Shell to set up LNG stations, bullish on gas market in India

Global energy giant Shell will foray into retailing LNG for long-haul transportation like trucks, with its first filling station coming up in Gujarat this year as it bets big on the Indian gas market, a senior company official said.

Shell operates a 5 million tonnes a year liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility at Hazira in Gujarat and has a small network of petrol pumps. It is now looking at the LNG for trucks/buses market as a growth avenue. “We are looking to develop our own LNG sites and retail stations in the country,” Nakul Raheja, country head of Shell Energy India, told

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