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The country imported 2.84 billion cubic meters, or about 2.1 million metric tonnes of LNG, in November via long-term contracts and spot purchases.
November LNG imports were similar to those in previous months of October, September, and August.
India imported 23.10 bcm of LNG during April-November, down by 8.9 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 November LNG imports, the same as last year, according to PPAC data.
Moreover, India’s natural gas production reached 2.90 bcm in November, a drop of 2.4 percent from the corresponding month of the previous year.
Natural gas production reached 23.43 bcm during April-November, down by 3.3 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-October this year, the 17.5 mtpa Dahej terminal operated at 92 percent capacity, while the 5.2 mtpa Hazira terminal operated at 30.2 percent capacity.
The 5 mtpa Dhamra LNG terminal operated at 35 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Dabhol LNG terminal operated at 34.4 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Kochi LNG terminal operated at 24.4 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Ennore LNG terminal operated at 24.1 percent capacity, the 5 mtpa Mundra LNG terminal operated at 17.6 percent capacity, and the Chhara LNG terminal operated at 5.3 percent capacity.
India’s largest LNG importer, Petronet LNG, again pushed back the launch of an additional 5 mtpa capacity at its Dahej LNG terminal in western Gujarat state.
Petronet expects to launch the additional capacity by March 2026.