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Middle East Conflict Drives LPG Crisis And Rising Costs In India
Kashmiri women wait in a queue with their empty LPG cylinders outside a gas agency amid supply disruptions in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on May 05, 2026. India is the world's fourth-largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the second-largest buyer of LPG, which is used for cooking and predominantly sourced from the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world's oil and gas, remains effectively closed due to competing blockades by the United States and Iran. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)
