India appoints new oil minister

India's new Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora took office Jan. 30, vowing to secure energy supplies to ensure India's growing fuel needs.

Jan. 30, 2006

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 30 -- India's new Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora took office Jan. 30, vowing to secure energy supplies to ensure India's growing fuel needs.

Deora was appointed to the job Jan. 29. Previously, Mani Shankar Aiyar held the post.

Upon questioning from reporters in New Delhi, Deora declined to outline specific plans, saying: "It is premature for me at this moment to comment on details."