LNG

India’s Reliance Industries, the group with growing natural gas and oil and chemicals businesses, reported increased overall fiscal first-quarter revenues while net income slipped amid moves to boost the nation’s domestic output with more exploration and production to offset LNG and oil imports.

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 group behind the resurgence of the country’s domestic natural gas production in competition to LNG, has sold its stake in the US Eagle Ford Shale play in south Texas to a Delaware-registered company.