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Contents: Gas Statistics-Domestic and International...................... 2-3

CNG & PNG..................................................................... 4-5

City Gas Distribution Networks in India ............................ 6

January 2017

We entered 2016 in a state of uncertainty with the oil and gas sector continuing to exhibit buoyancy with its lows and highs. The downward trend in crude oil price was checked around mid year, and the up trend

continued with the doubling of price by the end of the year from its February 2016 level. OPEC and non-OPEC members joined together to bring about some discipline in production by agreeing to cut their barrel count. We think that the ability of US shale operators to quickly bring back and increase their oil production is likely to im-pact price trends in the future. As we enter 2017, a sense of cautious optimism has enveloped the LNG industry. It is expected that most of the current Australian LNG projects under construction will start delivering LNG this year, and the glut in the mar-ket may continue for some more time. However, the silver lining is the emerging markets in Chile, Pakistan, Finland, Middle East and potential markets in Bangladesh, Philippines, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Bahrain. With the on-going deregulations in some of the key markets in Asia including China, Japan and South Korea and the slow but sure return of nuclear generation in Japan, LNG demand is likely to be impacted. The tightening crude price may not help LNG too. India could play a key role in re-balancing the LNG market with its ever increasing appetite for LNG.

Three cheers to all our readers and a Happy New Year. With this issue:Special Snapshot 2016

at a Glance

Gas - Production/Consumption/Imports

Source: PPAC, NGS Research

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Sector-wise gas consumption of domestic gas and RLNG (October 2016)

Gas production/consumption/imports

Trend in production and consumption of crude oil and petroleum products

In '000 MT 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Crude oil production 32032 33988 34118 33508 33690 37684 38090 37862 37788 37461 36950

Crude oil imports 99,409 111,502 121,672 132775 159259 163595 171729 184795 189238 189435 202850

Crude oil consumption 131441 145490 155790 166283 192949 201279 209819 222657 227026 226896 239800

Consumption of LPG 10456 10849 12010 12191 13135 14331 15350 15601 16294 18000 19623

Consumption of Naphtha 12194 13886 13294 13911 10134 10676 11222 12289 11305 11082 13271

Consumption of petrol 8647 9286 10332 11258 12818 14194 14992 15744 17128 19075 21847

Consumption of HSD 40191 42896 47669 51710 56242 60071 64750 69080 68364 69416 74647

Consumption of FO & LSHS 12829 12618 12717 12588 11629 10789 9307 7656 6236 5961 6632

The year 2016

has witnessed a

steady increase

in LNG import.

Share of LNG

is expected

to increase

significantly in

the coming year.

More than 50% of gas consumed

is in the power and fertilizer sector.

However, it is the CGD sector which is

showing growth and future promise.

Opportunities for growth are also

expected from the refinery and

petrochemicals sector.

LNG procurement price will be the

key driver of growth in the natural

gas sector.

Gas - Price & Analytics

Source: NGS Research, EIA, Metis, PPAC

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International Gas/LNG prices ($/mmbtu)

Brent/WTI/Japan oil price vis-a-vis Japan LNG import price

Crude price (Indian basket) Domestic gas price ($/mmbtu)

The uptrend in

the crude oil

price is likely to

impact LNG price.

Consequently the

increase in gas

prices around the

globe will impact

domestic price

beginning April

2017.

Henry Hub price

has risen 50%

since early 2016.

LNG prices are

also witnessing

an uptrend.

CNG & PNG

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Source: PPAC, PNGRB, NGS Research

CGD Factsheet as of Dec 2016

Total gas consumption by CGD (Apr-Sep 2016) (mmscmd) 16.4

No. of GAs covered 78

No. of CNG stations (as of September 2016) 1167

Customer mix (million)

