Indo-Pak gas pipeline: Pak asks India to reconsider price

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Indo-Pak gas pipeline: Pak asks India to reconsider price



With India expressing its willingness to export gas to Pakistan and state-run GAIL India terming it as a feasible project, Pakistan has asked India to reconsider the high gas price it was offering while India has sought sovereign payment guarantees before entering into any contract.

Officials in the Petroleum Ministry informed that while Pakistan is ready for import of gas from India through a 110-Km pipeline, it has asked India to reconsider the price of gas. India has expressed its willingness to export 400 million cubic feet of gas per day to Pakistan. Currently, things are on the backburner in view of the freeze in the India-Pakistan relations due to recent incidents on the LoC. "Negotiations on various commercial aspects of the gas export as well as pricing of gas are being negotiated by both sides. Hopefully, things would be resolved soon," a senior Petroleum Ministry official remarked.

LNG imports into India are currently in the range of $13-14 per million British thermal unit and after including customs or import duty, pipeline transportation charges and local taxes, the delivered price will be close to $21. LNG would be gasified by Indian side as Pakistan does not have an LNG import facility at present.

On the other hand, India has sought sovereign payment guarantees from Pakistan before signing an export contract to supply natural gas through the cross border pipeline passing through Wagah-Attari border. From the Indian side, the pipeline would start from Jalandhar in Punjab leading through Attari. "We want Pakistan to provide payment guarantees before GAIL India enters into a gas supply contract with any Pakistani entity. We want sureties for three months payment and advance termination commitments," the official added.

Both India and Pakistan have till date held five rounds of negotiations and it has been found technically feasible to export gas into Lahore.

GAIL India officials said gas in its liquid form will be imported in Maharashtra or Gujarat and then moved through GAIL's existing pipeline network till Jalandhar.

Pakistan, with a total electricity generation capacity of 20,000 MW, is faced with a serious energy and power deficiency and is keen on importing gas from India to meet its rising energy needs. It is all the more important for it to clinch this deal as there is uncertainty over the completion of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline due to U.S. pressure. Islamabad plans to take 1-1.5 million tonnes of LNG.

The pipeline project is also looked upon as a feasibility study for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline through which both Pakistan and India proposes to import natural gas from the Central Asian nation.
Indo-Pak gas pipeline: Pak asks India to reconsider price - The Hindu

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So, we are asking for payments! I thought the gas was a gift from Indian govt. to Nawaz Sharif for his want and desire for peace with India.

Well why ask for surety? Can't they be given benefit of doubt?
 

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Indo-Pak gas pipeline: Pak asks India to reconsider price - The Hindu

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So, we are asking for payments! I thought the gas was a gift from Indian govt. to Nawaz Sharif for his want and desire for peace with India.

Well why ask for surety? Can't they be given benefit of doubt?
Any war like situation with us they are going to turn off gas supply to us. If the gas pipe line is made from our fund that then ought to give soverign guarantee for regular supply.
What pakis are hoping is that we finance the gas pipeline and when we take action against terrorists in Pak then they turn off the tap. Thus they get free pipeline for themselves at our expense.
 

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Any war like situation with us they are going to turn off gas supply to us. If the gas pipe line is made from our fund that then ought to give soverign guarantee for regular supply.
What pakis are hoping is that we finance the gas pipeline and when we take action against terrorists in Pak then they turn off the tap. Thus they get free pipeline for themselves at our expense.
Saya Sir,
Kindly read the article again.
We would be supplying gas to Pakistan and not the other way around.
We would import LNG trough Gujarat and deliver then at Wagah border through our existing pipeline from Gujarat to Jalandhar.

Only 100km stretch from Jalandhar to Wagah needs to be built.
 
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India is going to import up to 20 million tons a year of liquefied natural gas and here we are exporting gas to other countries.:confused: I think the priorities of the Indian Government have been misplaced.

LINK:
upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2013/06/13/India-aims-to-boost-LNG-imports/UPI-84241371149089/
 

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India is going to import up to 20 million tons a year of liquefied natural gas and here we are exporting gas to other countries.:confused: I think the priorities of the Indian Government have been misplaced.

LINK:
upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2013/06/13/India-aims-to-boost-LNG-imports/UPI-84241371149089/
aree bhaisahab ..India will be re-export the LNG to Pakis because they don't have a LNG import facility. We earn money they lose money. It's simple onlee.
 

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Saya Sir,
Kindly read the article again.
We would be supplying gas to Pakistan and not the other way around.
We would import LNG trough Gujarat and deliver then at Wagah border through our existing pipeline from Gujarat to Jalandhar.

Only 100km stretch from Jalandhar to Wagah needs to be built.
opps......... my mistake, i read the thread where Iran has warn Pakistan and they have discuss price of gas and Iran has already constructed 900 km or pipeline.
 

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aree bhaisahab ..India will be re-export the LNG to Pakis because they don't have a LNG import facility. We earn money they lose money. It's simple onlee.
More than the money involved, I would love to see 12+ hrs power-cut all across Pakistan and to witness their failed manufacturing sector.
Do you realize that India and Pakistan has 70% overlapping in our exports, so no gas for them is a competitor less for us.
 

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