In order to meet rising domestic demand of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), India the world's second largest LPG importer, for the first time ever will be importing LPG from Iran. India has signed a contract with Iran to import LPG, in which state-owned oil firms will import one very large gas carrier (VLGC), or 44,000 tonnes, per month for an initial six-month period.
LPG consumption in 2016-17 rose 9.8 per cent to 21.55 million tones, of this, 11 million tonnes came from imports. To meet the rising demand, the country imports almost a million tonnes of LPG every month. LPG imports are further expected to rise over the next three years to 16-17 million tonnes as the government pushes for making available cooking gas cylinders to the poor and wean them off polluting fuels.
Demand for the LPG may grow by 9.7 per cent to 23.7 million tonnes in the current fiscal and may touch 35 million tonnes by 2031-32 due to increase in penetration of cooking gas connections in rural areas.
At present, India imports LPG via term contracts from major Middle Eastern producers Saudi Aramco, Qatar’s Tasweeq, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co and Kuwait Petroleum Corp and is also planning to import LPG from Bangladesh.
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