Liquefied Natural Gas

March 25, 2026 3:45 PM

No change in LPG refill booking timelines, Government clarifies amid misinformation

The Centre on Wednesday clarified that there has been no change in LPG refill booking timelines, dismissing reports and social media claims suggesting revised waiting periods for different categories of consumers. The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas said certain news reports had falsely claimed that refill booking intervals had been altered to 45 days for PMUY connections, 25 days for non-PMUY single-cylinder users, and 35 days for double-cylinder connections. Refuting these claims, th...

March 25, 2026 2:54 PM

Govt reviews fuel supply, evacuation efforts amid West Asia crisis; urges vigilance against hoarding

The Centre on Tuesday said fuel supplies remain stable and evacuation efforts are progressing steadily amid the ongoing crisis in West Asia, even as it urged states to crack down on hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities. At an inter-ministerial media briefing held at the National Media Centre, senior officials from multiple ministries outlined measures taken to ensure uninterrupted supply of petroleum products, smooth maritime operations, and the safety of Indian nationals in th...

March 25, 2026 2:41 PM

QatarEnergy declares force majeure after missile strikes

QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on several long-term liquefied natural gas supply contracts following Iranian missile strikes on key facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City. The disruption is expected to affect buyers in South Korea, China, Italy and Belgium. Iranian missiles struck Ras Laffan on March 18 and 19, damaging two LNG production trains and a gas-to-liquids facility. The attacks triggered fires and knocked out about 17 % of Qatar’s LNG export capacity ,roughly 12.8 million ...

August 28, 2025 4:11 PM

Indian Oil Set to Become ADNOC’s Largest LNG Customer

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a 15-year Sales and Purchase Agreement with Indian Oil Corporation to supply one million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas from its lower-carbon Ruwais LNG project. Under the agreement, LNG will be delivered to ports across India, supporting the country's growing energy demand and enhancing its energy security. By 2029, Indian Oil will become ADNOC's largest LNG customer, with a total offtake of 2.2 million tonnes per annum, comprising 1...

April 14, 2025 12:36 PM

Back to Russian gas? Trump-wary EU has energy security dilemma

More than three years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Europe's energy security is fragile. U.S. liquefied natural gas helped to plug the Russian supply gap in Europe during the 2022-2023 energy crisis. But now that President Donald Trump has rocked relationships with Europe established after World War Two, and turned to energy as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations, businesses are wary that reliance on the United States has become another vulnerability. Against this backdrop, executiv...

March 3, 2025 3:55 PM

Philippine, US defence pacts to stay intact, envoy to Washington says

Existing defence agreements between allies the Philippines and the United States will stay intact under U.S. President Donald Trump, Manila's ambassador to the United States said on Monday. The United States and its former colony, the Philippines, are staunch defence allies, with U.S. troops rotating in and out of the Southeast Asian country regularly and dozens of joint exercises held each year. "All of that will remain," Jose Manuel Romualdez said on the sidelines of a forum with foreign med...

June 25, 2024 2:21 PM

EU adopts new sanctions against Russia, including LNG

European Union countries adopted a 14th package of sanctions on Russia that aims to close some circumvention loopholes and hits Russia's gas exports for the first time, EU foreign affairs ministers said in a statement on Monday. Western powers imposed sweeping sanctions on Moscow after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which has been progressively ramped up since. The package will also add 116 entities and individuals to the sanctions list bringing, the total t...

June 20, 2024 3:08 PM

EU states approve 14th sanctions package against Russia, diplomats say

European Union countries approved a 14th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, diplomats said on Thursday, including a ban on re-exports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in EU waters. Belgium, which holds the rotating EU presidency until July 1, said on the X platform that the package "maximises the impact of existing sanctions by closing loopholes". Countries debated the new measures for over a month and ultimately watered down one of the Commission's proposals, a...

June 6, 2024 1:48 PM

Scorching heat drives India’s gas-fired power use to multi-year highs in May

Sweltering heat and policy measures are fuelling a surge in the use of gas-fired power in India, with imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) forecast to rise sharply over the next two years, industry officials and experts say. The country's gas-fired power generation doubled in April and May to 8.9 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) compared with the same period last year, data from Grid India showed, eating into the share of coal-fuelled electricity for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. M...