Iran to export natural gas to India, Oman
September 25th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANSTehran, Sep 25 (IANS) India and Oman are considering the import of natural gas from Iran via an under-sea pipeline, an Iranian official said Sunday.
The caretaker of the National Iranian Gas Export Company, Hossein Bidarmaghz, said an Indian delegation will travel to Tehran for talks on building an independent undersea gas pipeline, said the official IRNA news agency reported.
“New Delhi has a plan to build an under-sea gas pipeline between Iran and India, in order not to pay any transition fee for delivery of gas,” Bidarmaghz was quoted as saying.
If an under-sea gas pipeline is built by India to Oman, Iran can build a similar pipeline in deep waters to join that pipeline for exporting gas to New Delhi, Bidarmaghz added.
There have been some agreements between Iran and Oman on making the project operational in cooperation with a third country, Xinhua quoted him as saying.
According to the report, based on a trilateral agreement between Iran, Oman and a third country, Tehran will provide natural gas to an Omani liquefied natural gas (LNG) factory in order to convert it into LNG and sell it to the customers.
The South Pars/North Dome field is a natural gas field located in the Persian Gulf. It is the world’s largest gas field, shared between Iran and Qatar.
- Iran finds major helium reserve - Oct 01, 2011
- Iran finds new gas field - Aug 09, 2011
- Five drown as Iranian ship sinks (Lead) - Oct 21, 2011
- Iran, Oman commanders discuss military cooperation - May 12, 2012
- Iran, India, Pakistan gas-pipeline talks likely to be held in January - Dec 07, 2009
- India, Qatar sign oil pact, discuss Indians' welfare (Lead) - Apr 09, 2012
- India, Qatar sign oil and gas pact - Apr 09, 2012
- Pak-Iran gas pipeline project intact despite US sanctions, says envoy - Aug 16, 2010
- India wants to keep getting oil from Iran: Pakistani daily - Jan 30, 2012
- Iran not pursuing n-arms, says Khamenei - Feb 22, 2012
- India out of 'peace pipeline' as Iran-Pakistan seal gas deal (Lead) - Jun 14, 2010
- ONGC to develop gas fields in Iran - Dec 02, 2009
- India seeks more gas, oil from Qatar - Apr 02, 2012
- India concerned, says Iran sanctions can impact energy security - Jul 05, 2010
- Turkish pipeline explosion halts gas exports from Iran - Aug 12, 2011
Tags: caretaker, deep waters, export company, gas lng, gas pipeline, india and oman, indian delegation, iran, iranian official, liquefied natural gas, natural gas field, New Delhi, news agency, north dome, persian gulf, qatar, south pars, tehran, trilateral agreement, xinhua