India's Ambitious Gas Pipeline Plan to Connect Bangladesh, Myanmar

New Delhi is planning a 6,900 km gas pipeline that would connect Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern parts of India.

"As part of Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North-eastern region, 6,900 km pipelines would be laid connecting Sitwe (Myanmar), Chittagong (Bangladesh), most north-eastern states, Siliguri and Durgapur," Indo Asian News Service (IANS) quoted ONGC Executive director S.C. Soni as saying.

The Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 envisions doubling the production of oil and natural gas in the north-east and promoting trade between the region and the neighbouring SAARC countries, Soni said.

ONGC also has plans to explore more gas in the state of Tripura, he said. "Under this plan, new wells would be drilled and additional surface facilities would be created to increase gas production from 5.1 million standard cubic metres per day (MSCMD) to at least 6.25 MSCMD from Tripura gas fields," he said.

ONGC has so far discovered 11 gas fields in the state, seven of which are on production.