Overview
- Qatar’s energy chief told Hardeep Singh Puri during talks in Doha on April 9–10 that Qatar will remain a reliable supplier and that the two sides will stay in close contact.
- Indian ministers stepped up outreach across the Gulf after the April 8 ceasefire, with Piyush Goyal holding virtual calls with the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the GCC secretary general to steady trade routes and supplies.
- The government reported no LPG distributor dry-outs and said commercial LPG allocation has been raised to about 70% of pre-crisis levels as officials continue to track stocks.
- India has begun taking some LNG cargoes from the United States and Australia after damage at Qatar’s Ras Laffan plant led to a production halt and force majeure that cut deliveries.
- Gulf shipping lanes such as the Strait of Hormuz carry much of India’s fuel, and Qatar supplies roughly 45% of India’s LNG and about 20% of its LPG, so keeping ships moving affects factories and household cooking alike.