India meets around half of its natural gas requirement through imports from the international market.
About 20 per cent of these imports come from Qatar, which is one of the world’s largest suppliers of liquefied natural gas. However, supply from Qatar has been affected after missile attacks by Iran targeted gas fields in the country. Following the attacks, QatarEnergy, the world’s largest natural gas exporting company, stopped production at some facilities. This has reduced gas supply to several Asian countries.
Government issues new guidelines:
To deal with the situation and ensure stable supply inside the country, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has issued new guidelines to regulate natural gas distribution.
Under these rules, the central government has divided gas consumption sectors into four priority categories.
In the first priority category, sectors considered essential will continue to receive full supply. These include domestic piped natural gas used in households, CNG used in transport, LPG production units, pipeline compressor fuel and other operational requirements of the gas pipeline network. These sectors will receive 100 per cent of their average gas consumption recorded during the past six months.
Fertiliser plants have been placed in the second priority category. According to the guidelines, these plants will receive around 70 per cent of their average natural gas consumption from the last six months.
The government said this step aims to ensure fertiliser production continues while managing limited gas supplies. Industries connected to the national gas grid will also face limited supply.
Tea industries, manufacturing units and other industrial consumers will receive about 80 per cent of their average gas consumption of the past six months. Gas distribution companies have also been directed to manage supply carefully. Under the guidelines, they must ensure that industrial and commercial consumers receive at least 80 per cent of their average gas consumption from the last six months through their networks.
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