CNG vehicles (Sep end 2016) 2.85

PNG connections (Sep end 2016) 3.35

CGD sales (Apr-Sep 2016) mmscmd 16.4

CNG sales mmscmd 7.83

PNG sales mmscmd 8.58

CNG Stations & Vehicles (Sep 30, 2016)State Company Name No. of CNG Stations No. of CNG VehiclesGujarat GAIL Gas/ Adani Energy/ Gujarat Gas,GSPC, GGCL, SGL,HPCL 371 984684Delhi / NCR Indraprastha Gas (IGL) New Delhi 418 923276Maharashtra Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) Mumbai, MNGL Pune 230 618718Andhra Pradesh Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd ( BGL) Kakinada Vijaywada Hyderabad 34 39054Rajasthan GAIL Gas 3 4872U.P. Green Gas Ltd (Lucknow), CUGL (Kanpur) 47 111981Tripura Tripura Natural Gas Co. Ltd (TNGCL) Agartala 5 8590M.P. Avantika Gas (Indore) / GAIL Gas 22 22352Haryana Haryana City Gas Ltd 28 128197West Bengal GEECL 7 2882Karnataka GAIL Gas Ltd. 2 10All India 1167 2844616

CNG Sales ('000 tonnes)State Company Name 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Gujarat GAIL Gas/ Adani Energy/ Gujarat Gas,GSPC, GGCL, SGL,HPCL 409.1 441.8 463.5 475.9 503.06

Delhi Indraprastha Gas (IGL) 649.3 695.1 697.6 717.1 738.3

Rajasthan (Kota) GAIL Gas 0.2 0.8 1.6 2.6 3.68Maharashtra Mahanagar Gas Ltd.(MGL) Mumbai, MNGL Pune 382.8 425.1 476.0 531.4 565.01

Andhra Pradesh Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd.( BGL) Hyderabad 15.8 24.7 24.6 25.8 27.45U.P Green Gas Ltd. (Lucknow), CUGL(Kanpur) 112.6 137.7 162.6 184.8 211.61

Tripura Tripura Natural Gas Co. Ltd.(TNGCL) Agartala 3.2 4.3 6.8 9.5 11.19M.P Avantika Gas (Indore) / GAIL Gas 10.7 14.5 15.9 16.6 19.19

Haryana Haryana City Gas Ltd, GAIL Gas, Adani Gas 54.0 73.2 78.2 72.3 74.59

West Bengal GEECL 0.0 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.36Total 1637.7 1817.8 1928.0 2037.2 2155.44

* Vehicle figures for IGL-Noida, Greater noida and Ghaziabad is not available

Growth in CNG-Stations/Vehicles

CNG Sales (million tonnes)

CNG sales have seen a steady increase, growing about

32% since 2011. The growth in number of CNG stations

and vehicles between March 2009 and September

2016 has been 158% and 332% respectively. PNGRB’s

thrust towards developing new CGDs remains focused

with increasing number of GAs.

CNG & PNG

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Source: PNGRB

Source: PPAC, NGS Research

PNG Status

State City Covered Company Mar-16 Sep-16

Domestic PNG

Comm. PNG

Ind. PNG Total Domestic

PNG Comm.

PNGInd. PNG Total

Delhi Delhi, Noida, Greator Noida, Ghazi-abad. IGL 636318 1750 821 638889 675480 1858 864 678202

MaharashtraMumbai, Thane, Mira-Bhayandar, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Kalyan, Ambernath, Panvel, Bhiwandi

MGL, MNGL 892,897 2998 175 896070 933098 3176 178 936452

Gujarat Ahemedabad, Baroda, Surat, Anke-leshwar

GSPC,Sabarmati Gas, Gujarat Gas, HPCL, VMSS , Adani Gas 1507639 16849 4009 1528497 1571878 15372 4100 1591350

Uttar Pradesh Agra, Kanpur, Bareilly, Lucknow Green Gas Ltd. (Lucknow), CUGL(Kanpur) 33,618 229 466 34313 38171 244 478 38893

Tripura Agartala TNGCL 22,615 322 47 22984 25111 340 48 25499Madhya Pradesh Dewas, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior GAIL Gas, AGL 6000 33 78 6111 8683 44 82 8809Rajasthan Kota GAIL Gas 189 1 16 206 187 1 16 204

Assam Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar.Jorhat Assan Gas Company 29000 941 397 30338 29363 967 392 30722

Andhra pradesh/Telangana Kakinada, Vijaywada BGL 4270 46 3 4319 5385 46 5 5436

Haryana Sonepat, Gurgaon, Faridabad GAIL Gas, Adani Gas, Haryana City Gas 31042 135 213 31390 35744 138 221 36103

