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- GAIL (India) Limited engages in the exploration, production, transmission, distribution, marketing, and trading of natural gas; produces liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquid hydrocarbons, and petrochemicals including high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), and polypropylene (PP); operates city gas distribution networks for piped natural gas (PNG) to households, commercial, and industrial users as well as compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles; sources, regasifies, and trades liquefied natural gas (LNG); and develops renewable energy projects such as solar, wind, green hydrogen, and compressed biogas (CBG). The company maintains an extensive pipeline infrastructure spanning approximately 16,421 kilometers of natural gas pipelines across India, including major systems like the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur, Dahej-Vijaipur-Dadri-Bawana-Nangal, Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra, and Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga pipelines; operates 2,040 kilometers of LPG pipelines such as the Jamnagar-Loni and Vizag-Secunderabad networks; runs five gas processing units at Vijaipur, Pata, Gandhar, and Vaghodia with 1,425 thousand tonnes per annum (KTA) LPG and liquid hydrocarbons capacity; produces polymers at its Pata complex with 810 KTA capacity and through subsidiary Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) adding 280 KTA; and manages LNG terminals including Dabhol via subsidiary Konkan LNG Limited with interests in global sourcing from the United States, Qatar, and Australia totaling around 16.55 million tonnes per annum (MMTPA). GAIL serves key sectors including fertilizers (two-thirds of gas supply), power plants (45% of gas-based power), petrochemicals, and city gas consumers through 11 joint ventures and subsidiaries authorized in 72 geographical areas, providing over 9.71 million PNG connections and 3,100 CNG stations nationwide; operates internationally with subsidiaries in Singapore and the United States for LNG trading and shale gas assets, equity stakes in Egyptian city gas firms, and exploration blocks in India, Myanmar, and the United States; and pursues sustainability via 145 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity (118 MW wind, 27 MW solar), a 10 MW green hydrogen plant at Vijaipur, CBG plants including a 5 tonnes per day (TPD) facility at Ranchi under the CBG-CGD synchronization scheme supplying 61 areas, and a net-zero target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2035. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in New Delhi, the company, a Maharatna public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, commands about 65% of India's natural gas transmission market and 47% of domestic marketing share while expanding petrochemicals through upcoming polypropylene plants at Usar and Pata under the G-Pol brand and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) at GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited branded G-Tex. Recent developments include a 10-year sales and purchase agreement with ADNOC Gas signed in November 2024 for up to 0.52 MMTPA LNG supply; extension of a gas purchase agreement with Oil India for 15 years in July 2025; announcement in September 2025 of a Rs 5,350 crore investment to expand the Jamnagar-Loni LPG pipeline capacity from 3.25 to 6.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh with added spurs and a CBG plant; BCPL's advancement of Butene-1 and high-performance polypropylene (HPG) stage-2 units for completion by August 2025; and acquisition of JBF Petrochemicals in June 2023 rebranded as GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited for PTA production revival.