Gas Authority of India (GAIL), plans to enter the small-scale LNG production market to cater for off-grid locations and the transportation and bunkering sectors with prospects of expansion while also seeking long-term LNG import agreements.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally open the long-awaited 450-kilometres natural gas pipeline from the Kochi LNG import terminal in the southwest state of Kerala to the port city of Mangaluru in the state of Karnataka further north.