Karnataka Bengaluru GAIL Gas 0 0 0 0 1066 13 3 1082Total 3163588 23304 6225 3193117 3323100 22186 6384 3351670

Half Yearly Sale of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) & Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in the States: 2016-17 (Provisional)

State / UT H-1 (April-September 2016)

CNG PNG Total

(MMSCM)

Uttar Pradesh 83.569 240.053 323.622

Haryana 35.632 30.554 66.186

Rajasthan 2.657 1.283 3.940

Punjab 0.000 0.000 0.000

Uttrakhand 0.000 0.000 0.000

Delhi 544.748 67.910 612.658

Chandigarh 0.000 0.000 0.000

Northern Region 666.606 339.799 1006.405

Assam 0.000 113.652 113.652

Tripura 6.418 7.531 13.949

West Bengal 0.000 0.000 0.000

Eastern Region 6.418 121.183 127.601

Gujarat 305.983 943.394 1249.377

Dadar & Nagar Haveli 0.133 0.174 0.306

Daman & Diu 0.000 0.000 0.000

Madhya Pradesh 14.657 9.120 23.776

Maharashtra 419.479 149.865 569.345

Western Region 740.252 1102.553 1842.805

Andhra Pradesh 11.834 0.329 12.164

Telangana 8.481 0.523 9.005

Kerala 0.000 0.000 0.000

Karnatka 0.000 4.537 4.537

Southern Region 20.316 5.390 25.705

All India (MMSCM) 1433.592 1568.924 3002.516

All India (MMSCMD) 7.834 8.573 16.407

% Share in Total Sales 47.75% 52.25% 100.00%

PNG Connections

Petrol and diesel retail price is certainly

going up faster than CNG- that is good for

the CNG sector. As we go to press, the petrol

and diesel price have again been increased.

Addition to domestic PNG connections has

been slow but is expected to pick up with

new GAs/CGDs being commissioned.

Fuel prices in Delhi (as of Dec 16th, 2016)Current

CNG (Rs/litre) 52.24Petrol (Rs/litre) 68.94Diesel (Rs/litre) 56.68PNG (Rs/scm) 24.05*Assumption 1kg CNG = 1.4 ltr equivalent

City Gas Distribution Networks in India S.No Geographical Area

Covered State / UT Operating Entity Commencement of Operation

Geographical Areas (GAs) in Northern Region

1 Chandigarh Chandigarh Indian Oil Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd.

Under construction

2 Sonipat Haryana Gail Gas Limited 2010

3 Panipat Haryana Indian Oil Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd.

Under construction

4 Yamunanagar Haryana Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

Under construction

5 Rewari Haryana Indraprastha Gas Limited

Under construction

6 Jalandhar Punjab Jay Madhok Energy Pvt. Ltd. led Consortium

Under construction

7 Amritsar Punjab Gujarat State Petronet Ltd.

Under construction

8 Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab IRM Energy Pvt. Limited Under construction

9 Bhatinda Punjab Gujarat State Petronet Ltd.

Under construction

10 Rupnagar Punjab Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

Under construction

11 National Capital Terri-tory of Delhi Delhi, NCTD Indraprastha Gas

Limited 1998

12 Kota Rajasthan Gail Gas Limited 201113 Meerut Uttar Pradesh Gail Gas Limited 201114 Mathura Uttar Pradesh Saumya DSM Infra. Ltd. 2009

15 Agra (Taj Trapazium Zone) Uttar Pradesh Green Gas Limited 2006

16 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Central U.P. Gas Limited 2006

17 Bareilly Uttar Pradesh Central U.P. Gas Limited 2007

18 Moradabad Uttar Pradesh Siti Energy Limited 200519 Firozabad Uttar Pradesh Gail Gas Limited 2011

20 Khurja Uttar Pradesh Adani Gas Limited 2013

21 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh Indian Oil Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd.

Under construction

22 Jhansi Uttar Pradesh Central U.P. Gas Limited Under construction

23 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Green Gas Limited 2006

24 Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Under construction

25 Haridwar Uttrakhand Haridwar Natural Gas Pvt. Ltd.

Under construction

26 Udham Singh Nagar Uttrakhand IndianOil-Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd.

Under construction

Geographical Areas (GAs) in Eastern Region

27Upper Assam (Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Johrat & Golaghat)

Assam Assam Gas Company Limited 1985

28 Agartala Tripura Tripura Natural Gas Company Limited 1990

29Kolkata (KMC & parts of adjoining districts as per authorization)

West Bengal Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation Ltd.

