GM India inaugurates LNG facility at Halol

Carmaker General Motors India today inaugurated a LNG facility at its Halol plant in Gujarat for gas supply to its manufacturing plant.

The new facility is a result of an agreement between General Motors India, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and INOX India for the supply, re-gasification and final delivery of LNG at the company's plant.

While BPCL will supply the LNG and INOX will render the cargo-handling services, including loading and transportation of LNG from Dahej Terminal of Petronet LNG (PLL) to GM India's site.

INOX will also carry out unloading of gas into storage tanks, re-gasification and final delivery of LNG to the plant.

"The inauguration of the facility represents a technological milestone of the joint efforts put in by BPCL, INOX and General Motors India, and bears testimony to our commitment to a cleaner and greener environment," General Motors India's President and Managing Director Karl Slym said in a statement.

"Given LPG's high cost and availability issues, our aim was to find an alternative solution that provides better flexibility as well as cost savings and we are glad to have found established partners like BPCL and INOX to help us attain this technological milestone," Slym said.