The 444-km long natural gas pipeline was launched in 2009 at an estimated cost of Rs 2,915 crore and was to be commissioned in 2014

It offered two cargoes to load from the Cove Point plant in the United States on a free-on-board (FOB) basis over Jan. 4 to 6 and Feb. 11 to 13

The cargoes it is offering will load from the Sabine Pass plant on a free-on-board (FOB) basis and the cargoes it is seeking will be delivered into India on a delivered ex-ship (DES) basis

Petronet LNG on Sunday evening in a regulatory filing said it had signed a \"non-binding\" MoU with Tellurian at Houston, USA. \"The process is subject to due diligence and approval of respective Board of Directors,\" it had said.

PM Modi will first address the mega 'Howdy Modi' rally with Trump in Houston on September 22. The two leaders would then meet for a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York on September 24.

Amid the global clash between Saudi - led OPEC & US shale oil producers, India is crafting a balanced strategy to minimise the economic shocks of rising oil prices.

GAIL has a deal to buy 3.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG for 20 years from US-based Cheniere Energy and has also booked capacity for another 2.3 mtpa at Dominion Energy's Cove Point liquefaction plant.

Gail has also signed preliminary agreements with other companies, the sources said, one of whom added that the talks with Shell were at an advanced stage.

The public sector gas company, GAIL India Ltd, plans to import 36 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes during the current financial year to meet the acute shortage of gas in the country in 2014- 15.

In its first agreement to buy LNG from US, Petronet LNG said it has signed an initial pact with Houston-based United LNG to buy 4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per annum for 20 years beginning 2018.

The implications of the US, the world's largest energy consumer, becoming self-reliant in gas and less dependent on oil imports are enormous - it is being bandied the biggest event in the global energy market after the oil shocks of the 1970s.

The Barack Obama administration is likely to open North America's doors to India for its energy needs as it pushes New Delhi to reduce its energy dependence on \"nuclear armed\" Iran.

India, the third biggest consumer of natural gas in Asia, is looking beyond its borders to meet its ever-growing demand.