Even now, with gas flowing through one of two parallel cross-border pipelines, the project’s detractors are far from silent despite the risk of incurring the wrath of the authorities.
The ambitious and controversial pipeline project took hold after China succeeded where India had failed, securing the gas from Daewoo International’s Shwe gas project off Myanmar.
Despite Indian companies Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Gail holding a combined 26% interest in the Shwe project — and there being no Chinese participation in Shwe — New Delhi’s bid to secure the gas for delivery by pipeline or as LNG came to nought.
While
