After receiving paltry volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar for seven months amid the West Asia conflict, India’s imports of super-chilled gas from the Gulf state staged a massive recovery this month, placing Doha at the second spot among New Delhi’s source markets, as per vessel tracking data. Qatar has been India’s top source of LNG, but the disruption in vessel movements through the Strait of Hormuz led to a crash in supply volumes starting March.

But the trend saw a striking reversal this month, with 0.44 million tonnes (mt) of Qatari LNG delivered to India by October 25, up nearly 370% from volumes imported in all of September, according to provisional data from commodity market analytics firm Kpler. In March-September, LNG imports from Qatar averaged just 0.07 mt, just a fraction of the 2025 monthly average of 0.95 mt.…