India’s LPG Security Plan: How the West Asia Crisis Exposed a Major Energy Vulnerability.

India has taken a major step to strengthen its LPG security after disruptions during the West Asia conflict exposed the country’s dependence on overseas supplies. On August 13, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry issued an order setting LPG production targets for 21 refineries and upstream companies. Their combined potential output has been fixed at 63,810 tonnes per day, roughly 70% of India’s daily LPG consumption.

The vulnerability became clear earlier this year when conflict in West Asia disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial route for India’s LPG imports. India consumed about 33.2 million tonnes of LPG in 2025–26, but domestic production was only around 13.1 million tonnes. More than 21 million tonnes were imported, meaning over 64% of consumption depended on imports.

The new framework gives the government greater ability to order refiners and upstream producers to increase LPG output whenever international disruptions threaten domestic availability. Companies have also been directed to maintain adequate storage, transportation and evacuation infrastructure and explore technically feasible ways to increase production.

Reliance Industries has received the largest individual production target, at 18,000 tonnes per day, while public-sector refineries together have been assigned 31,470 tonnes per day.

The crisis has therefore pushed LPG from being simply a household fuel issue into a broader national energy-security concern. India’s challenge now is to reduce import vulnerability while ensuring adequate reserves, domestic production and affordable supplies for millions of households.

Additional Information:👇

1.Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas – Hardeep Singh Puri

2. Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas – Suresh Gopi