The Supply Snag

Natural gas supply guidelines have been amended, but industry wants greater freedom to source supplies from the free market

- MANISH PANT

ALLOCATION OF NATURAL GAS TO CGD COMPANIES WILL NOW BE DONE QUARTERLY FOR BETTER EVALUATION OF CONSUMPTION PATTERNS

IN A BID to provide relief to city gas distribution (CGD) companies, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has revised the guidelines for domestic supply of compressed natural gas (CNG) for transport and piped natural gas (PNG) for domestic use. Allocation of natural gas to CGD companies will now be done quarterly for better evaluation of consumption patterns, instead of on the basis of demand in the first three months of the pandemic, when most economic activities had dipped, and both demand and supply had shrunk.