Shell and Total, operators of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Hazira in Gujarat, have decided to take the terminal's annual capacity to 10 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

The terminal at present operates at a capacity of 3.6 million tonne (mt). By 2013, this would be expanded to five mt. “With new gas pipelines being laid and LNG consumption in the country on an increase, more gas would be required. To meet the market requirement for future we intend to increase the terminal's capacity to 10 mtpa,” a senior company executive told Business Standard on condition of anonymity.