India's Natural Gas Consumption Recovers to Pre-Disruption Levels in June

India's natural gas consumption has recovered to near pre-disruption levels in June 2026, thanks to broad-based demand growth across key sectors. According to a research report by Equirus, India's gas consumption increased 7% month-on-month and 2% year-on-year to 197 million metric standard cubic meters per day (mmscmd) in June.

Excluding power demand, consumption rose 7% month-on-month and 4% year-on-year to 176 mmscmd. The increase was entirely driven by imported gas, with LNG consumption rising 13% month-on-month and 10% year-on-year to 110 mmscmd.

Domestic gas supply remained flat month-on-month at 87 mmscmd and declined 8% year-on-year, taking India's import dependence to 56%. Equirus noted that May consumption was revised significantly higher to 184 mmscmd from the earlier 169 mmscmd.