据能源经济12月3日消息称，印度石油部长达曼德拉·普拉丹（Dharmendra Pradhan）周三表示，随着政府推动使用更多的清洁燃料以减少碳排放，印度将投资660亿美元用于天然气基础设施建设。
政府的目标是，到2030年，将天然气在其能源份额中的比重从目前的6.3%提高至15%。
这将使管道天然气消耗量从目前的每天1.6亿-1.7亿标准立方米增加。
他说，为此，液化天然气（LNG）进口能力正在提高，新管道正在铺设以运输燃料，并扩大城市天然气基础设施以将燃料输送给用户。
他说：“预计将投资660亿美元用于天然气基础设施开发，包括管道、城市天然气配送和液化天然气再气化终端。”他补充说，在现有1.68万公里天然气管网的基础上，新增1.47万公里天然气管道，以形成全国天然气管网。
该国东岸和西岸都计划兴建液化天然气进口终端并增加产能。另外，由用于汽车的零售CNG和家用管道天然气组成的城市天然气网络将扩大到407个地区。
曹海斌 摘译自 能源经济
原文如下：
India to see $66 billion investment in gas infrastructure
India will see a massive $66 billion investment in the building of gas infrastructure as the government pushes for greater use of the cleaner fuel with a view to cutting down carbon emissions, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said The government is targeting raising the share of natural gas in its energy basket to 15 per cent by 2030 from the current 6.3 per cent.
This will entail gas consumption rising manifolds from current 160-170 million standard cubic meters per day.
To cater to this, liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity is being raised, new pipelines laid to transport the fuel, and city gas infrastructure expanded to take the fuel to users, he said at KPMG India's annual energy conclave ENRich 2020 here.
"An estimated investment of $66 billion is lined up in developing gas infrastructure, which includes pipelines, city gas distribution, and LNG regasification terminals," he said adding 14,700-km gas pipelines are being added to the existing network of 16,800-km to form a national gas grid.
Elaborating LNG import terminals and capacity additions are planned on both east and west coast. Also, the city gas network of retailing CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas to households and kitchens has been extended to 407 districts.