Neither China nor India has the necessary fleet. Roughly 30% of the world's fleet would be necessary, and neither of those countries have that much (if you excl

Neither China nor India has the necessary fleet. Roughly 30% of the world's fleet would be necessary, and neither of those countries have that much (if you exclude ships financed/insured/serviced abroad). As to whether Russia needs to export — developing these oil/gas fields took a lot of effort. Clearly the Russians believed that there was benefit to doing it.