Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!intelca!qantel!dual!mordor!ut-sally!ut-ngp!sunil From: sunil@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Sunil Trivedi) Newsgroups: net.nlang.india Subject: Re: India a net oil exporting country Message-ID: <2003@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 23:15:30 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.2003 Posted: Tue Jul 9 23:15:30 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 11:28:47 EDT References: <240@aero.ARPA> <1985@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Reply-To: ananthar@crystal.UUCP Distribution: net Organization: The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 Lines: 24 I am posting a letter (e-mail) that I received from ananthar@crystal {with his permission, of course} that was related to the articles that sivan@aero and I posted earlier and jeff@rtech posted later (at least that's how ut-ngp got them). > From: wisc-crys.arpa!uwvax!ananthar@seismo.UUCP (Ap Anantharaman) > Message-Id: <8507081711.AA25817@wisc-crys.arpa> > To: ut-ngp!sunil@ut-sally.UUCP > > ... India is producing oil from the Bombay High , But the oil is of such > quality that it cannot be processed in the refineries which we have. I > think they contain a higher content of sulphur. So most of it is exported. > But even if we were able to process that crude, still we would have to > import oil for our own use. Also most of the natural gas which is being > produced at Bombay High is flared since we cannot transaport it and make use > of it. It is with that purpose that the proposed gas pipeline is being > constructed to supply the gas to power and fertiliser stations being built in > Maharashtra, Gujarat etc,. India is expected to become self-sufficient > if the present rate of oil exploration and discovery continues by 1990. Anantharaman can be reached at: ananthar@crystal.ARPA or ...!uwvax!crystal!ananthar