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Sectoral Natual Gas Consumption
(Source: MOPNG / PPAC)
Natural gas consumption is presented into two broad categories, for use in energy sector (also referred to as use for energy purpose, essentially being used as fuel) and in non-energy sector (use for non-energy purpose, essentially being used as feedstock)
The former comprises use in Power, City Gas Distribution (CGD), Refinery, as Internal Consumption (I/C), for pipeline (P/L) System Agriculture (Tea Plantation), Industrial, Manufacturing, Other/Misc , while the latter comprises use in Fertilizer, Petrochemical, LPG Shrinkage and Sponge Iron/Steel
LPG Shrinkage can be classified either as use for energy purpose or for non-energy purpose. Since it is shown separately, the main purpose of capturing gas consumption in this segment is served, without getting into the debate
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Variation between Availability and Consumption is attributed to factors like stock changes, conversion factors / rounding off, provisional data in certain cases, and other factors like updation of reporting exercise
Table below capures trend in sectorial sales of natural gas in India
For 2024-25, total sectorial sales were 71.3 BCM, or ~195.4 MMSCMD. Power accounted for 8.9 BCM or 12.5%, CGD accounted for 15.1 BCM or 21.1%, while Fertilisers accounted for 20.5 BCM or 28.8% of total natural gas consumption in India
| Year | Power BCM | Industrial and Manufacturing BCM | CGD BCM | Agriculture BCM | Internal Consumption BCM | Refinery BCM | LPG Shrinkage BCM | Miscellaneous BCM | Sub Total Energy Purpose BCM | Fertilizers BCM | Petrochemical BCM | Sponge Iron BCM | Sub Total Non Energy Purpose BCM | Total Sectorial Sales BCM | Total Consumption BCM | Total Consumption MMSCMD | pct of Sales Energy Purpose | pct of Sales Non Energy Purpose | Total | pct Share of Power in Toal Sales | pct Share of CGD in Toal Sales | pct Share of Fertilisers in Toal Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 15.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 46.0 | 20.5 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 25.2 | 71.2 | 71.3 | 195.4 | 64.6 | 35.4 | 100.0 | 12.5 | 21.1 | 28.8 |
| 2023-24 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 10.9 | 43.9 | 21.0 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 24.9 | 68.8 | 67.5 | 184.5 | 63.8 | 36.2 | 100.0 | 13.2 | 19.6 | 30.6 |
| 2022-23 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 12.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 36.4 | 19.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 22.3 | 58.7 | 60.0 | 164.3 | 62.0 | 38.0 | 100.0 | 13.9 | 20.5 | 33.0 |
| 2021-22 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 12.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 39.4 | 18.1 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 22.1 | 61.5 | 64.2 | 175.8 | 64.1 | 35.9 | 100.0 | 16.5 | 19.8 | 29.4 |
| 2020-21 | 10.8 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 34.6 | 17.8 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 21.5 | 56.1 | 61.0 | 167.1 | 61.7 | 38.3 | 100.0 | 19.3 | 16.4 | 31.7 |
| 2019-20 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 36.2 | 16.1 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 20.3 | 56.5 | 64.1 | 175.3 | 64.2 | 35.8 | 100.0 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 28.5 |
| 2018-19 | 12.0 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 34.3 | 15.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 19.5 | 53.8 | 60.8 | 166.6 | 63.8 | 36.2 | 100.0 | 22.3 | 17.1 | 27.8 |
| 2017-18 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 32.9 | 14.7 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 20.0 | 52.8 | 59.2 | 162.1 | 62.2 | 37.8 | 100.0 | 22.8 | 16.2 | 27.8 |
| 2016-17 | 11.6 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 30.5 | 15.4 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 20.5 | 51.0 | 55.7 | 152.6 | 59.8 | 40.2 | 100.0 | 22.8 | 14.4 | 30.3 |
| 2015-16 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 27.4 | 16.1 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 20.4 | 47.8 | 52.5 | 143.5 | 57.3 | 42.7 | 100.0 | 22.8 | 11.4 | 33.7 |
| 2014-15 | 10.7 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 28.7 | 15.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 18.2 | 47.0 | 51.3 | 140.5 | 61.2 | 38.8 | 100.0 | 22.8 | 11.5 | 32.4 |
| 2013-14 | 11.3 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 30.4 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 18.5 | 49.0 | 52.4 | 143.5 | 62.1 | 37.9 | 100.0 | 23.0 | 12.1 | 32.4 |
| 2012-13 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 35.6 | 14.7 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 18.3 | 53.9 | 57.4 | 157.2 | 66.0 | 34.0 | 100.0 | 29.8 | 10.7 | 27.3 |
| 2011-12 | 22.6 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 9.1 | 43.5 | 14.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 60.7 | 64.5 | 176.1 | 71.7 | 28.3 | 100.0 | 37.3 | 9.2 | 23.1 |
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