Natural gas demand up a third from lockdown lows: Gail executive

New Delhi: Natural gas demand has risen by a third from its recent lows as factory activity expanded and more gas-driven vehicles came on the roads following the easing of lockdown curbs, according to an executive at GAILNSE 1.67 %, the country’s largest marketer and transporter of gas.

Natural gas sales by GAIL has risen to 74 million metric standard cubic meters a day (mmscmd) from 56 mmscmd in the last week of March when the nationwide lockdown started, severely restricting mobility and shutting most industries. The volumes are still much lower than the 86 mmscmd GAIL supplied before the lockdown began.