New Delhi May Revive Myanmar-Bangladesh-India Gas Pipeline Talks

New Delhi is looking at reviving talks pertaining to Myanmar-Bangladesh-India gas pipeline.

The project has been lying in the cold storage for years but with India’s plan to make its north eastern region an energy hub, the project could again be a topic of discussion.

"We will be bringing in gas from Russia and we are still searching for a viable route and one such route is the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India route. Numaligarh Refinery Limited (in Golaghat district) has already started supplying diesel to Bangladesh. We are looking for new markets now in Bhutan, Myanmar and South East Asian countries," Time of India, a local English newspaper, reported Friday.

Pradhan said that the government is in the process if implementing its 'Hydrocarbon Vision 2030'. This aims to double the north eastern region's oil and natural gas output, increase the refining capacities and expanding product pipelines, the newspaper reported.

The crude oil production in north east was 4.54 MMT and the natural gas production was 11.3 MMSCMD in 2014-15.