Released on = January 1, 2007, 8:44 pm

Press Release Author = RNCOS

Industry = Energy

Press Release Summary = India agreed to pay 50% more than the initial amount it
agreed to pay in June 2005 to buy five million tons of LNG from Iran.

Press Release Body = Bharat Petroleum and state-run Gas Authority of India Ltd.
signed a deal with the National Iranian Gas Export Co. in June 2005 to buy five
million tons of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) at $3.125 per Million British Thermal
unit (mBtu) cap price. But now, the price quotations have changed. Both the parties
are now agreeing to pay $4.775 per mBtu.

The Iranian side has been persisting that the June pact is off unless the gas price
is revised. A GAIL spokesperson said that though they have all the legal rights to
sue them for not respecting a signed pact, they don’t want any complications
in the matter now.

As per the agreement, Iran was supposed to charge 6.5% of the Brent crude oil price
at the loading time of each shipment and a fixed price of $1.2 per mBtu at $31 per
barrel Brent price. For the first two years, a 10% discount was given, resulting to
the price of $2.9 per mBtu from 2009 to the year 2011.

According to a research analyst at RNCOS, who has recently researched a report on
“Market Research on Asian LNG Market (2007)”, India that depends on
imports for its more than 70% requirements wants to make sure it receives sufficient
supplies to maintain its economic growth, which is recording a growth of over 8% a
year. High prices of oil broaden trade deficit of India and build inflation
pressure.

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- Atlantic LNG market growing at faster pace as compare to Asia-pacific market
- Role of Middle East as LNG importer.
- Japan & Korea remains the largest importer of LNG in 2005
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- Growth sectors and factors driving change

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