The Andhra Pradesh government has requested the Centre to build a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal on the east coast of the state to meet natural gas requirements of critical industrial sectors.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy wrote a letter to Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Thursday and said the terminal would help in industrial development in the region.
Sectors like power, fertilisers, steel, refineries as well as the city gas distribution network required LNG and Reliquefied Natural Gas, but were currently facing a short supply, he said.
While 12.97mmscmd of natural gas was required for the nine gasbased power projects in operation in the state, only 9.75 mmscmd was available from Reliance's D-6 field and ONGC.
The only mechanism at present to supply LNG to willing customers in Andhra Pradesh is swapping of KG D-6 gas and RLNG being procured on the west-coast.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy wrote a letter to Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Thursday and said the terminal would help in industrial development in the region.
Sectors like power, fertilisers, steel, refineries as well as the city gas distribution network required LNG and Reliquefied Natural Gas, but were currently facing a short supply, he said.
While 12.97mmscmd of natural gas was required for the nine gasbased power projects in operation in the state, only 9.75 mmscmd was available from Reliance's D-6 field and ONGC.
The only mechanism at present to supply LNG to willing customers in Andhra Pradesh is swapping of KG D-6 gas and RLNG being procured on the west-coast.
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