Under construc-tion

Geographical Areas (GAs) in Western Region

30 Gandhinagar, Mehsana & Sabarkantha Gujarat Sabarmati Gas Limited 2006

31 Hazira Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2003

32 Valsad Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2006

33 Rajkot Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2006

34 Navsari Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2006

35 Surendranagar Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2006

36 Nadiad Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2006

37 Kutch (West) Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2015

38 Panchmahal Gujarat Gujarat Gas Limited 2007

39 Ahmedabad City & Daskori Area Gujarat Adani Gas Limited 2004

40 Surat, Bharuch & Ankleshwar Gujarat Gujarat Gas Company

Limited 1989

Note: The data is provisional & updated as on 07.10.2016

City Gas Distribution Networks in India

Source: PNGRB, NGS Research

41Anand (including Kan-jari & Vadtal Villages in Kheda District)

Gujarat Charotar Gas Sahakari Mandali Ltd 1999

42 Jamnagar Gujarat GSPC Gas Company Limited 2014

43 Bhavnagar Gujarat Gujarat Gas Limited 201444 Dahej Vagra Taluka Gujarat Gujatart Gas Limited 2016

45 Dahod Gujarat Gujarat Gas limited Under construc-tion

46 Amreli Gujarat Gujarat Gas Limited Under construc-tion

47 Patan Gujarat Sabarmati Gas Limited Under construc-tion

48 Anand (excluding area already authorized) Gujarat Gujarat Gas Limited 2007

49 Banaskantha Gujarat IRM Energy Pvt. Limited Under construc-tion

50 Vadodra Gujarat Vadodra Gas Limited 2009

51 Dewas Madhya Pradesh Gail Gas Limited 2009

52 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh Aavantika Gas Limited 2012

53 Indore including Ujjain Madhya Pradesh Aavantika Gas Limited 2008

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Pune City (including Pimpri Chiechwad & adjoining contiguous areas as per authoriza-tion)

Maharashtra Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited 2008

55 Mumbai & Greater Mumbai Maharashtra Mahanagar Gas Limited 1995

56Thane City (& adjoining contiguous areas as per authorization)

Maharashtra Mahanagar Gas Limited 2005

57 Raigarh Maharashtra Mahanagar Gas Limited Under construc-tion

58 Thane (excluding al-ready authorised area) Maharashtra Gujarat Gas Company

Limited 2015

59 Pune (excluding area already authorized) Maharashtra

Consortium of Mahesh Resources (P) Ltd. & Othr

Under construc-tion

60 Ratnagiri Maharashtra Unison Enviro Pvt. Limited

Under construc-tion

61 North Goa Goa Consortium of Gail Gas Ltd & BPCL

Under construc-tion

62 Daman Daman & Diu Indian Oil Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd.

Under construc-tion

63 Dadar & Nagar Haveli Dadar & Nag Hav.

GSPC Gas Company Limited 2015

Geographical Areas (GAs) in Southern Region

64 Kakinada Andhra Pradesh

Bhagyanagar Gas Limited 2011

65 Vijaywada Andhra Pradesh

Bhagyanagar Gas Limited 2005

66 Krishna (exclding area already authorized)

Andhra Pradesh

Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd.

Under construc-tion

67 West Godavari Andhra Pradesh

Consortium of APGDCL & HPCL 2016

68East Godavari (excld. areas already autho-rized)

Andhra Pradesh

Consortium of APGDCL & HPCL

Under construc-tion

69 Hyderabad Telangana Bhagyanagar Gas Limited 2006

70 Bengluru Rural & Urban Karnataka Gail Gas Limited 2015

71 Dharwad Karnataka IndianOil-Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd.

Under construc-tion

72 Belgaum Karnataka Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd.

Under construc-tion

73 Tumkur Karnataka Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd.

Under construc-tion

74 Ernakulam Kerala IndianOil-Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd. 2015

Geographical Areas (GAs) for which authorization is either under consideration of PNGRB or matter is sub-judice in court

