India plans to raise its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity by 27 per cent to 66.7 million metric tons per year by 2030 as it is adding two more terminals, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Tueaday.
Currently, India is the world’s fourth-largest gas importer with eight LNG terminals comprising a combined capacity of 52.7 million tons a year.
The country aims to raise the share of gas in its energy mix to 15 per cent by 2030 from about 6 per cent at present to cut its carbon footprint.
In his post, Puri also shared that India will have 49 more LNG dispensing stations by December, in addition to 13 stations running currently.
Having set a 2070 net-zero goal. India aims to raise its LNG dispensing stations for vehicles to 1,000.
— HardeepSPuri (@HardeepSPuri)
