The country imported 2.82 billion cubic meters, or about 2.1 million metric tonnes of LNG in September via long-term contracts and spot purchases.
September LNG imports were similar to those of the previous month, when they reached 2.88 bcm.
According to updated data, PPAC revised the August imports to 2.82 bcm.
India imported 16.90 bcm of LNG during April-September, down by 11.1 percent compared to the previous year, according to the data.
From April 2024 to March 2025, India took 36.99 bcm of LNG, or about 27.7 million metric tonnes, up by 15.4 percent compared to the same period in the year before, PPAC’s data previously showed.
India paid $1.2 billion for September LNG imports, the same as in September 2024.
Moreover, India’s natural gas production reached 2.86 bcm in September, a drop of 3.9 percent from the corresponding month of the previous year.
Natural gas production reached 17.58 bcm during April-September, down by 3.2 percent year-on-year.
LNG terminals
India imports LNG via eight facilities with a combined capacity of about 52.7 million tonnes per year.
These include Petronet LNG’s Dahej and Kochi terminals, Shell’s Hazira terminal, and the Dabhol LNG, Ennore LNG, Mundra LNG, and Dhamra LNG terminals.
The newest LNG import terminal is HPCL’s 5 mtpa Chhara LNG import terminal in India’s Gujarat, which launched commercial operations in February.
PPAC said that during April-August this year, the 17.5 mtpa Dahej terminal operated at 91.8 percent capacity, while the 5.2 mtpa Hazira terminal operated at 33.9 percent capacity.
The 5 mtpa Dhamra LNG terminal operated at 36.6 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Dabhol LNG terminal operated at 34.6 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Kochi LNG terminal operated at 23.1 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Ennore LNG terminal operated at 26.1 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Mundra LNG terminal operated at 17.2 percent capacity, and the Chhara LNG terminal operated at 4.8 percent capacity.
India’s largest LNG importer, Petronet LNG, pushed back the launch of an additional 5 mtpa capacity at its Dahej LNG terminal in western Gujarat state.
Petronet expects to complete work on the additional Dahej capacity by the end of this year.
