Indian Oil Corp is in talks with U.S. firm Cheniere Energy for a 15-year liquefied natural gas deal, with volumes between 1.5 million to 2 million metric tons per year, said a company source on Tuesday on the sidelines of the India Energy Week conference.

Adnoc Gas on Wednesday signed a 14-year deal to supply liquefied natural gas to state-backed Indian Oil. It will export up to 1.2 million tonnes per annum of LNG to Indian Oil. The agreement is valued between $7 billion to $9 billion over its 14-year term and “signifies a major step forward in the partnership between the two industry leaders”,

India's top importers of liquefied natural gas are holding talks to buy more fuel from U.S. suppliers, ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s expected meeting with President Trump this week, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Indian oil companies are looking to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), buoyed by the Trump administration's lifting of a ban on export permits for new projects, Oil Secretary Pankaj Jain said on Monday.