(a) whether Turkey has offered a fresh and potentially viable alternative that could get Central
Asian and Caucasian oil to India’s doorstep;
(b) if so, whether the Government has received any concrete proposal from Turkey in this regard;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) and the action taken by the Union Government thereon?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) to (d). The project is still in a conceptual stage and requires a detailed feasibility study to establish
its techno-commercial viability. The second tripartite meeting between Turkey-Israel-India was held in July
2009 in Israel to discuss conceptual features of the project. There has been no further development on the
project proposal since then.