The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) has clarified that no proposal for a Middle East-India Deepwater Pipeline (MEIDP), connecting Gujarat to Oman and other Gulf countries is under construction.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, MoPNG said, “The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has noticed a series of media reports suggesting that the government is actively pursuing a deep-sea energy pipeline, sometimes referred to as the Middle East-India Deepwater Pipeline (MEIDP), connecting Gujarat to Oman and other Gulf countries.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas wishes to categorically clarify that no such proposal is currently under consideration by this Ministry. There are no active discussions or negotiations with Oman or any other Gulf countries on this project at any level in this Ministry.”
MoPNG has stressed that the clarification is issued to put all speculation in this regard to rest.
