据路透社10月26日新德里报道，政府官员周五表示，印度预计到2022年天然气产量将增加一倍，因为它寻求减少对该国进口的依赖，并满足预期的国内需求增长。
印度碳氢化合物总司令VP Joy在新加坡组织了一场投资路演，预计印度的天然气产量将从目前的33 亿立方米增加到600亿立方米（bcm）。
印度计划在未来三到五年内再投入20亿美元，特别是在深水和近海地区，以增加其天然气产量。
“由于所有各种竞标轮次，有很多潜力（数量更高），” 乔伊在路演的场边对记者说。
本周，印度正在寻求新加坡公司投资其上游石油和天然气行业，并帮助建立其战略石油储备。
继中国，美国和俄罗斯之后，全球第四大能源消费国正在推动其能源结构中天然气的份额增加一倍以上，到2022年达到15％。
李方征 编译自 路透社
原文如下：
India expects to double gas production by 2022: Officials
India expects to double its natural gas production by 2022 as it seeks to reduce its reliance India is expected to double its gas production to over 60 billion cubic metre (bcm) from the current 33 bcm, said V.P. Joy, director general of India's Directorate General of Hydrocarbon which organised an investment roadshow in Singapore.
India plans to spend an additional $2 billion in the next three to five years, particularly in deepwater and offshore areas, to increase its gas production.
"There is a lot of potential (for the number to be higher) because of all the various bidding rounds," said Joy, speaking to reporters India is wooing companies in Singapore this week to invest in its upstream oil and gas sector and also to help build its strategic petroleum reserves.
The world's fourth-largest energy consumer after China, the United States and Russia, is pushing to more than double the share of natural gas in its energy mix to 15 percent by 2022.
