The Geopolitics of Shale

Indian technicians work on the country's first shale-gas exploratory well at ONGC Ankleshwar Asset near Jambusar, some 170 kms from Ahmedabad on November 26, 2013. Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, M Veerappa Moily, with ONGC's chairman and managing director Sudhir Vasudeva, attended the dedication ceremony of the country's first shale-gas exploratory well being dug in the Cambay Basin.