The Belgian consultant has carried out several pre-feasibility and feasibility studies on transnational pipelines for oil and natural gas. The proposed pipeline will run through the states of Mizoram, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar, and will also transport gas from developing gasfields in Tripura and Assam. The Myanmar gas will be injected at Gaya on the proposed Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline. The basic feasibility study will include route selection, design parameters, system reliability, redundancy, safety, security, hydraulics, sizing, cost estimation, sensitivity analysis, risk analysis and mitigation measures, project construction schedule, and project implementation strategy. The technical consultant will submit the detailed feasibility report within three months. GAIL, together with ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), holds a 30% stake in two exploration blocks, A-1 and A-3, offshore Myanmar. The operator of the blocks is Daewoo International with 60% ownership, while Korea Gas holds the remaining 10%. So far, Myanmar has announced 2.88-3.56tr cuft of gas reserves in A-1 block in the Shwe field, and is awaiting the assessment of further discoveries in the region, including in Mya-1 well in the A-3 exploration block. In a communication to the petroleum ministry last month, Myanmar has sought to assure India that it has sufficient gas reserves to meet the needs of both China and India. "But Myanmar had clarified that India would have to wait till May for third-party consultants to confirm the in-place reserves before any plans for export of gas are firmed up," an official source is reported to have said recently. India is looking at alternative sources for import of gas in various forms since it is able to meet only 50% of its current domestic demand. This includes a proposal to import LNG from Iran, as well as gas from Myanmar.