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Project No :166406
Project Title :Coal Gasification Projecs In India
Company Name : GAIL India Limited
Project Detail :State-owned gas utility GAIL India said it has drawn up investment plans of Rs 30,000 crore for expansion

We have investment plans for Rs 30,000 crore projects in hand, out of which Rs 8,000 crore in the coal gasification, 1,500 crore in city gas and Rs 1,000 crore in breakwater water project," GAIL Chairman and MD B C Tripathi

GAIL is also currently executing gas pipelines worth Rs 20,000 crore and another Rs 10,000 crore worth of lines are under various stages of evaluation

The pipelines under execution include Jagdishpur-Haldia line that will take the environment friendly fuel to the east. Current projects will be completed by 2019-20, taking GAILs pipeline network to 15,000 km from the current 11,000 km, Tripathi said

The company has already spent capex of Rs 2,180 crore in FY17 and plans to spend Rs 4,261 crore in FY18 and Rs 7,704 crore in FY19 towards setting up of pipelines, petrochemical and process plants, he said

Among the other ambitious project, the company along with HPCL is setting up 1.7 million tonnes petrochemical plant in Andhra Pradesh. The financial appraisal has been done and six months from now, the investment decision will be taken, he said

Tripathi said the Dabhol power project (in Maharashtra) is being demerged by separating power and liquefied natural gas (LNG) units. GAIL will get charge of the LNG block, while state-owned power producer NTPC would be the largest shareholder in the power block

We have tendered for building breakwater and it should be complete by 2019. The LNG terminal will then operate at its full capacity," he said

The company reported 69 per cent drop in fourth quarter net profit of Rs 260.16 crore as it wrote down the value of its investment in Dabhol power plant

The company took an impairment of investment in Ratnagari Gas and Power Pvt Ltd (the company that runs Dabhol power plant) for Rs 783 crore, he added

With the growth of the country's economy, demand for natural gas has huge potential, Tripathi said, adding that the company has taken up synchronised development of seven city gas distribution network (CGD) projects at Varanasi, Patna, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack

For long term energy security, the first LNG terminal at the east coast is also coming up in Dhamra in Odisha under a joint venture of public and private sector companies

Following the revival of 3 fertiliser plants located at Gorakhpur, Barauni and Sindri, gas demand will be met through companies' supply, he added

The company is also looking at reducing interest burden by repaying loans. We have brought down the debt from Rs 11,000 crore to Rs 5,000 crore

In the current year, the company hopes to repay another Rs 3,000 crore, which will help us to reduce interest burden and improve profitability in the years to come," added Tripathi

Project Location : Multi Location (Multi State) - Multi State - India
Project Industry :Industrial Gases
Project Estimation :INR 30000 Cr / INR 300 Bn
Status :Announced
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