New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- Petronet LNG Limited reported a 53 per cent year-on-year increase in its net profit to Rs 1,235 crore in the second quarter of FY27, even as the company navigated disruptions in LNG supplies from Qatar amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis.

On the financial front, the company's profit before tax (PBT) rose 53 per cent to Rs 1,659 crore during the July-September quarter, compared with Rs 1,083 crore in the corresponding period last year. Profit after tax (PAT) increased to Rs 1,235 crore from Rs 806 crore, marking the company's highest-ever second-quarter PBT and PAT.

For the first half of FY27, Petronet recorded a 43 per cent increase in PAT to Rs 2,368 crore from Rs 1,656 crore a year earlier, while PBT rose to ...