PM Inaugurates IOC's LNG Import Terminal at Ennore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Indian Oil Corporation's (IOCs) LNG terminal at Ennore.

About the Ennore LNG Terminal:

• Ennore terminal is an ambitious terminal for storage and re-gasification of imported LNG, built by the nation's largest fuel retailer Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), at a cost of Rs 5,151 crore inside Kamaraj Port at Ennore.
• The project was commissioned by the IOC through its joint venture company IndianOil LNG Pvt Ltd.
• The capacity of the LNG terminal is 5-million tonnes per annum (MMTPA).
• The LNG terminal was commissioned through the shipload of LNG from Swiss trader, Gunvor carried from Qatar.
• Ennore LNG terminal is part of India's plan to raise the share of natural gas in the country's energy basket to 15 per cent by 2030.
• Together with associated pipeline infrastructure, the projects cumulatively accounts for Rs 9,000 crore.

Significance of this terminal:

• The imported LNG at the terminal will meet the requirements of Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd, Madras Fertilisers Ltd, Tamil Nadu Petroproducts and Manali-Thiruvallur-Puducherry-Nagapattinam-Madurai-Trichy-Tuticorin-Ramnathpuram and a separate line will go to Bengaluru through Hosur.

Question:

Q. Where has Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Indian Oil Corporation's (IOCs) LNG terminal?
a. Vellore
b. Bangalore
c. Ennore
d. Trichy