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India to buy Iran gas via sea pipeline
A year after moving back from a gas pipeline project with Iran and Pakistan, India has again expressed interest in buying Irans natural gas, but this time via a sea pipeline.
India has expressed willingness to restart negotiations through an international firm, to independently import natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Javad Owji said.
No exact date has been yet finalized for the gas talks between Iran and India but they are expected to start after the month of Ramadan, he told Mehr news agency on Tuesday.
He noted that there has been no decision yet on how to export Irans gas to India.
Using a pipeline through Pakistans soil or building a deepwater pipeline are the main possible options, he said.
Irans deputy foreign minister said in August that the country welcomes the presence of India in a regional gas transfer project, which is known as the Peace Pipeline project.
There is an article in the gas transfer deal between Iran and Pakistan, predicting the extension of the pipeline to India should the country be ready to join the project, Mohammad Ali Fathollahi said.
In July, the Iranian Oil Ministrys gas exports authority, Asghar Soheilipour, advised India to reconsider joining the Peace Pipeline project.
The official stressed that the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline would be the most economical and efficient export route.
Earlier this year, Iran and Pakistan signed a deal to build the pipeline under which Tehran agreed to deliver 21.2 million cubic meters (750 million cubic feet) of natural gas per day to Pakistan beginning in 2014.
Meanwhile, Mehr news agency said that Bangladesh also has made a proposal to receive Irans natural gas through the regional gas pipeline.
Irans Oil Ministry officials have not yet commented on the report.
tehran times : India to buy Iran gas via sea pipeline?
A year after moving back from a gas pipeline project with Iran and Pakistan, India has again expressed interest in buying Irans natural gas, but this time via a sea pipeline.
India has expressed willingness to restart negotiations through an international firm, to independently import natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Javad Owji said.
No exact date has been yet finalized for the gas talks between Iran and India but they are expected to start after the month of Ramadan, he told Mehr news agency on Tuesday.
He noted that there has been no decision yet on how to export Irans gas to India.
Using a pipeline through Pakistans soil or building a deepwater pipeline are the main possible options, he said.
Irans deputy foreign minister said in August that the country welcomes the presence of India in a regional gas transfer project, which is known as the Peace Pipeline project.
There is an article in the gas transfer deal between Iran and Pakistan, predicting the extension of the pipeline to India should the country be ready to join the project, Mohammad Ali Fathollahi said.
In July, the Iranian Oil Ministrys gas exports authority, Asghar Soheilipour, advised India to reconsider joining the Peace Pipeline project.
The official stressed that the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline would be the most economical and efficient export route.
Earlier this year, Iran and Pakistan signed a deal to build the pipeline under which Tehran agreed to deliver 21.2 million cubic meters (750 million cubic feet) of natural gas per day to Pakistan beginning in 2014.
Meanwhile, Mehr news agency said that Bangladesh also has made a proposal to receive Irans natural gas through the regional gas pipeline.
Irans Oil Ministry officials have not yet commented on the report.
tehran times : India to buy Iran gas via sea pipeline?
