Prosad Dasgupta, Chief Executive from Petronet LNG ltd, told reporters that the company is in talks with the Canadian producer Interoil in buying more liquefied natural gas. India's Petronet is the country's largest liquefied natural gas importer.

Prosad Dasgupta told media on the sidelines of the 4th Annual LNG conference in Perth that petronet has "started discussions with the Exxon initiative" in Papua New Guinea over buying LNG from the Exxon Mobil Corp.-led (XOM) PNG LNG project.