Energy ministers of India and Canada have reaffirmed the critical importance of energy security and diversified supply chains to the safety, well-being, and economic vitality of both countries. The ministers held a bilateral meeting last week and launched a renewed Canada-India Ministerial Energy Dialogue.

India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, and Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Timothy Hodgson, participated in India Energy Week 2026 (IEW 2026) in Goa. The visit marked the first high-level participation of a Canadian Cabinet Minister at the event.

The meeting in Goa followed guidance provided by the prime ministers of the two countries during their interaction on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in June 2025 in Kananaskis, where they underscored the importance of resuming senior ministerial and working-level engagements.

Natural Resources Canada and India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas acknowledged the complementary nature of their respective energy sectors and the mutual benefits of sustained engagement on energy-related matters.

Canada has articulated its goal of becoming an energy superpower across both clean and conventional energy, with export diversification as a priority. India, positioned at the center of the global energy landscape, was described as a natural and strategic partner, offering scale, stability, and long-term opportunity.

Canada currently has operational and emerging liquefied natural gas projects, is expanding crude oil production and exports to Asian markets through the Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline, and is advancing liquefied petroleum gas exports to Asia from its west coast. India, the world’s third-largest oil consumer, fourth-largest LNG importer, and third-largest LPG consumer, also has the fourth-largest refining capacity globally. The country is projected to account for more than one-third of global energy demand growth over the next two decades, the largest contribution by any single country.

India is also pursuing efforts to scale up domestic oil production, expand refining capacity, and increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix. Against this backdrop, both countries see significant potential for collaboration in energy fuels. The ministers affirmed their intent to deepen bilateral energy trade, including the supply of Canadian LNG, LPG, and crude oil to India, as well as the supply of refined petroleum products from India to Canada.

The ministers emphasized the importance of joint commercial and investment partnerships across their energy sectors. Canada is accelerating the development of energy and resource projects to serve international markets, with Asia as a priority. In 2025, the Government of Canada launched the Major Projects Office and announced the acceleration of several initiatives representing more than $116 billion in investments.

India highlighted its own substantial investments in the energy sector, including policy reforms and an estimated investment opportunity of $500 billion across the energy value chain. In this context, both sides agreed to deepen long-term partnerships aimed at facilitating increased reciprocal investment in the Canadian and Indian energy sectors.

Climate-related objectives were also a key focus of the discussions. The ministers acknowledged efforts to reduce emissions across conventional energy value chains, including through carbon capture, utilization, and storage, as well as the deployment of cleaner technologies to meet rising energy demand. They identified significant potential for cooperation in clean energy value chains, including renewable energy such as hydrogen, biofuels, and sustainable aviation fuel; battery storage; critical minerals; clean technologies; electricity systems; energy supply chain resilience; and the application of artificial intelligence in the energy sector.

The ministers also noted ongoing collaboration to advance the global energy transition through the Global Biofuels Alliance, in which Canada participates as an observer.

Building on their discussions, both sides reaffirmed the importance of energy security and diversified supply chains, committed to continued government-to-government dialogue through mechanisms such as the Canada-India Ministerial Energy Dialogue, and expressed their intention to support deeper business-to-business and business-to-government collaboration.

They also reiterated their mutual commitment to advancing climate objectives through bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including engagement with industry partners, for the benefit of the global community.

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