India Sets New LPG Production Targets Amid Supply Disruption Concerns

The Indian government has introduced new regulations to boost domestic LPG production, aiming to strengthen domestic cooking-gas supplies and resilience against supply disruptions. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has set a maximum LPG production level of 63.81 KTPD (thousand metric tonnes per day) for 24 refinery and upstream oil companies.

The order, dated August 13, specifies production levels for 18 public-sector refineries, three private-sector companies, and three upstream companies. 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 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.