European and national cartel authorities have required dominant national gas pipelines to auction off certain quantities (typically about 10 % of their sales) to competitors. Do such auctions really improve the competitiveness of the wholesale market? Based on a model where oligopolistic...

"By most estimates, global consumption of natural gas - a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and oil - will double by 2030. However, in North America, Europe, China, and South and East Asia, which are the areas of highest-expected demand, the projected consumption of gas is expected to far...

The purpose of the paper is to study the feasibility of laying a Natural gas pipeline in the unexplored areas of India and to form a National Gas Grid. The new pipeline would supply natural gas to the never before explored states, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh by taking gas input from a...