75 Faridabad Haryana Adani Gas Limited / In-draprastha Gas Limited -

76 Gurgaon HaryanaHaryana City Gas Distribution Ltd. / Indra-prastha Gas Limited

-

77 NOIDA / Greater NOIDA Uttar Pradesh Indraprastha Gas Ltd. / Adani Gas Ltd. -

78 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh Indraprastha Gas Ltd. -

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SOMe MAJOR POLICy INITIATIVeS

CITy GAS DISTRIBUTION & CNG

• Government to increase the share of natural gas in energy mix from 6.5% to 15% by 2030, Gas4India initiative followed.

• Government approved new Hydrocarbon and Exploration Licensing

Policy (HELP) and same was notified on 30th March 2016.

• Government approved policy for auctioning of 67 discovered small fields of ONGC/OIL through international competitive bidding.

• Ola Cabs announced plans to invest Rs 200 crore to further enable CNG vehicle adoption in Delhi-NCR.

• PNGRB put off bidding for retail CNG licence in 11 cities including Bhubaneshwar in Odisha, Jaipur and Udaipur in

Rajasthan, Jabalpur and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, Solapur in Maharashtra, Davanagari in Karnataka, Coimbatore and Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Guwahati in Assam. These are among 20 cities named for the $7.5 billion smart city makeover.

• Indian Auto expo 2016: Buses and trucks drive onto the environment bandwagon. Heavy vehicle manufactures score a march over passenger car manufactures.

• Gas distribution companies oppose move to end monopoly rights.

• Mahanagar Gas made its debut at Rs 540 a share on the bourses, listed at a 28 per cent premium over the issue price of Rs 421 a share.

• Honda Activa selected for India Two-Wheeler CNG Pilot.

• Transport Revolution: India aspires to replace diesel based transportation system with LNG - Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

CGD Awards 2016Ernakulam Panchmahal

SaharanpurAnand (exc. Area already

auth)

Amreli Banaskantha

Patan Yamunanagar

Bhatinda Rewari

Rupnagar Ratnagiri

Dahej Vagra Taluka Dhar

Fatehgarh Sahib Lucknowcentral govt. authorisationDahod Kolkata

North Goa Vadodara

• Marketing and Pricing freedom for new gas production from Deepwater, Ultra Deepwater and High Pressure-High Temperature areas subject to certain conditions.

• Policy for grant of extension to the Production Sharing Contracts of 28 small and medium sized discovered blocks.

• Policy Framework for relaxation, extensions and clarifications at the development and production stage under PSC regime for early monetization of hydrocarbon discoveries.

• New Domestic Natural Gas price Guidelines, 2014: Under these guidelines, gas price has been linked to the market/ important hub prices.

• Appraisal of about 1.5 million sq. km un-appraised area of the Indian Sedimentary Basins.

• Re-assessment of Hydrocarbon Resources.

• National Data Repository has been setup.

• Policy for exploration and exploitation of Shale Gas/Shale Oil resources by NOCs under the Nomination Regime.

• Policy for exploration in the Mining Lease (ML) areas after the expiry of exploration period.

• Policy on Non–exclusive Multi-client Speculative Survey for assessment of unexplored sedimentary basins has been operationalized.

“Snapshot Special” 2016 at a GLANCE

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POLICy MATTeRS/GAS PRICING/OTHeRS

LNG & SHIPPING

• Petroleum Ministry launches #Gas4India campaign, aims for gas-based economy.

• Foundation stone laid for Varanasi City Gas Distribution Project.

• PNGRB opposed government’s move to give GAIL monopoly rights to develop Jagdishpur – Haldia and Bokaro – Dhamra Pipeline project, avoiding the competitive bidding route.

• IOCL, FCIL & HFCL roped in to revive three ailing fertilisers units in the eastern region.

• Small hydrocarbon fields auction saw 134 bids for about 34 of the 46 small oil and gas blocks offered mostly from local private companies, many of them new entities venturing into hydrocarbon industry under a liberal contractual regime that the government offered to woo investments.

• VGS Group/Cavallo Energy seeking to exit JV set up to implement 3.6 MMTPA LNG import project at Kakinada port as FSRU.

