India Cranks Up Output to Cope With Enduring Cooking Gas Crisis

India’s government is leaning on its refineries to survive an acute shortage of cooking gas as the war in Iran drags on, while also scouring the world for additional suppliers and nudging consumers toward alternatives.

Still, with cargoes of liquefied petroleum gas trapped in the Persian Gulf, the country has yet to find enough supply to meet pre-crisis demand — exposing a major energy vulnerability, forcing prices up and pushing out some consumers entirely.