A top Iranian oil official has ruled out the possibility of gas exports to India through the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, Iranian state-funded PressTV reports on its Web site Tuesday.
Earlier Tuesday, The Financial Express quoted an Indian energy official as saying that Iran and India held "positive" talks on Iranian gas exports to India through "deepwater pipelines."
Hojatollah Ghanimifard, director of international affairs at the National Iranian Oil Co., said Iran would only supply India with natural gas through Pakistani territory, under the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project.