India Caps LPG Output at 63.8K TPD Amid Supply Concerns

The Indian government has introduced new regulations to boost domestic LPG production and ensure stability in cooking-gas supplies. The order, dated August 13, sets maximum LPG production levels for 24 oil companies, with a combined potential of 63.81 thousand metric tonnes per day (KTPD).

Reliance Industries has the highest specified LPG production potential at 18 KTPD, followed by BPCL's Kochi refinery at 4.80 KTPD and Nayara Energy at 4.48 KTPD. The government aims to strengthen domestic cooking-gas supplies and improve resilience against supply disruptions.

The framework requires companies to implement technically and economically viable measures to maximise LPG output beyond their existing minimum producible quantities. This includes technologies such as naphtha-to-LPG conversion and upgrades to gasoline-based fluid catalytic cracking units into petro-fluid catalytic cracking units.