LNG

Indian liquefied natural gas imports jumped by more than 45 percent in April from a much lower figure in April 2020 caused by last year’s drop in economic activity after the appearance of the Covid-19 pandemic.

India’s liquefied natural gas imports fell for a third month and by over 20 percent amid a slow economic recovery because of the ongoing effects of Covid-19, while the nation was still working on a better geographic spread of regasification facilities.

The Indian Hiranandani group said a floating storage and regasification import project at Jaigarh port, south of the West Coast city of Mumbai, is on scheduled to start commercial operations by the fourth quarter of 2019, a year behind schedule.