据管道&天然气杂志网12月15日东京报道， 日本大阪天然气公司（Osaka Gas Co.）周三表示，计划进入印度城市天然气市场，作为扩大海外业务以推动利润增长的一部分。

据一位发言人表示，我们希望成为第一家与在城市天然气基础设施方面具有专业知识的外国合作伙伴合资进入印度城市天然气市场的日本公司。并补充道，“在不久的将来”可能会进入印度。

他们表示，印度政府正在推广天然气的使用，并在一定时期内授予运营商独家营销权和基础设施所有权。

他们补充称，这家日本城市燃气供应商的目标是通过卡车和管道向印度的汽车、家庭和工业供应天然气，因为天然气汽车占印度城市燃气需求的大部分。

大阪天然气公司已加快海外扩张，以实现其2017年设定的长期目标，即到2030年将其经常性利润增加三倍，海外贡献占总利润的三分之一，2017年约为5%。

郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网

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.