Gas

The surge in Australian exports follows the start up of a number of export projects in the country over the past three years.

Nord Stream 2 is a joint venture of Russia’s energy giant Gazprom and five European companies.

The pipeline is set to cross beneath the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey.

In India. gas is primarily used for fertilizers. followed by power generation. domestic fuel - largely for cooking - transport and petrochemicals.

Russia and Bulgaria have been negotiating on the pipeline'.s route for some time.

Saudi Aramco plans to boost its gas production to 23 billion standard cubic feet (scf) a day from 14 billion scf now.

Pakistan will do all it can to complete part of the pipeline that passes from Pakistani territory.

China has seen an explosive growth of natural gas consumption over the years.

Cyprus. Italy. Greece and Israel agreed last year to back the construction of a gas pipeline from newly discovered fields in the eastern Mediterranean to Europe.

The Indian government has not yet disclosed the price tag for making this significant switch away from crude and toward natural gas.