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UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001948 
 
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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