Royal Dutch Shell wants GST on natural gas

Mumbai: Royal Dutch Shell Plc wants India to bring natural gas under the goods and services tax (GST) to make transport of the fuel across the country more efficient.

“An element that would make transport (of natural gas) across the country more efficient is the inclusion of natural gas in the GST. We will be very supportive of that,” said Ajay Shah, vice president, Shell Energy Asia. Shah spoke to Mint after the release of Shell’s LNG outlook 2019 today.

Shell owns the 5 million metric tonne Hazira liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Gujarat and is also present in fuel retailing.