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Gujarat to lead India’s gas revolution: Report

Gujarat is the most favoured destination for LNG terminals because of its strategic location; natural gas demand likely to go up in state.

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India is on the brink of a natural gas revolution and Gujarat, with its strategic location, robust infrastructure and booming trade and business will steer the way for the rest of the country, the research firm, Infraline Energy, has said in a report.

The report titled, ‘Natural Gas Market in Gujarat: Assessing the Progress and Prospects’, cites
availability and reach of natural gas to most parts of Gujarat as the major catalyst for overall growth in the state.

Gujarat has access to multiple gas sources, a state-wide gas grid of over 2,000 km, and the presence of a booming city gas distribution business across many cities, the report says.

“Industries, power sector, small and medium enterprises, transport, and households in the state are reaping benefits of natural gas,” Infraline Energy says in the report.

The report further says that Gujarat is the most favoured destination for LNG terminals owing to its strategic location. Gujarat houses the country’s only two operating LNG terminals, and three new terminals are proposed to come up in the state.

“Various stakeholders, including the government, suppliers, gas consumers and gas pipeline players in the state have chartered the path to a gas-based economy on their own,” Infraline says.

The research firm also projects natural gas demand in Gujarat to shoot up from the current levels of 85 million metric standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd).

“The natural gas demand in Gujarat would increase to 122 mmscmd by the year 2015 and to 147 mmscmd by 2020,” it says.

The report projects that gas consumption by the power sector in the state would increase from 32 mmscmd in 2012 to 43 mmscmd in 2020, while gas demand by industries is projected to increase from 49 mmscmd to 73 mmscmd.

Gas demand by fertiliser units is projected to remain at 12 mmscmd, while demand for gas for city gas distribution will nearly double from 10 mmscmd in 2012 to 19 mmscmd in 2010.

According to industry experts, Gujarat has the most developed natural gas market in India. It is the largest consumer of gas in the country, accounting for more than 40% of the total gas consumed. In fact, Gujarat is the only state where gas is supplied even to villages. The government plans to link 100 villages and 84 cities with the gas distribution network in FY 2012.

 

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