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Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:07:55 PM
BY Reuters 10:45 AM ET 05/27/2015
* To issue tender to swap U.S. LNG in two months
* Sold 0.5 mln T/yr U.S. LNG to local customer
* India to lift 10 pct less LNG under long-term deal with Qatar
By Nidhi Verma and Oleg Vukmanovic
NEW DELHI/LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) - GAIL India Ltd has sold some of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. portfolio to European energy major Royal Dutch Shell ( RDS/A ) ahead of production from early 2018, its head B.C. Tripathi said on Wednesday.
GAIL has a deal to buy 3.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG for 20 years from U.S.-based Cheniere Energy and has also booked capacity for another 2.3 mtpa at Dominion Energy's Cove Point liquefaction plant.
Tripathi refused to elaborate on the volumes, pricing and duration of the deal with Shell but a trade source said GAIL has sold at least 0.5 mtpa LNG to Shell.
GAIL would also issue an LNG swap tender in two months to cut transport costs for supplies to India, he said, adding 0.5 million tonnes of its U.S. LNG has already been booked by local clients while talks were ongoing with domestic and foreign firms for more such deals.
GAIL was keen to swap about 2 mtpa of its LNG, Tripathi had said in January 2014.
India's gas demand is set to rise as the federal government has approved policies to boost power and fertiliser production using imported gas.
Gas demand in the world's second most populous nation however declined in the quarter ending in April as alternative fuel like furnace oil turned cheaper due to rout in global oil markets.
Also prices of gas sourced under a long-term deal with Qatar have turned costly tapering the demand for the cleaner fuel.
He said India has used a 10 percent reduction permissible under a 25-year contract with Qatar's RasGas to import up to 7.5 mtpa the super cooled fuel.
This is the first time India has exercised its right to lift less volumes since the start of contract in 2004.
GAIL has rights to sell about 60 percent of the gas volumes sourced under the long-term deal with Qatar. (Reporting by Nidhi Verma, editing by David Evans)
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