Moreover, gas availability for Pakistan and India together would be restricted to 60 MSCMD as Iran has already started work on a 56-inch diameter pipeline. To meet India’s expressed demand for 90 MSCMD, Iran would need to build a second pipeline of similar size. But chances are that the gas price could be higher. “It is not clear whether Iran would offer the same price if India insists on higher volumes. This may call for re-negotiation of price with Iran,” says the paper. Even the delivered gas price computed by the ministry does not give a clear advantage to the Iranian gas. If Pakistan were to be paid a transit fee of 20 cents per million British thermal units, instead of $1.57 per mBtu it is asking, even then the IPI gas would be marginally costlier than Australian LNG (as indicated by Petronet LNG Ltd) at current crude oil prices, the Ministry has argued.