Burma is exploring possibility of gas pipeline to India
Mon, 24 September 2007
THE Burmese government is in talks with its neighbouring countries, including India, to export natural gas via pipelines, the country’s director-general of energy planning Soe Myint confirmed recently. Burma’s emphasis gas export through a pipeline to China’s Yunnan province was just one of the many developments taking place in the country, he said, and the government is continuing to look at ways of supplying gas from the fields in the Gulf of Martaban to India, Bangladesh, and Thailand as well as China.
Thailand is already a major importer of Burmese gas. "We are waiting for OVL to sign the contracts for the blocks", Mr Myint said, adding that the government has already awarded three deep-sea blocks to China National Petroleum Corp, and one each to Daewoo of South Korea and one to an Australian exploration company. Mr Myint confirmed that Gas Authority of India Ltd (Gail) has quit block A7 in the Gulf of Martaban, leaving its partner, Silver Wave Energy Pte Ltd, to seek a new partner to develop the field in the offshore block.
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