Oil Refiners in India Are Giving a Boost to Natural Gas

  • Plan to sell compressed natural gas via retail fuel outlets
  • Refiners may help boost India gas demand 50% by March 2022: MS
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A push to use more natural gas by the world’s fastest-growing oil guzzler is getting a boost from an unlikely source: the nation’s gasoline and diesel makers.

India’s top three state-owned oil refiners are planning to use their gasoline and diesel fuel outlets to sell compressed natural gas for vehicles, increase investments in city-gas distribution projects and expand use of the fuel in their oil refineries, according to company executives.