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    India's December LNG Imports Up

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Imports were up almost 5% year-on-year.

by: Shardul Sharma

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India's December LNG Imports Up

India’s LNG imports rose in December after witnessing a decline in the previous two months.

The south Asian nation imported LNG equivalent to 2.12bn mof pipeline gas (about 1.7mn metric tons LNG) last month, up 4.7% year-on-year, according to data published January 22 by the Indian oil ministry's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).

During the first nine months of the present financial year that began April 1, cumulative imports were 20.71bn m3, up 7.7% on year. India's LNG imports last financial year were the highest ever at 26.4bn m³, up 7% from the year before, according to PPAC data.