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Oct17
Manmohan Singh: Looking for More crude from Nigeria?
The price of oil is showing no sign of decreasing. In fact, today, all the news channels and websites are discussing about increasing oil price. I am giving a title of a news from a website:

 

Crude rallies to record as Turk-Kurd tensions rise

 

Oil briefly touches $89 a barrel on Turkish Parliament vote

 

 

This is a big worry for all the countries in the world who import oil. This is bad news for Indian economy too. The positive growth in Indian economy requires more fuel and that is why, it may create pressure on Indian economy both in the short term and in the long run.

 

 

 

Price is not the only thing to worry about. You have to ensure smooth supply of oil too. Good thing is that Indian government is now trying to use its traditional good relationship with Africa countries to ensure the availability of oil. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently visited Nigeria and he held important discussions with Nigerian leaders about various matters. In fact, Manmohan Singh’s visit might have helped India to get more crude oil in future from Nigeria.

 

 

The Hindu reported:

 

Nigeria currently supplies 12 per cent of India’s oil imports and the understanding struck with the Nigerian government will ensure that this rises to 16 per cent in the near future.

 

“This is a significant development in our quest for energy security. We are also addressing positively the [Nigerian] proposal to set up a major refinery in which the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will be the leader. We are also going to explore opportunities in upstream and downstream sectors,” Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma said on Tuesday.

 

To insure the energy relationship against the perils of a mono-dimensional relationship, Dr. Singh attempted to broad-base the ties with Nigeria. At an hour-long meeting with the Nigerian President’s Economic Management Team (EMT), he agreed to set up a joint team with the Indian Planning Commission to help improve the West African country’s planning process, taxation system, human resource development and infrastructure planning.

 

 

This is good strategy from Indian Prime Minister. He should remember that China is also in a race to import oil from Africa. So, Indian leaders must be focused about getting oil.   

 


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