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Fuel and remittances: How Iran conflict hits India at home
Gas is stored mainly as working inventory at regasification terminals - facilities such as Dahej, Hazira, Kochi and Ennore in India - that convert imported LNG back into gas.
Those stocks are modest.
At most, they cover about one to two weeks of imports, depending on terminal operations and cargo schedules, says Katayama. The system works because ships normally arrive in a steady rhythm. Interrupt that rhythm, and the market must adjust quickly.
For India's urban consumers using piped gas, the immediate risk is price rather than shortage.
If disruption at Hormuz persists, India's gas market will adjust the usual way: through higher prices and weaker industrial demand.
Households may keep their kitchen taps running - but not cheaply. "There is some price rise expected," says Chopra.
In the end, both homes and factories will pay more; industry will simply bear the deeper cuts.
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