EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INDRAPRASTHA GAS

UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001948 SIPDIS SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M. NICKSON-D/JAY HATFIELD USDOC FOR 3131/USFCS/OIO/ANESA/KREISSL USDOC FOR 4530/MAC/ANESA/OSA ICE HQ FOR STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS STATE FOR EB/ESP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC ETRD BEXP IN SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED, NEW DELHI, LICENSE NO. D328864 REF: USDOC 02169 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL),New Delhi, on April 20, 2007. ¶3. BIS requested a PSV on IGL, a Delhi State Government Public Sector Undertaking (PSU). IGL was listed as the Ultimate Consignee, Tektronix (India) Ltd., Bangalore, and Agmatel India (Agmatel),New Delhi as the Foreign Purchaser for one Model TDS3034B Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope (DPO) controlled under ECCN 3A292. As of August 30, 2005, BIS decontrolled NP2 controlled items for India including oscilloscopes. The BIS export license D328864 under which the subject was covered expired on October 31, 2006. The license applicant was Tektronix Inc. (Tektronix),Beaverton, OR. ¶4. Cushman along with Narayan met with Samarendu Chatterjee, Deputy General Manager (Instrumentation),IGL. ¶5. This was the first USG or BIS official visit to IGL. Chatterjee was not aware of the BIS regulations. Chatterjee was cooperative and provided a copy of IGL Purchase Order. He did not have other transaction papers such as end-use statement, Tektronix Invoice, delivery receipt, etc. He promised that he would coordinate with IGL purchase section to obtain a copy of other shipment papers and send them to BIS New Delhi. He did not recall receiving final export license conditions from either Tektronix or Agmatel but he recalled submitting an end-use statement to Agmatel. ¶6. Chatterjee confirmed the stated end-use of the oscilloscope. The oscilloscope is used in the service and maintenance of the gas pipeline. He stated that IGL distributes compressed natural gas (CNG) through its gas stations used by automobiles and piped natural gas (PNG) to domestic and commercial sectors used by household and small sized commercial units. The oscilloscope is used to detect the technical breakdown of mass flow meters used for PNG and to repair electronic cards of CNG dispensing machines. ¶7. ECO and Narayan were taken to one of the CNG outlets located in Sector 3 of R.K. Puram, approximately 1.5 kilometers from IGL's headquarters. In a separate cabin in the corner of this CNG outlet, IGL's Instrumentation Division Laboratory is operating. The oscilloscope is used in this laboratory along with other testing and measuring equipment. ECO and Narayan verified the oscilloscope model and serial numbers. IGL's CNG outlet is guarded 24 hours a day. ¶8. Incorporated in 1998, IGL is a joint venture company of GAIL Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Delhi Government. IGL was started to lay the network for the distribution of natural gas in the National Capital Territory of Delhi to consumers in the domestic, transport, and commercial sectors. The transport sector uses natural gas as CNG, while the domestic and commercial sectors use it as PNG. IGL has 154 CNG outlets in Delhi that are fueling over 128,000 vehicles including buses, passenger cars and taxis. IGL supplies online cooking gas to over 65,000 households. IGL employs approximately 280 personnel. ¶9. Recommendation: All indications were that the listed commodity is used in accordance with terms of the export license and that the Indraprastha Gas Ltd. appears to be a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S.-origin technology for this transaction. (PCUSHMAN/PNARAYAN) Mulford