CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first floating terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Jaigarh in Maharashtra is expected to be operational in the second half of 2022. Besides, another floating terminal at Jafrabad in Gujarat is also likely to begin operations this calendar year.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Gujarat. Petronet LNG Limited had set up India’s first LNG receiving and regasification terminal in Dahej, Gujarat. The Dahej terminal has a nominal capacity of 17.5 million tonnes per year (equivalent to 70 million cubic meters per day of natural gas at standard conditions).

Detailed explanation-3: -FSRU stands for Floating Storage and Regasification Unit. Natural gas is cooled to approximately -160°C at the source of production to reduce its volume down to 1/600 for better transportation efficiency. This liquified natural gas (LNG) is transported across several thousand nautical miles on an LNG carrier.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first FSRU is being commissioned at H-Energy’s Jaigarh Terminal in Maharashtra. The LNG terminal is located at JSW Jaigarh Port in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, on the west coast of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Company had set up South East Asia’s first LNG Receiving and Regasification Terminal with an original nameplate capacity of 5 MMTPA at Dahej, Gujarat. The infrastructure was developed in the shortest possible time and at a benchmark cost.