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During the January-March quarter, the 17.5 mtpa Dahej LNG terminal processed 189 TBtu of LNG, down compared to 219TBtu in the same quarter in 2024.
Dahej volumes also dropped compared to 228 TBtu in the previous quarter.
Petronet said the overall LNG volume processed by the company reached 205 TBtu in the January-March period.
This compares to 234 TBtu and 228 TBtu in the corresponding and previous quarters, respectively.
During the financial year that ended March 31, Dahej terminal processed an LNG volume of 876 TBtu, compared to 865 TBtu during the previous financial year.
The overall LNG volume processed by Petronet LNG was the highest ever, at 934 TBtu, compared to the LNG volume of 919 TBtu processed in the previous financial year.
Moreover, profit after tax or PAT reached 10.70 billion rupees ($125.2 million) in the quarter under review, a rise compared to 7.38 billion rupees and 8.67 billion rupees in the corresponding and previous quarters, respectively.
The company said its profit before tax or PBT reached 14.46 billion rupees ($169.2 million) in the quarter under review.
This compares to 9.96 billion rupees in the corresponding quarter and 11.69 billion rupees in the previous quarter.
During the financial year that ended March 31, the company has reported highest ever PBT and PAT.
Petronet reported PBT and PAT of 52.75 billion rupees and 39.26 billion rupees respectively in the current financial year, as against 47.57 billion rupees and 35.36 billion rupees, respectively in the previous financial year.
“During the current quarter, the offtakers have made payment of outstanding use or pay dues of 360.94 crore pertaining to CY 2021,” Petronet said.
Petronet said the “robust financial performance of the current financial year was achieved due to efficiency in operations and higher capacity utilization.”
Last year, Petronet launched two 180,000 cbm LNG tanks at the Dahej terminal in western Gujarat state.
These two tanks add to six existing storage tanks at the Dahej terminal with a total capacity of 932,000 cbm.
In addition, Petronet is currently expanding its Dahej LNG terminal with about 5 mtpa of new capacity,
The company previously said it expects the 5 mtpa additional capacity at the Dahej terminal to be available by June.