India and Mauritius Sign Five-Year Energy Partnership Agreement

India and Mauritius have established a comprehensive five-year energy partnership to secure fuel supplies and transition toward sustainable energy. During a visit to Port Louis on August 20-21, 2026, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Mauritian officials signed a government-to-government memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in oil, gas, and biofuels.

As part of the agreement, the Indian Oil Corporation will supply the entire import requirements of Mauritius for petrol, diesel, and aviation turbine fuel. This represents the first long-term supply agreement by an Indian public-sector oil marketing company outside South Asia in recent years, designed to protect Mauritius from global price volatility. To support this infrastructure, Minister Puri and Mauritius Energy Minister Patrick Gervais Assirvaden broke ground on a 27,500-tonne marine bunker fuel storage facility at Mer Rouge.

The partnership also emphasizes a shift toward clean energy. Mauritius launched a National Biofuel Policy Framework developed with support from the Global Biofuels Alliance. The two nations are exploring Indian expertise in ethanol blending, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and the SATAT/GOBARdhan initiatives. Minister Puri noted that India's refining capacity, which processes approximately 270 million metric tonnes of crude oil annually, allows the country to serve as a stable energy anchor for partners in the Indian Ocean region.