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The leader of the coalition of gas-exporting countries said on Tuesday the group expects demand for the fuel to far outstrip supply until 2025 amid a global energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine. Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum Mohamed Hamel, of Algeria, said at the group's meeting in Cairo that although investment was increasing in natural gas production the countries didn't expect to have new sources of supply online for another three years. We believe that this market tightness to be with us until probably 2025 or 2026 when the new projects that are being developed will come on-stream, he said in a press conference on Tuesday attended by energy ministers from some of the coalition's members. Natural gas prices have skyrocketed worldwide following the Russian invasion of Ukraine early this year. Amid sanctions imposed on Russia's energy sector, much of European Union, which formerly depended on Russia for 40 per cent of its supply, has struggled find .
Consumption of crude oil by refineries in the country is projected to grow at the rate of 4.5 per cent CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) and reach the level of 2145.3 million barrels by 2021-22, says a report by Care Ratings.The report, however, said there is a flip side for crude oil consumption on account of increasing use of natural gas as India is on the move towards a gas based economy, natural gas being a cleaner and greener fuel alternative. Besides this, rapid adoption of electric vehicles by 2030 could cause oil demand to plateau."Domestic crude oil production is expected to further increase and become more stable by the end of FY 2018-19. With the introduction of Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy where companies get to carve out their areas of interest to explore through the open acreage licensing coupled with the rise of crude oil prices globally, domestic production will rise steadily at a stable growth rate", the report said.Indian economy is to grow by 6.5 .