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Sep-Dec 2004
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Open to transit corridor for Myanmar gas
From India Times : December 9, 2004 : This could be a major breakthrough in India's energy diplomacy. If initial talks are any indication, India could soon be working on a transit corridor through Bangladesh to import gas from Myanmar.
Unocal shadow on gas import plan
S. P. S. PANNU, Telegraph India : December 7, 2004 : It has now become increasingly evident that serious differences between US' Unocal and the Bangladesh companies seem to be at the heart of the matter which led to several futile rounds of talks by Indian companies such as Gail to import natural gas.
Dhaka to tag strings to allowing gas pipeline
From The Daily Star, Bangladesh : December 4, 2004 : Bangladesh will allow a proposed tri-nation gas pipeline to be drawn from Myanmar through its territory if India lets Bangladesh use its land to transit goods to and from Nepal and removes barriers to trade between the two countries.
Dhaka defers support to Indo-Burma gas pipeline
Nava Thakuria, From Mizzima News, India : December 3, 2004 : Bad news for the concerned sections regarding the energy security of India after Bangladesh government has decided to defer its support for the three-nation natural gas pipeline from Burma to India thorough Bangladesh.
Chinese-led JV Signs Exploration Contract with Myanmar
Xinhua News Agency : October 22, 2004 A consortium comprising two Chinese and one Singaporean companies reached a production-sharing contract with Myanmar here Thursday on cooperation in oil and natural gas exploration.
China mulls oil pipelines in Myanmar, Thailand
By Phar Kim Beng, From Asia Times : Sep 23, 2004 Booming China, with its voracious appetite for oil and urgent need for oil security, is considering a China-Myanmar oil pipeline and one through Thailand. These are among 10 recent proposals on alternative strategies to secure China's energy supplies.
