GAIL Chairman and Managing Director Sandeep Kumar Gupta said that the long-term agreement will contribute to India's objective of enhancing the share of natural gas in the energy sector to 15 percent and help the company augment its LNG portfolio to serve its diverse consumer profile. Further, he added the deal would open more avenues of strategic partnership between GAIL and Adnoc in the energy sector. Earlier in the month, GAIL also secured a long-term deal with Vitol Asia Pte Ltd for approximately one million mtpa of LNG for 10 years beginning in 2026. Under the agreement, Vitol will deliver LNG from its global LNG portfolio to GAIL in India on a pan-India basis, the two companies said in an earlier joint news release. New Delhi-based GAIL describes itself as India's leading natural gas company with diversified interests across the natural gas value chain.