel forces loyal to deposed South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar captured Unity state which housed most of the fields it was operating. OVL owns 25 per cent stake in the Greater Nile Oil Project which produces about 40,000 barrels of oil per day and 24.125 per cent in Block 5A that produced 5,000 bpd.
Other partners in the blocks — China’s CNPC and Petronas of Malaysia too have decided to evacuate their officials from South Sudan, the source said. Fighting in South Sudan, which broke out on 15 December, has already claimed as many as 500 lives, including Indian soldiers working as United Nations peacekeepers. The source said rebels so far have not captured any of OVL’s oil wells but as a precaution all of them were shut before officials left the country.
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