Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) As much as 76 per cent of the total area in India’s sedimentary basin currently being explored for oil and gas has come under active exploration since 2014, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri has said. Addressing the CII annual business summit … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Agartala, May 14 (IANS) In a significant development, the state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) commenced its exploration and production activities in Tripura by spudding its well at Debtamura in Tripura’s Gomati district, officials said here on Wednesday. An OIL spokesman said that the company’s Resident Chief Executive (RCE), Rupjyoti Phukan … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Thursday strongly refuted the claim made by the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government in Punjab that the Centre was discriminating against the state in the exploration for potash. The GSI said that it “strongly refutes the recent claims made … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Ministry of Mines, in partnership with the Goa government, jointly launched India’s inaugural Exploration Licence (EL) auction — a transformative step aimed at unlocking critical and deep-seated mineral reserves across the country. Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Goa’s Chief Minister … Read more
Patna, March 1 (IANS) The Mining and Geology Department of Bihar has commenced excavation work in Devmalpur village, Shahpur block, Bhojpur district, in search of natural gas and petroleum reserves. According to an official of the mining and geology department, digging has started in the Ganga basin based on satellite data and geological analysis, which … Read more