India's HPCL to start LNG terminal around year-end, seeks term supply, sources say
India's Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) is seeking a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to commission its new import terminal in December or January, and is in talks with between eight and nine companies for long-term supply, three sources said. HPCL has built a 5 million metric ton per year (tpy) LNG import terminal at Chhara in western India, the country's sixth, as New Delhi seeks to boost the use of the cleaner fuel. The company wants to use the three-month fair weather window that begins in November to commission the LNG terminal, two sources said.