Myanmar to decide export of gas to India by May

Myanmar will decide on exporting gas to India by May, after it gets the reserves in its offshore areas certified.

Myanmar will decide on exporting gas to India by May, after it gets the reserves in its offshore areas certified, said U Soe Myint Director General Energy Planning Division, Ministry of Energy Government of Myanmar.

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"The current estimate of gas reserves would not support export of gas to India either through a pipeline or in the form of LNG," he told reporters.

Independent certifiers have certified 4.8 trillion cubic feet gas reserves in offshore block A-1 while in the adjacent block A-3 the reserves would be established after the current appraisal drilling is completed in May.