Hardeep Puri meets British Columbia Premier, discusses LNG prospects, LPG imports, cooperation in green hydrogen

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Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri with Premier of the Canadian state of British Columbia David Eby. Photo: X/@HardeepSPuri

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri met Premier of the Canadian state of British Columbia David Eby connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) to sermon prospects for LNG projects successful the region, practice successful greenish hydrogen, LPG imports and captious minerals, among different aspects applicable to the vigor sector.

Informing astir the meeting, Mr. Puri wrote connected his societal media, “Held fantabulous treatment connected fruitful India-Canada concern arsenic India moves up with momentum towards attaining vigor self-sufficiency, greenish modulation and Net Zero targets nether the enactment of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

Happy to person the Premier of the Canadian state of British Columbia HE Mr. David Eby successful my bureau today.
Held fantabulous treatment connected fruitful 🇮🇳 -🇨🇦 concern arsenic India moves up with momentum towards attaining vigor self-sufficiency, greenish modulation and Net Zero… pic.twitter.com/IsbMsnBZ6X

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) January 13, 2026

Mr. Eby is starring a commercialized ngo to India and would beryllium gathering beryllium gathering authorities and concern leaders successful New Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Bengaluru. The nonsubjective is to “promote British Columbia’s business, captious minerals and sustainable wood products, supporting enactment to physique a much autarkic economy”, work the authorities statement.

The outreach forms portion of a larger diversification effort emanating from Ottawa arsenic the North American state reels nether “unjustified tariffs from the U.S.”

Important to note, Canada’s Minister for International Trade Maninder Sidhu connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) had besides met Mr. Puri to sermon bilateral hydrocarbon commercialized betwixt the 2 nations successful November past year. The hydrocarbons commercialized betwixt the 2 countries scaled $226.45 cardinal successful FY 2024-25 and held “substantial upside potential”, Mr. Puri had mentioned then.

Published - January 13, 2026 06:30 p.m. IST

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