印度寻求外国投资以提高天然气使用量

据7月1日Oil Monster消息：印度石油和天然气部长达曼德拉·普拉丹表示，该国正准备增加国内天然气产量和外国天然气投资。

普拉丹上周五在一次活动中称，印度正寻求吸引更多投资，以扩大其天然气基础设施并提高国内天然气使用量。

该战略符合印度政府的政策，即到2030年将天然气在其国家能源结构中的份额从大约6％提高到15％。

印度目前正在扩大其再气化能力，建设新的液化天然气进口设施，并扩大其天然气管道网络，以通过中央天然气供应连接多个国内地区。

这家亚洲巨头还将向“运营商提供营销和定价自由”，这意味着印度将放弃对汽油价格的控制，以鼓励市场竞争。

6月初，印度石油和天然气监管委员会表示，建立LNG加气站的公司将无需获得许可证。

该国最大的液化天然气进口国Petronet LNG称，其目标是将来在全国范围内建立1000多个LNG加气站。

根据其LNG加气站发展规划，到2021财年末，Petronet将在印度5条主要公路上建立50个加气站。到2022年至2023年，这一总数将增加到300个，最终目标是在未来超过1000个加气站。

冯娟 摘译自 Oil Monster

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source:https://www.oilmonster.com/article/india-courts-foreign-investment-to-boost-natural-gas-usage/1973

India Courts Foreign Investment to Boost Natural Gas Usage

India is positioning itself to increase both domestic production and foreign investment in natural gas, according to the country’s minister of oil and gas Dharmendra Pradhan.

The minister said an event in New Delhi last Friday that India is seeking to attract greater levels of investment to expand its gas infrastructure and boost domestic usage.

The strategy is in line with the Indian government’s policies to increase the share of gas in its national energy mix from approximately 6% to 15% by 2030.

Pradhan detailed that India is currently expanding its regasification capacity, constructing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facilities and growing its gas pipeline network to connect multiple domestic districts via a central natural gas supply.

The Asian giant will also provide “marketing and pricing freedom to the operators,” said Pradhan, meaning India will relinquish federal control of gas prices to encourage market competition.

In early June India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board stated that firms aiming to establish LNG dispensing stations would not require a license to do so.

The country’s largest importer of LNG, Petronet LNG, also detailed on Friday that it aims to establish over 1,000 LNG stations throughout the country in future.

According to its plan for LNG station development, Petronet will have established 50 LNG stations on five of India’s major highways by the end of 2021 fiscal year. This total will be increased to a cumulative total of 300 LNG stations during 2022-2023 with an ultimate goal of over 1,000 stations in the future.