Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 40

3-October-2005

India Looks To Gas As Energy Demand Growth Stays Strong

Indias strident economic growth above 6% in recent years will ensure continued growth in domestic energy demand, with gas set to play an increasingly large part, according to Indias Vice Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas SC Tripathi. Speaking at the World Petroleum Congress in Johannesburg in late September, he said that oil and gas use accounted for 51% of primary domestic...