GAIL has signed 25 Master Sales Purchase Agreements with all reputed LNG suppliers including BG, SHELL, Total etc under which GAIL imports spot LNG cargoes from time to time. GAIL has also procured around 1.25 MMTPA LNG from suppliers like Marubeni, GDF and GNF and the same is being marketed to downstream consumers.

GAIL has been successful in securing LNG under long term agreements from suppliers like Sabine Pass, US, Dominion Cove USA as well as Gazprom, Russia. GAIL's imported volumes are from US Sabine Pass Project (3.5 MMTPA); US Dominion Cove Point (2.3 MMTPA); and Gazprom Shtokman LNG project (2.5 MMTPA) for which supplies are expected to commence during 2018-2020. Further discussions are underway with other suppliers also from countries like US, Qatar, Algeria, Mozambique, Nigeria etc for securing additional volumes.