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- GAIL (India) Limited GAIL (India) Limited is India's largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company, operating across the full natural gas value chain including transmission, marketing, processing, LNG sourcing and regasification, petrochemical production, city gas distribution, LPG transmission and production, upstream exploration and production, and renewable energy initiatives. The company owns and operates approximately 16,421 km of natural gas pipelines commanding 65% market share in transmission; markets natural gas with 47% domestic share supplying two-thirds to fertilizers and 45% to power plants; produces LPG and liquid hydrocarbons at five gas processing units with 1,425 KTA capacity and 10% LPG production share; transmits LPG via 2,040 km network including the 1,427 km Jamnagar-Loni pipeline; manufactures polymers like polyethylene and polypropylene at Pata (810 KTA) and Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited (280 KTA) with 15% petrochemical sales share, alongside upcoming polypropylene at Usar and Pata under G-Pol brand and purified terephthalic acid via GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited under G-Tex; sources 16.55 MMTPA LNG portfolio from the US, Qatar and Australia with five owned vessels and charters; leads city gas distribution through eight joint ventures and three subsidiaries authorized in 72 geographical areas serving 9.71 million PNG customers and over 3,100 CNG stations with 54% market share; holds stakes in 13 E&P blocks including in India, Myanmar and US shale; and operates 145 MW renewable capacity plus a 10 MW green hydrogen plant at Vijaipur and compressed biogas initiatives. GAIL (India) Limited, founded in 1984 and headquartered in New Delhi, primarily serves power, fertilizer, industrial, transport and residential sectors across India with international LNG trading and sourcing presence in the US, Singapore, Qatar, Australia and Myanmar. In recent developments, the company signed a 10-year LNG sales agreement with ADNOC Gas in November 2024 and a multi-year deal with Vitol in July 2025; extended a 15-year gas supply pact with Oil India Limited in July 2025 for up to 900,000 SCMD from Rajasthan fields and formed a strategic MoU with Oil India in September 2025; agreed to acquire 49% equity in Leafiniti Bioenergy in August 2025 for compressed biogas projects; approved Rs 5,364 crore expansion of Jamnagar-Loni LPG pipeline capacity to 6.5 MMTPA by 2028 in September 2025; re-engaged INEOS for revival of its Mangalore PTA plant in November 2024; entered a 14-year LNG carrier time charter in May 2024; commissioned its first CBG plant in Ranchi in 2024 with TruAlt Bioenergy partnership for ten more; implemented SAP S/4 HANA on i-Cloud for digital transformation; and allocated Rs 12,000 crore capex for FY27 targeting pipelines, petrochemicals, city gas, E&P and net-zero initiatives including Rs 1,200 crore for green efforts.