Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri made an official visit to Mauritius from August 20-21, 2026, resulting in significant energy agreements between the two countries. During the visit, India and Mauritius exchanged a Government-to-Government Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the oil and gas sector, alongside a long-term sales and purchase agreement between Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Mauritius' State Trading Corporation.
Under the supply agreement, IOCL will supply Mauritius' entire import requirement of Motor Spirit (MS), High Speed Diesel (HSD), and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). The five-year agreement represents an assured long-term supply commitment that provides Mauritius with security of supplies and shields it from price volatility. This marks the first long-term supply agreement concluded by an Indian PSU Oil Marketing Company outside South Asia in recent years.
The MoU institutionalizes the longstanding energy partnership between the countries, covering petroleum products supply, training and capacity building for Mauritian officials, and biofuels cooperation. Minister Puri held bilateral meetings with multiple Mauritian ministers including Hon'ble Patrick Gervais Assirvaden (Minister of Energy and Public Utilities), Hon'ble John Michaël Tzoun Sao Yeung Sik Yuen (Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection), and Hon'ble Dhananjay Ramful (Minister of Foreign Affairs).
During the visit, Minister Puri participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of India Oil (Mauritius) Ltd's 27.5 TMT bunker marine fuel storage facility at Mer Rouge, Port Louis. The agreement positions India as Mauritius' anchor fuel supplier and strengthens India's strategic and economic footprint in the Indian Ocean region.
The biofuels cooperation component was advanced through the launch of Mauritius' Biofuels Country Landscape Policy framework on August 21, jointly witnessed by Minister Puri and Minister Assirvaden. Mauritius is a founding member of the Global Biofuels Alliance, and the GBA Secretariat has partnered with Mauritius' Ministry of Energy in developing this policy framework as part of its country engagement programme.
India's role as a global refining hub was highlighted, with an annual output of 267 MMT of refined petroleum products across 23 refineries, making it a net exporter. India already meets petroleum demand of Nepal and Bhutan and supplies significant quantities to other countries, maintaining supply commitments even during the West Asia crisis.