India has concluded a deal to import 2.2 million tonnes of LPG from the US. The announcement was made on Monday by Hardeep Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.

"In a significant development, Indian PSU oil companies have successfully concluded a 1-year deal for imports of around 2.2 MTPA LPG, close to 10 per cent of our annual imports, for the contract year 2026, to be sourced from the US Gulf Coast. It is the first structured contract of US LPG for the Indian market," Puri said.

He described the development as a historic first.

"In a historic first, one of the largest and the world’s fastest growing LPG market has opened up to the US. In our endeavour to provide secure affordable supplies of LPG to the people of India, we have been diversifying our LPG sourcing. This pur

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