Introductory Memo
India's search for a secure gas pipeline is not new. For decades, ambitious projects such as the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline and the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline promised to connect India with some of the world’s largest gas reserves. Yet both struggled. Geopolitical realities, transit risks, and regional instability gave a simple lesson: pipelines become hostage to politics. Today, the Strait of Hormuz crisis has revived a different solution. India is fast-tracking a ₹40,000 crore Oman-Gujarat undersea gas pipeline through the Arabian Sea. It aims to create a direct and secure energy corridor that bypasses traditional geopolitical chokepoints and strengthens India's long-term energy security.