Mr. Rajeev Mathur

Executive Director (Corporate Affairs) & OSD to CMD,

GAIL India Ltd

Natural Gas, being a Green and Clean Fuel, has great potential to become the primary energy source in the global energy mix. I am glad that CHEMTECH has taken the initiative in organising GASTech World Expo to highlight the Green Fuel potential and the future of LNG as a sustainable transportation fuel.

Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak

Director Projects

GAIL Ltd

In line with Government’s plan to increase the share of Natural Gas from 6% to 15% in the country’s energy mix, it is imperative to create balance between the infrastructure development and polices towards City Gas Destruction (CGD) System in India. Cross country gas pipeline is the key enabler in CGD to make the country as a Gas-based Economy.

Mr. Nitin Patil

CEO

Gujarat Gas Ltd

Energy availability is the key to India’s economic growth and currently coal is the primary energy source of power generation. However looking at the environmental impact of coal-fired plants and India’s commitment at COP 21, switching to natural gas to generate power is a prudent choice.Factors such as higher availability, development of transmission and distribution infrastructure, cost savings and its eco-friendly characteristics are propelling its use.

Mr.Sarthak Behuria

Executive Director LNG & LPG

Adani Gas Ltd

Government’s ambitious plan to increase natural gas share in the energy mix to 15% by 2020 is doable and it required a proper roadmap. With many gas fields expected to come online, increase in LNG imports will ensure supply security for India’s gas demand. Development of last mile connectivity, promotion of PNG & CNG is required in boosting the gas usage in the country.

Mr. I S Rao

Executive Director – Natural Gas

BPCL

LNG will be the largest contributor in the Gas sector due to constraint of gas flow through Cross-country and intercontinental gas pipelines. It is expected that many new LNG producing countries and more expansion in liquefaction will be taking place all over the world. While the major LNG supplier will be countries like US, Australia and some to extent in the coming days, India, China and other Asian countries will be driving the LNG market as the leading consumers of it.

Mr. Sturat Anson

BDM

Shell

A rapid transition in Energy Mix is required for a low-carbon economy, managing the risk & climate change and providing energy to all in sustainable manner by cutting emissions. The transition is on the way driven by many factors like; economic reforms, evolving customer habits, emerging technologies, introduction of National policies to cutting carbon emissions and local pollutants, etc. Gas and renewable in the energy mix will certainly be the transition for a low carbon future.

Mr.Rajnish Goswami

General Manager, LNG Marketing, SE Asia , India Sub continent & Middle East,

Anadarko, Singapore Pte Ltd.

The new and emerging sourcing strategy in LNG purchase must have greater flexibility, mix of various indices, supply security and a basket of short term, long term and spot term LNG. Though the combined capacity of current and planned LNG regasifying facilities in India will be around 82 MMTPA, there is a need of capacity expansion and their ability to scale up, along with need of infrastructure development for increased gas penetration.

Mr. A M Tambekar

Managing Director

Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited

Natural Gas has its inherent qualities to be a popular and most preferably fossil fuel over others hydrocarbon fuels. India has a lot of potential for developing of Natural Gas as being a green fuel looking at the energy security of its huge populace of as well as the country’s commitment to COP 21.

Mr. Rajesh Mediratta

Director

India Energy Exchange

Coal-to-Gas route is vital for India to boost the sustainable energy alternative in the current scenario. However, it is needed to adapt proven technologies to rapidly shore up thermal efficiency in power generation, and carry out-diffusion of cutting-edge emission-abatement equipment nationally, even as we actively seek to raise the share of renewables in our energy mix.

Mr. Rahul Deep Singh,

MD

Hazira LNG Terminal

As the country plans to double its regasification capacity to 62.2 million tons per annum (Mtpa) by 2022, the major Infrastructure developing will be coming on both West and East coasts. This will lead country’s LNG imports as well as require more infrastructure development of CGD Network.

Mr.Darshan Hiranandani

MD

H Energy

Efficient, easy to transport and with a high calorific value, natural gas could play an important role in a clean energy future for India. This necessitates the development of import and distribution infrastructure including new import terminals, adequate storage and regasification facilities, and distribution networks to deliver gas to the end-customer.

Mr. S V Kher

Director (B&T)

Shipping Corporation of India

The key attributes of FSRUs – an ability to enable gas companies to commence LNG imports relatively cheaply and quickly – ensures that the global portfolio of FSRU projects continues to grow strongly.

Mr.Prabhat Singh

Managing Director

Petronet LNG

India has massive plans to expand its LNG infrastructure. However, most of these plans involve the setting up of LNG terminals. There is an urgent need to come up with plans to build a strong LNG supply chain through investments in procuring/building LNG ships and laying adequate pipeline networks to connect gas fields to liquefaction plants without which it will not be possible to transport gas.

Dr. Walter M. Hart, Ph.D., P.E.

Vice President

Natural Gas Liquids

Worldwide, gas is the preferred feedstock for the power plants and India should use LNG as feedstock for power plants for its burgeoning energy demand. However, a holistic plan should require to match the world’s share of natural gas to 15 per cent in energy mix and addressing the existing challenges of inadequacy of infrastructure on supply side.

Mr. K. K. Gandhi

Executive Director

Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

Both the Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) and Electric Vehicles (EVs) are accelerating the global adoption of clean vehicles in much extent. Factors like technology, policy, and economic opportunities, as well as obstacles, of both are considering as well as relevant issues include harmonization of standards, interoperability, public vs. private investment, and grid/pipeline integration.

Mr.Anish De

Partner & Head, Strategy & Operations Advisory (Infrastructure)

KPMG India

India plans to move to a sustainable gas-based economy requires more domestic gas production by policy flexibility as well as importing larger volumes of LNG. However, the challenge remains in distribution, not least the lack of well-functioning gas supply chain infrastructure.

Mr. D K Sarraf

Chairman

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

Keeping in mind that the proportion of natural gas resources in India is at 6.2% compared to 24% globally, our main aim is to maximise the number of connections to reach the target of 25% energy consumption through natural gas by 2030.

Mr.Vivek Joshi

Executive Director

Natural Gas Society

The demand of gas is mostly drive by the transport and fertilizers sectors, power plants and industrial sector. An efficient, well-functioning supply chain that is scaled to match demand will increasingly become part of India’s LNG import and distribution networks.