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- Petronet LNG Limited, established in 1998 and headquartered in New Delhi, India, operates as a joint venture promoted by GAIL (India) Limited, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), with 50% government ownership; the company imports, stores, regasifies and supplies liquefied natural gas (LNG) primarily through its Dahej terminal in Gujarat with a nominal capacity of 17.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) and Kochi terminal in Kerala with 5 MMTPA capacity, accounting for approximately 34% of India's gas supplies and 74% of LNG imports. Core services encompass regasification, LNG storage and reloading, bunkering, gassing-up and cooling-down facilities, LNG truck loading, technical and engineering support for LNG infrastructure, and distribution of regasified LNG to power plants, fertilizer manufacturers, petrochemicals, refineries, steel industries, city gas distribution entities and other industrial users across India. The company maintains long-term LNG supply contracts with global partners including QatarEnergy for 7.5-8.5 MMTPA and Australia's Gorgon project, while offering spot market sourcing flexibility. Recent developments include a July 2025 regasification agreement valued at Rs 1,200 crore with Performance Chemiserve (a Deepak Fertilisers subsidiary) for 25.6 TBTUs annually at Dahej over 5.5 years; anticipation of first cargo under a new 1.2 MMTPA Gorgon contract by March-April 2026 with 500,000 tonnes acquisition planned; an August 2024 memorandum of understanding with Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings for Sobadhanavi power plant infrastructure; capacity expansions at Dahej, a greenfield terminal at Gopalpur, Odisha, and a PDH/PP petrochemical complex with versatile jetty; incorporation of wholly-owned subsidiary Petronet LNG Singapore in March 2022; and record FY2024-25 financials with 934 TBTU throughput, Rs 5,275 crore profit before tax and Rs 3,926 crore profit after tax.