GAIL wins two awards at the Asian Oil and Gas Awards event

New Delhi: GAIL (India) Limited has won two prestigious awards at the Asian Oil and Gas Awards event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The “the Innovation Award – India” was given to GAIL for the reduction in LNG shipping cost and emissions through Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfer of LNG with backhauling.

Another top-notch award “Midstream Project of the Year – India” has been given for the installation of the first floating Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station at Varanasi. The award recognizes the outstanding players in Asia’s oil and gas sector.

GAIL charter had hired LNG vessel Al Gharrafa from Qatar gas in Gibraltar and transferred cargo from Castillo De Santisteban into Al Gharrafa through STS transfer. This was the world’s first STS transfer between a large conventional LNG vessel and a Q-Flex LNG vessel. Qatar Gas vessel proceeded to Dahej to discharge the cargo originally planned to be discharged by GAIL’s vessel and the vessel returned from Gibraltar to the next loading port.

GAIL's floating CNG station saves approximately 7000 tonnes of CO2 emission

This innovation of the Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has resulted in saving of approximately 8736 nautical miles, equivalent to approximately 7000 tonnes of CO2 emission. Furthermore, this has resulted in shortening the voyage of the GAIL’s chartered vessel from 54 days to approximately 27 days.

GAIL’s floating CNG station on River Ganga at Namo Ghat, Varanasi is a first of its kind initiative in the world to run boats on cleaner fuel Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the river. GAIL has created a CNG dispensing infrastructure, which manages the response of the edifice against the variating water level. The project has led to gradual transitioning of motorized boats from polluting fuels to cleaner and affordable CNG.

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