DNA: Shale gas: India goes China way

India wants to emulate the methodology China has adopted in developing a pool of scholars with academic and technical expertise in shale gas exploitation by engaging with US industry and academia.

“Our consul general in Houston has brought to our attention some very ingenious efforts by the Chinese oil and gas industry to learn from the US oil and gas industry and the extensive linkages with the US academia that it nurtures,” said Sudhir Vyas, secretary, economic relations in the external affairs ministry, incommunication to his counterpart in the petroleum and natural gas ministry.  MORE