• IOC and GAIL sign pact to take 49% stake in

Adani’s 5 MMTPA Dhamra LNG project in Odisha.

• Third reverse e-auction for Rs 1,600 crore subsidy support for buying 10 mmscmd gas for 24 GW plants held in March.

• 9.93 MMSCMD LNG allocated to nine stranded power plants in September with installed capacity of 5.07 GW in southern India in fourth reverse e-auction.

• GAIL scrapped LNG shipping tender for second time to hire nine new ships to transport gas from the US and seeks interest in swapping out U.S LNG supplies. GAIL has contract to buy 5.3 million tonne a year of liquefied natural gas from US.

National / International

New/Planned LNG import terminals in India

Global Planned LNG terminals

Land basedEnnore, Tamil Nadu (IOC), 5MMTPA Mundhra, Gujarat (5MMTPA) Dhamra, Odisha (5MMTPA)

export facilities plannedBolivia, Tanzania, Mo-zambique, Iran, Canada

FSRUsSwan Energy, Raigarh, Maharashtra H-Energy, Hal-dia, Bengal VGS Group, Kaki-nada, Andhra Pradesh HPCL/Shapoorji, Chhara, Gujarat Essar Group, Hazira, Gujarat

Import facilities planned (FID Awaited) Bangladesh, Chile, Finland, South Africa, Bahrain, Ivory Coast, Philippines, Vietnam

NATURAL GAS/CROSS COUNTRy AND TRANSNATIONAL PIPeLINeS/COMPANIeS

• TAPI gas pipeline investors to spend $200 million on studies and engineering for $10 billion project.

• China’s oil majors Sinopec, CNOOC and China National Petroleum Corp to divulge

pipeline details in government reform plan.

• International Gas Union (IGU)’s secretariat relocated from Oslo, Norway to Barcelona, Spain, with Gas Natural Fenosa and Sedigas becoming the new Secretariat host organizations. The move follows the appointment of Mr. Luis Bertrán Rafecas to the position of Secretary General, taking over from Pål Rasmussen, effective 1st November.

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• RasGas, Qatar lowered LNG price for Petronet LNG estimated at $6-7 per MMBtu, sharply lower than $12-13 per MMbtu agreed earlier. The Qatari supplier also waived off $ 1 billion penalty fee for lower gas offtake.

• MOU between Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Petronet LNG for providing LNG based transport on National Waterways. IWAI and Petronet LNG asked to plan and coordinate their work plans in a manner such that LNG Barges could commence navigation on NW1 by December 2018.

LNG DeVeLOPMeNT

• Tokyo Gas, Kansai Electric in LNG procurement partnership and to share technology for gas-fired power plants.

• Alaska seeks Asian markets for Alaska LNG.

• Qatar Gas signed 20 years

long term agreement for 1.3 MMTPA with “GEIL Global” Energy Infrastructure Limited for the export of LNG to Pakistan.

• Mozambique, Eni sign 20 year LNG sales agreement with BP to sell LNG.

• Qatar to merge LNG producers Qatargas and RasGas.

• RasGas achieves milestone with 500th LNG cargo delivery to CPC Taiwan.

• ConocoPhillips and its partners announced the shipment of the first cargo of LNG from the mammoth Australia Pacific LNG facility in Queensland. T.

• Japan’s Jera Co, world’s biggest importer of LNG plans 42% cut in long term LNG contracts by 2030.

• Europe is tomorrow’s LNG battleground, predicts Oxford Institute of Energy Studies and says new LNG exports from the US and Australia will displace Middle East supply that will then target high-value markets such as Latin America and Europe – making Europe, in particular, “a future battleground for LNG”.

• Angola LNG returned to global LNG market with first post-shutdown cargo.

• Petronas, Malaysia’s first floating LNG facility, PFLNG Satu produced its first drop of LNG from Kanowit gas field, offshore Sarawak.

NG/LNG UTILITLISATION- ROADWAyS

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched new voluntary partnership program to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector which will benefit U.S. NGV sector.

• CNGVA applauds new Federal funding commitments for Alt-Fuel infrastructure and innovation.

• Luxfer Gas Cylinders launched its second generation of G-Stor™ Go Type 4 carbon composite cylinders for alternative fuel (AF) containment.

