据普氏能源资讯8月27日新德里报道，印度石油部官员周二表示，印度计划在东部沿海地区安得拉邦的港口城市克里希纳帕特纳姆新建一座浮式LNG进口终端，年接卸量为100万吨。
FLNG接收终端将是印度迄今为止第六个液化天然气进口设施，在城市化和工业化程度不断提高的背景下，这符合未来几年印度东部地区对天然气需求高企的预期。
印度有关部门官员表示，FLNG接收终端将由巴拉特石油公司(BPCL)子公司巴拉特天然气资源有限公司(BGRL)负责建造，预计成本为210亿至240亿美元。
BPCL董事长D Rajkumar本周一在一场行业活动的间隙时间表示：“我们计划未来将初始接收能力扩大至300万吨或500万吨。”
BPCL将持有BGRL 74%的股份，剩余的26%将由印度国有液化天然气公司Petronet LNG持有。
印度一直在推广天然气的使用,这是一种比煤和石油更清洁的能源。该国的目标是到2030年在其整体能源框架中将天然气份额从目前的6.2%提升至15%。
这一战略的核心在于东部地区发展以天然气为基础能源的经济，近年来，该地区多次宣布将建设新的LNG接收终端。印度政府也一直致力于建立一个全国性的天然气供应网并建造14000公里的附属天然气管道,主要也集中在东部地区。
浮式终端的建设速度更快、成本更低，因为它不涉及与土地征用相关的复杂问题。同时也通常被看作一种临时替代方案，直到能够建立完整的液化天然气供应系统，并且在满足邻国巴基斯坦和孟加拉国的能源供应方面起到了重要作用。
然而在东海岸的LNG接收终端项目投产成功率一直低于西海岸，印度的大部分经济活动都集中在西海岸。
筹备中的希纳帕特纳姆的FLNG接收终端可能会从莫桑比克接收液化天然气，因为BGRL与莫桑比克LNG1有限公司签订了为期15年的100万吨/年供应协议。
裘寅 编译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
India plans new floating LNG import terminal on east coast by 2022
India plans to build a new floating LNG import terminal with a 1.0 million mt/year capacity on its eastern coast, at the port city of Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state, by 2022, oil ministry officials said Tuesday.
The FLNG terminal will be India's sixth LNG import facility to-date and is in line with expectations of high gas demand in the eastern region of the South Asian country in coming years, on the back of increasing urbanization and industrialization.
The officials said the FLNG terminal will be built by Bharat Gas Resources Ltd, or BGRL, a subsidiary of state-owned fuel retailer Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd or BPCL, at an estimated cost of $21 billion-$24 billion.
"We have plans to scale up the initial capacity to 3 million mt or 5 million mt later on," BPCL chairman D Rajkumar said on the sidelines of an industry event Monday.
BPCL will hold a 74% share in BGRL, while the remaining 26% will be held by Petronet LNG -- India's state-run LNG company.
India has been promoting the use of natural gas, which is a cleaner burning fuel than coal or oil. It aims to increase the share of natural gas in its overall energy basket to 15% by 2030, from the current 6.2%.
At the core of this strategy lies a gas-based economy in the eastern region that has seen multiple announcements to build new LNG import terminals in recent years. The Indian government has also been working to build a national gas grid and construct 14,000 km of additional gas pipeline network, mainly in the east.
A floating terminal is faster and cheaper to build as it does not involve the complex issues related to land acquisition. It is also typically used as a stop-gap solution until a full-fledged LNG supply system can be built, and has been instrumental in meeting energy supply in neighboring Pakistan and Bangladesh.
However, the success rate of commissioning LNG terminal projects on the east coast has been poorer than the west coast, where much of India's economic activity has been concentrated.
The proposed FLNG terminal at Krishnapatnam is likely to receive LNG supply from Mozambique as BGRL has a 1.0 million mt/year supply agreement with Mozambique LNG1 Co Pvt Ltd for 15 years.
