India's Reliance Industries says maximizing LPG output

NEW DELHI, March 10 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries RELI.NS, operator of the world's biggest refining complex, said on Tuesday it is maximising production of liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) and diverting its locally-produced natural gas for priority sectors.

India has invoked emergency measures and is restricting use of natural gas to priority sectors after the disruption of liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz due to the conflict in the Middle East.

Last week India asked its refiners to boost LPG production to overcome any shortage of cooking gas in the country.

India buys most of its LPG and LNG from the Middle East.