July 10 (LNGJ) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ended a visit to Russia and a statement said that both countries were exploring the possibility of expanding cooperation in the natural gas sector and India would continue to import around 3 million tonnes per annum of Russian LNG and the volumes could be increased.
It was also stated that the Indian state-owned company, Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), is maintaining its participation in the Sakhalin 1 oil project in the Russian Far East while the choice of a new operator of the joint venture was now underway after the withdrawal of US major ExxonMobil Corp.
