VOL. XLIV

No. 14

2-APRIL-2001

QATAR

Indias Expanding LNG Market Offers Both Opportunities And Challenges

Energy consumption in India is projected to grow at around 6-7% annually over the next 12 years, matching the countrys economic growth, CEO and Managing Director of Petronet LNG Suresh Mathur told the 4th Doha Conference on Natural Gas on 14 March. Demand for natural gas is also rising, with India looking increasingly to the Gulf as a source for liquefied natural gas (LNG). But the Indian...