• A new report from Navigant Research has found that the total number of natural gas refueling stations, including CNG and LNG, is expected to reach almost 39,300 locations globally by 2026. Number of natural gas fuelling stations will rise 41% by 2025. Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are expected to take a leap over the coming years with the total sales of NGVs set to reach more than 35 million from 2015 to 2025.

• Under the auspices of Italy’s Ministry of Environment, ICBI 2016, (Iniziativa Carburanti a Basso Impatto), this scheme has EUR 1.8 million (USD 2.05m) to support CNG and LPG conversions by individuals and companies domiciled in the 674 participating boroughs.

• Weights and Measures adopts diesel gallon equivalent for CNG - NACS (for Convenience and Fuel Retailing)-backed amendment has been adopted that would allow fuel retailers to advertise and sell CNG in diesel gallon equivalents (DGEs)—defined as 6.384 pounds or 2.894 kilograms of CNG.

• Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) reports that it has together with the Maersk Group and Shell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of LNG as a marine fuel in the Middle East region.

• Energy station featuring CNG and LNG opens in France - Air Liquide has launched on 21 June the first clean multi-energy station dedicated to road freight transport in France and in Europe.

• Argentina: 1000th ship-to-ship LNG transfer at Escobar terminal.

• Gazprom and Mitsui will cooperate on LNG bunkering development.

• Historic moment: First ship to bunker LNG at the Port of Gothenburg.

• ENGIE, Mitsubishi and NYK unveil LNG bunkering brand Gas4Sea.

LNG AS A MARINe FUeL/BUNKeRING/ LNG SHIPPING

• EU working towards single interconnected liquid gas market, in line with the standards set for the COP21 agreement in Paris to combat climate change.

• Cyprus, Israel, Greece see a planned gas pipeline from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe a “catalyst for peace”in the turbulent region.

• EIA projects 48% increase in world energy consumption by 2040.

• Shell shareholders give nod to £40 billion takeover of BG Group by a strong majority.

International

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• Bremenports presents LNG-powered hopper barge in the Netherlands - The greenports I, presumably the first working vessel at a European seaport to be powered by eco-friendly LNG, will regularly carry silt dredged from the harbor basins in Bremerhaven to the disposal facility in Bremen-Seehausen.

• New alliance formed in North America to pursue opportunities arising from the growing demand for LNG as a marine fuel for all types of commercial vessels.

• First Alternative Energy hub in Belgium unites land-marine LNG fuel supply - LNG bunkering facility, and LNG filling station and a CNG filling station are the main elements of a 30-year concession agreement for the development of an Alternative Energy Hub in the Port of Antwerp.

• Russian Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) has authorized the request of LNG-Gorskaya LLC on investments into construction of Russia’s first LNG port in Saint-Petersburg.

• The first cargo of LNG, LNG carrier Maran Gas Apollonia entered the new Agua Clara locks on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal carrying a cargo of LNG from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia. The transit marks the first natural gas cargo ever through the Panama Canal. The $5.3 billion Panama Canal expansion project was inaugurated June 26 with new locks big enough to accommodate most LNG carriers, an entirely new segment for the waterway.

• Proposals for faster, wider adoption of LNG as marine fuel in Europe – DNV GL undertakes an analysis and evaluation, identifying the remaining gaps for completing an EU-wide framework for marine LNG distribution, bunkering and use. Two key barriers to take-up LNG as ship fuel are the gaps in the legislative or regulatory framework, and the lack of harmonized standards.

• The Iberian Association of Natural Gas for Mobility, (GASNAM), Iberian association for gas- powered mobility,to start the course on “LNG as a marine fuel (basic level)” at the headquarters of Puertos del Estado in Madrid.

• LNG Masterplan for inland waterways transportation project concludes - Mid-2013, the Trans-European Network for Transport (TEN-T) Call 2012 selected the LNG Masterplan for Rhine-Main-Danube project. Thus was created a driving force for the establishment of LNG as a fuel for European inland waterways transportation.

• Europe prepares uniform regulations for Inland Waterway vessels, LNG fuel included - The technical requirements for inland waterway vessels are soon to be standardised across the whole of Europe.

