India is in talks with overseas suppliers to import 20 million metric tons a year of liquefied natural gas to bridge a local shortfall and is looking to nearly quadruple its capacity to convert LNG into gas, said Oil Minister Veerappa Moily. India meets about a quarter of its natural...

Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by India will soar in the next decade to fuel an expanding economy, pitting India against China and Japan for supplies as it domestic gas output struggles and overland delivery remains a dream. India’s trillion-dollar economy is already one of world’s largest importers of...

The U.S. natural gas industry will create 1.5 million jobs by 2015, largely because of surging production from unconventional shale beds that require hydraulic fracturing, according to an IHS study. IHS also said the nation’s 28 states that don’t produce natural gas will benefit because their industries will be supporting...

Expanding U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to India will strengthen ties, secure mutual energy security and create American jobs, analysts said Wednesday. “LNG exports create an opening for a more intensified relationship and help in broader trade arena and help strengthen converging security concerns,” Rep. Charles Boustany,...