India to double LNG import capacity

NEW DELHI: India plans to more than double its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity to 50 million tonnes a year, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told a news

NEW DELHI: India plans to more than double its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity to 50 million tonnes a year, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told a news conference on Thursday, without giving a timeline. It has a capacity to import 21 million tonnes of the super-cooled fuel currently. “As the nation moves to a gas-based economy, India wants to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix to 15% in the next three-to-four years from 6.5% now,” he said.

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