據管道&天然氣雜志網12月15日東京報道， 日本大阪天然氣公司（Osaka Gas Co.）周三表示，計劃進入印度城市天然氣市場，作為擴大海外業務以推動利潤增長的一部分。

據一位發言人表示，我們希望成為第一家與在城市天然氣基礎設施方面具有專業知識的外國合作伙伴合資進入印度城市天然氣市場的日本公司。并補充道，“在不久的將來”可能會進入印度。

他們表示，印度政府正在推廣天然氣的使用，并在一定時期內授予運營商獨家營銷權和基礎設施所有權。

他們補充稱，這家日本城市燃氣供應商的目標是通過卡車和管道向印度的汽車、家庭和工業供應天然氣，因為天然氣汽車占印度城市燃氣需求的大部分。

大阪天然氣公司已加快海外擴張，以實現其2017年設定的長期目標，即到2030年將其經常性利潤增加三倍，海外貢獻占總利潤的三分之一，2017年約為5%。

郝芬 譯自 管道&天然氣雜志網

原文如下：

Japan's Osaka Gas Plans to Enter India's City Market

Japan's Osaka Gas Co. said on Wednesday it plans to enter India's city gas market as a part of efforts to expand its overseas businesses to drive profit growth.

"We want to be the first Japanese company to enter the Indian city gas market as a joint venture with a foreign partner with expertise in city gas infrastructure," a spokesperson said, adding that the entry will likely happen "in the near future."

The Indian government is promoting the use of natural gas and grants operators exclusive marketing rights and infrastructure ownership for a certain period, they said.

The Japanese city gas supplier aims to supply natural gas to vehicles, homes and industries in India, using trucks and pipelines, as natural gas vehicles account for the majority of city gas demand in India, they added.

Osaka Gas has stepped up overseas expansion in a bid to achieve its long-term goal, set in 2017, to triple its recurring profits by 2030, with contribution from abroad to account for one-third of the total profit, from about 5% in 2017.