Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil company by market value, plans to expand the capacity of its liquefied natural gas import terminal in India to 3.5 million tons.

The expansion will cost "less than $100 million," Vikram Singh Mehta, chairman of Shell India Ltd., told reporters in New Delhi Friday. The unit imports 2.5 million tons a year.

Capacity expansion at the terminal, which is operating at 110 per cent capacity, will be completed in the "next few months," Mehta said.