LNG

LNG importer India said plans were advancing for more exploration and production of domestic energy resources as the nation was preparing to launch a 10th bidding round for oil and gas blocks in August or September.

Reliance Industries, the Indian conglomerate and a leading energy company supplying rising domestic gas volumes to supplement LNG imports, reported an increase in earnings across its energy division and the start-up soon of a third gas field in the Krishna Godavari Basin KG-D6 block on the East Coast of India.

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.