According to an April 2025 CNBC report, Brendan Duval, CEO of Glenfarne Group, noted there is “quite a lot of inquiries from India,” in being an investor and possibly buyer of Alaska gas.
Glenfarne is the company that has the contract to build and majority own the proposed gasline project that is moving quickly due to aggressive work by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and President Donald Trump.
India could become a potential partner alongside Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
However, no concrete deals or agreements with India have been reported, unlike Taiwan, which signed a non-binding letter of intent in March 2025 to purchase six million metric tons of LNG annually, or Thailand, which is negotiating for up to five million tons.
The interest from India appears to be part of broader Asian engagement spurred by Trump’s push for the project and tariff policies.
Fox business writer Charles Gasparino wrote on X on Thursday: “SCOOP: According to people close to the White House the deal w Japan is still not ready to be announced. Could be a week or so away. Negotiations center on Japan buying from the Alaska LNG pipeline. India is there, my sources say.”
Later, he wrote: “BREAKING: @SecScottBessent confirms my reporting that trade deals w India and Japan are on deck with, and as I reported last week, India being the likely first. Story developing.” The negotiations appear to be with the White House, according to MRAK sources.
Meanwhile, interest from the Trump Administration continues to build.
“We are thinking about a big LNG project in Alaska that South Korea, Japan [and] Taiwan are interested in financing and taking a substantial portion of the offtake,” Sec. Bessent told reporters in April. The agreement would help meet Trump Administration goal of reducing the US trade deficit.
“You can imagine the geopolitical enhancements whether it’s for tariff or military reasons — Taiwan is really, really focused on getting that signed up,” Duval told CNBC in an interview. Taiwan has also offered to invest directly in Alaska LNG and supply equipment, said Duval, who will attend the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference June 3-5.
The India interest has not been widely reported but is sure to emerge as a topic at the conference, a meeting that has attracted top energy representatives from Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan, as well as Interior Sec. Doug Burgum, Energy Sec. Chris Wright, and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.