LNG

Gas Authority of India, the grid and natural gas pipelines operator and the second-largest importer of LNG after Petronet, has just brought in a new Managing Director and Chairman at a time when Indian energy strategies are expected to be revised with a more urgent focus on natural gas.

The Indian government will consider a proposal this month to spin off the natural gas pipeline business owned by state-run Gas Authority of India to give more momentum to the expansion of a city-gas network and connections to existing and planned LNG import terminals.