Gujarat government prepared a land use plan for the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Jafrabad, near Amreli to meet the future demand of natural gas import traffic and security reasons.

The terminal may require a total land of around 87 acre (36 hectare), out of which 74 acre is government land.

Through Gujarat Maritime Board, the government land will be leased, while private land will be purchased at a mutually acceptable price.

GMB has adopted “Single Stage – Three Steps” process which includes Qualification, Technical Bid and Commercial Bid for the project. The last date for submission of request for proposal (RFP) is September 16, 2013.

Private land will be primarily used for LNG operations, as most of the facility, including access roads and pipelines will be constructed within the shore protection works and backup area will be constructed using capital dredged material.

The board invited Request for Proposal (RFP) from global LNG port operators to act as a developer of this project.

It may be recalled that this is the fourth terminal to be developed in the state as already there are two terminals, one each in Hazira and Dahej. The third terminal is being planned by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) at Mundra.