new delhi july 10 reuters  indias gas consumption is rising as global prices have eased the chief executive of the countrys top gas importer said on monday petronet lng plngns operates the countrys biggest liquefied natural gas lng import terminal at dahej in western india the terminal has a capacity to import 175 million metric tonne per year tpy of lng we get indication from utilisation rate of gas import terminals said petronet chief executive officer ak singh he said the dahej terminal is operating at 95 capacity compared to 85 a year before eased gas prices triggered by the builtup of stocks by european nations is boosting gas consumption in the pricesensitive indian market singh said he hoped gas prices would remain stable this year if european winter is not too harsh he said prices of the spot and long term lng are almost similar at 1112 per million british thermal units mmbtu  when prices come to 1112 per mmbtu then it is competing with alternative fuels he said