• Cheap oil slows appetite for LNG as alternative shipping fuel - Low oil prices are denting the take-up of LNG as a cleaner source of energy to power ships and make serious inroads into the sector. The global shipping sector is under pressure from governments to reduce harmful emissions from vessels, including sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide (C02), by using cleaner fuels such as LNG rather than traditional heavy fuel oil and diesel sources.

• Excelerate Energy L.P. is fast approaching its 1000th commercial Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfer of LNG to be completed in late August.

• First North American LNG Bunkering Terminal Opens - Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC has completed the

Internationalfirst LNG bunkering of a vessel from its newly completed LNG terminal facility, located at its Port Fourchon, Louisiana operation base.

• DNV, Shell, Rolls-Royce and MAN join for new LNG intelligence portal - DNV GL’s new LNG intelligence portal (LNGi) aims to bring stakeholders from across the LNG industry together to share market intelligence and contribute to the uptake of LNG as a ship fuel.

• International Maritime Organization cuts sulphurcap to 0.5% starting 2020 - The IMO has cut the sulphur cap for ships from the 3.5% m/m global limit currently in place, down to 0.50% m/m, effective January 1, 2020.

OTHeR TeCHNOLOGICAL DeVeLOPMeNT FOR CLeANeR eNVIRONMeNT

• World’s largest factory for hydrogen stations to be built in Denmark - H2 Logic A/S, manufacturer of hydrogen fueling stations, has entered into a contract for the purchase of a facility in Herning, Denmark for the development of a new large-scale production factory.

• Korean researchers push HCNG engine to Euro VII - Cooperation between KOGAS, KGS (Korean Gas Safety), KIMM (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) and Daewoo Bus has enabled scientists to develop an HCNG engine which is compliant with Euro-6 European emission regulations.

• Tenders under consideration CNG locomotive conversions - Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company (IHB) recently leased two SW1500 locomotives from CIT Rail to kick-start it’s locomotive conversion program to CNG

• Second pan-European deployment of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure - On June 14 the second pan-European deployment of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure was launched with passenger and commercial fuel cell vehicles.

• Hexagon Composites ASA, the manufacturer of composite Type 4 pressure vessels, and major Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. in February 2016 entered into an investment agreement to enhance the development of Hexagon Composites’ hydrogen strategy.

• LNG engines could be stepping stone to fuel cells - In a most recent demonstration of the uptake of fuel cells, PowerCell Sweden received its first marine order for two PowerCell S3 prototype stacks this month. Swiss Hydrogen will install the fuel cells on a ship powered by photovoltaics. “Hydrogen gas will replace diesel in a marine industry that is forced to reduce its emissions, said Alexandre Closset, CEO of Swiss Hydrogen, the company that will manufacture the system and certify it for the marine environment.

• Hydrogen fueling projects under development in China - Air Products and the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy (NICE) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlays a collaborative effort to potentially work together on hydrogen fueling projects in China.

• Canberra will roll out first hydrogen vehicles in Australia’s history -The Australian Capital Territory Government has announced a landmark project which includes Australia’s first-ever order for hydrogen-powered cars.

• India promotes fuel cell technology - GAIL (India) and US-based Bloom Energy signed an agreement to deploy revolutionary natural gas-based fuel cell technology to generate electricity.

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The high voltage ‘UrjaGanga’ event at Varanasi set the tone for campaigning by Gas4India in its bid to promote the use of natural gas at every given opportunity. Be it at international level with Gas4India presence at IEF-IGU

Ministerial meet or CNG run Two-wheeler launch in Mumbai. Gas4India has successfully acted as a force multiplier via its socio-media campaign for the launch of CNG run Two-wheelers by the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in Mumbai.

Gas4India is a unified cross-country, multimedia, multi-event campaign aimed at promoting the use of natural gas in the country in order to move towards a gas-based economy. The campaign includes social engagement via Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and its official blogsite, as well as hyper local, offline events to directly connect with consumers.

Gas4India events (Clockwise) a) Mahanagar Gas Ltd’s CNG run two-wheeler launch in Mumbai. b) Students promoting natural gas at Vibrant Gujarat, Gandhinagar. c) Gas4India standee at IEF-IGU Ministerial meet, New Delhi.

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