Moily promises to intensify domestic oil and gas exploration

30 Oct 2012 Evaluate

With the increasing oil prices amid rising dependence on imported oil, the newly appointed Petroleum and Natural gas Minister, Veerappa Moily has confirmed that the ministry will emphasize on quick decision making and innovation and affirmed that his priority would be to intensify domestic oil and gas exploration.

He promised that his ministry’s decision would be taken by keeping the national interest in mind and would not be to benefit one or two individuals or companies. He pointed that he wants to create a conducive environment for domestic and foreign companies in oil and gas exploration so as to reduce India's import dependence, which is at an alarming level of 80% at present.

He noted the importance of triggering investor’s confidence to make the nation as an investment destination and affirmed to pare down the bottlenecks. He pointed that over $13 billion have been committed in the nine rounds of the new exploration licensing policy, which have resulted in nearly 254 exploration licenses.

He also noted that the average consumption of petroleum products in developed countries is 14 barrels per person per year and in developing nations, it is 3 barrels, while India has approximately 1.2 barrel per person per year. He affirmed that the target set to achieve would be to the level of six barrels per person per year.

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