The overall field development will contribute towards meeting 15 per cent of India's total gas demand. The country's share of natural gas in the energy mix is one of the lowest in the world at 6 per cent, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). South Asia's largest economy, has a growing demand for energy, with the government prioritising gas, as a cleaner fuel to the more polluting coal that India burns to produce power. India will overtake the European Union as the world's third-largest energy consumer by 2030, according to the IEA. The country is also the world's third largest consumer of oil.