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Shale gas has emerged as the new focus area in India as the country’s Oil Minister, Murli Deora, has announced that the first shale gas acreage will be offered in
As of now only oil and gas had been explored.
In a year’s time there will also be in place a shale gas policy so that three basins of Assam-Arakan (in the North-East) and Gondwana (in central India) and Cambay (in Gujarat) can be exploited.
The news portends well for Indian consumers and also domestic firms that have initiated to seek expertise in the US shale gas sector.
Definitely all sorts of studies, feasibility tests and geological surveys will be employed to ascertain prospective areas.
But the question here is whether the government and experts in the field have made a thorough assessment of the long term implications of shale gas exploration.
Energy resource-exploitation has always unfolded stories of large scale climate degradation.
This becomes more relevant in the wake of the recent BP oil spill off the
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African nations offer great opportunities to us: Murli Deora
Indo-African oil diplomacy
I visited four nations—Sudan, Nigeria, Angola and Uganda—in five days from January 24 to January The objective was to strengthen ties. We have been traditionall
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Monthly digest of official Indian statements on the Middle East g
Bilateral
a. Iran
1. Trilateral Meeting on IPI Pipeline, 2 March
Question: Will the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is fact that India has stopped attending the trilateral meeting on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline meeting after the year ;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the same;
(c) the details of the stickling points, if any, from the part of India on the above; and
(d) the steps taken, if any, to unravel the same and also the present status of IPI?
Answer: Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (Mr. Murli Deora):
(a) & (b): The last meeting of tripartite Joint Working Group (JWG) on IPI gas pipeline project was held in New Delhi on June , , which was attended by representatives from all the participating countries, viz., Iran, Pakistan and India.
(c) & (d): Various important