U.S. accounts for 67% of India’s LPG imports, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri
Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced that the U.S. now supplies 67% of India's LPG imports, marking a significant shift in energy sourcing. This diversification strategy was implemented to reduce reliance on traditional Gulf suppliers.
Why it matters
This shift highlights India's strategic efforts to secure energy supplies amidst geopolitical instability in West Asia.
The U.S. now accounts for about 67% of India’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports, according to Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri .
Addressing the CII International Energy Conference, he said the shift follows an earlier government decision to source roughly 10% of India’s LPG requirements from the U.S. as part of a broader effort to diversify energy supplies.
“Some of us wondered would we need the 10% (from U.S.) when we have suppliers nearby [in the Gulf]. Today, I am happy to inform that U.S. accounts for about 67% of our LPG imports,” he said.
Before the conflict broke out in West Asia, India imported nearly 60% of its requirement of the bottled hydrocarbon gas, of which approximately 90% came via the Strait of Hormuz.
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