The ‘India Gas Market Report: Outlook to 2030’ was released by the IEA.
Natural gas consumption in India is projected to grow by nearly 60 per cent to 103 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually while gas imports will double by 2030.
India’s natural gas demand grew by more than 10 per cent in both 2023 and 2024.
Since 2019, India has nearly quadrupled the number of compressed natural gas (CNG) stations and more than doubled residential gas connections.
The transmission pipeline network has been expanded by 40 per cent.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports into India increased by 10 percent in 2023 and 2024.
The Domestic production met 50 per cent of the country’s demand in 2023, and is projected to grow gradually to just under 38 bcm by 2030.