*Freshly-released official Indian data confirms that the country was the strongest source of global LNG demand growth for the first half of 2024. Indian LNG imports were up 30% at 13.77mn tons for 1H 2024, more than 1.3mn tons above the previous record 1H figure of 12.43mn tons set in 2021 (see chart & p19 for full data). Q2 saw India import a quarterly record of 7.16mn tons, with both May (2.65mn tons) and June (2.61mn tons) among the top five months on record.