據7月1日Oil Monster消息：印度石油和天然氣部長達曼德拉·普拉丹表示，該國正準備增加國內天然氣產量和外國天然氣投資。

普拉丹上周五在一次活動中稱，印度正尋求吸引更多投資，以擴大其天然氣基礎設施并提高國內天然氣使用量。

該戰略符合印度政府的政策，即到2030年將天然氣在其國家能源結構中的份額從大約6％提高到15％。

印度目前正在擴大其再氣化能力，建設新的液化天然氣進口設施，并擴大其天然氣管道網絡，以通過中央天然氣供應連接多個國內地區。

這家亞洲巨頭還將向“運營商提供營銷和定價自由”，這意味著印度將放棄對汽油價格的控制，以鼓勵市場競爭。

6月初，印度石油和天然氣監管委員會表示，建立LNG加氣站的公司將無需獲得許可證。

該國最大的液化天然氣進口國Petronet LNG稱，其目標是將來在全國范圍內建立1000多個LNG加氣站。

根據其LNG加氣站發展規劃，到2021財年末，Petronet將在印度5條主要公路上建立50個加氣站。到2022年至2023年，這一總數將增加到300個，最終目標是在未來超過1000個加氣站。

馮娟 摘譯自 Oil Monster

原文如下：

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.