New Delhi, March 30 -- Four Indian state-run oil and gas companies are in talks to source cooking and natural gas from Angola's public-sector major Sonangol as the country faces a supply shortage following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war, said two people aware of the developments.

Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp. (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corp. (HPCL), and GAIL (India) Ltd are in talks with Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola, E.P. to ink term contracts for sourcing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), said the people, who didn't want to be identified as the information is not public.

The talks are currently at the government-to-government level and among companies, the...