Essar, Ambani groups in talks to buy Iran LNG

Reuters: India’s Essar Group and the Anil Ambani group are in talks to buy liquified natural gas from Iran even as the Indian government seeks the honouring of its LNG import deal with the Islamic nation, Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Wednesday. NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Essar Group and the Anil Ambani group are in talks to buy liquified natural gas from Iran even as the Indian government seeks the honouring of its LNG import deal with the Islamic nation, Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Wednesday.

Deora said he met the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday in New Delhi and was asked to endorse a private company to buy LNG while talks at the government level continued.