TABLE 1


Attachment 1
Oil and Gas Producing Countries with investments by Indian companies; including rankings of political rights (PR) and civil liberties (CL) from 2006 Freedom House index. (1 represents most freedom, 7 represents least free)
Country PR CL
Algeria65
Australia11
Bangladesh44
Burma77
Cote d'Ivoire66
Cuba77
Egypt65
Indonesia23
Iran66
Iraq65
Kazakhstan65
Kuwait45
Libya77
Mauritius12
Nigeria44
Qatar65
Russia65
Saudi Arabia76
Sri Lanka33
Sudan77
Syria77
UAE66
Venezuela44
Vietnam75
Yemen55