22.03.2010, 22:24
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As India's petroleum ministry announced proposals to restart direct “bilateral' talks with Iran regarding the long-delayed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline project, the country's ministry of external affairs has called for a deep sea alternative pipeline from Iran.
India's Petroleum Secretary S. Sundareshan announced yesterday, "We have proposed dates for holding technical level talks in Tehran in May," regarding the IPI project which is envisaged to carry some 60 million cubic meters (2.12 billion cubic feet) of gas every day.
The IPI pipeline is expected to provide a route for the supply of natural gas from Iran to Pakistan and India. However, India's distrust of the security of supplies through the territory of its rival Pakistan led it to walk away from the talks in 2008, while Iran and Pakistan continued to discuss the project.
Now the Indians want to re-enter the project, subject to certain conditions, centered around pricing and delivery point, according to India's Business Standard.
“We want to address these issues before we sign up for the IPI pipeline deal," said S. Sundareshan, who also described the price quoted by Iran as “high and not affordable."
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Zitat:Ignore Pak, ask Iran for gas via sea: MEA<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Ignore-Pak--ask-Iran-for-gas-via-sea--MEA/593543">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Ignor ... MEA/593543</a><!-- m -->
In light of the dip in ties with Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs has advised the government to walk out of the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline but continue talks with Tehran for a deep-sea pipeline that avoids Pakistan.
“In view of the complicated relationship between India and Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs does not advise meeting between India and Pakistan for further discussions on the project... the deep-sea pipeline option may not involve Pakistan and, therefore, the same can be pursued,” MEA officials said at a meeting last week to decide India’s position on the IPI pipeline.
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Last Tuesday, Pakistan signed two pacts with Iran that deems India’s participation in the project at a later date. The pipeline through Pakistan is envisaged to carry 60 million standard cubic metres of gas per day of which half would be for India.
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Zitat:The dragon and the elephant in a contest for oil<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100322/BUSINESS/703229842/1058&template=columnists">http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll ... columnists</a><!-- m -->
Robin Mills
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The state-owned Indian Oil Corporation is in talks to acquire Gulfsands Petroleum, a UK company active in Syria. It was only last August that Sinochem, China’s fourth-largest oil company, bought Emerald Energy, Gulfsands’s partner in Syria.
Is this a battle India can win? Is it a battle India should even be fighting?
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