Black & Veatch will deliver critical elements of India's first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. The project will help develop the Indian gas market, which is projected to be one of the fastest growing in the world during the next two decades.

Swan LNG Private Limited (a subsidiary of Swan Energy Limited) has awarded Black & Veatch the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to deliver the jetty topside and onshore LNG facilities for the 5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) plant at Jafrabad in Gujarat. The new FSRU will be moored to a fixed jetty and regasify imported LNG to enable distribution by pipeline and road tanker. The facility is expected to go on-stream by early-2020.

Rajiv Menon, Managing Director, Black & Veatch India said, “The Indian government aims to significantly increase LNG import capacity by 2022. This project is a major step in this direction."

Rajiv Menon, Managing Director, Black & Veatch India.:
"The Jafrabad project, along with the Indian Oil Corporation's LNG receiving terminal project at Ennore, signifies the trust placed by the industry in Black & Veatch to deliver LNG projects."

The Indian oil & gas team is a Black & Veatch centre of excellence that has helped the company deliver the world’s first commercially proven FLNG facility, and the first conversion of an LNG carrier to a floating liquefied natural gas vessel. These world-class skills will now be used to develop India's domestic LNG import infrastructure.

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned, global leader in building critical human infrastructure in Energy, Water, Telecommunications and Government Services. Since 1915, we have helped our clients improve the lives of people in over 100 countries through consulting, engineering, construction, operations and program management. Our revenues in 2016 were US$3.2 billion.

About Swan

Swan Energy Limited was incorporated in 1909 as Swan Mills Ltd, a manufacturer and marketer of cotton and polyester textile products in India. Today it is owned and managed by the Dave and Merchant families who took over the company in 1992. The company entered the real estate field in 2004, closely followed by entry into the green energy sector in 2008. Given the high demand-supply gap in the natural gas sector, the Jafrabad FSRU unit provides significant upside to the company’s growth.