By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
India on Tuesday denied media reports of building a deep-sea energy pipeline from Oman to Gujarat in view of the Middle East crisis.
“The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has noticed a series of media reports suggesting that the Government of India is actively pursuing a deep-sea energy pipeline, sometimes referred to as the Middle East-India Deepwater Pipeline (MEIDP), connecting Gujarat to Oman and other Gulf countries. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas wishes to categorically clarify that no such proposal is currently under consideration by this Ministry. There are no active discussions or negotiations with Oman or any other Gulf countries on this project at any level in this Ministry,” an official statement said.
This clarification is issued to put all speculation in this regard to rest, it said.