India seeks access to Israeli
oil pipeline

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

LONDON — India is exploring prospects for energy cooperation with Israel.

The Indian government has proposed the use of an Israeli pipeline to receive crude oil from the Central Asia and Caspian Sea region. Under the proposal, India would import oil via Israel's 254-kilometer long Eilot-Ashqelon pipeline, which could transport crude from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

Indian Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar told a recent energy conference that the oil would originate from the Caspian region via the new 1,764-kilometer Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Aiyar said the oil would reach the Mediterranean Sea, and from there tankers would bring the oil to the Ashkelon port, Middle East Newsline reported.

The minister said the oil would be sent through the pipeline to Eilat before transport to India. Aiyar did not provide a timetable for the project.

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