Aiyar plans oil summit to create Asian oil community (India)

After playing the pied piper to Opec powerhouses from West Asia in January, oil minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is set to play the Great Game on home turf with a conclave of his counterparts from the Caspian, Central Asian and Russian regions in October.

This is the second stage of Aiyar’s plan for creating an Asian oil community and make India the hub of an Asian energy grid — of pipelines and shipping lanes — to ensure fuel supply for the country’s searing growth rate.

TimesofIndia