National NewsCentre gears up for biggest oil, gas bidding round

Centre gears up for biggest oil, gas bidding round

NEW DELHI, JUL 8 (IANS)

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that he was looking forward to engaging with ministers, officials and industry leaders at Urja Varta 2025 at Bharat Mandapam on July 17 in the run-up to India’s Round X of exploration & production bidding for oil and gas blocks, which is the biggest globally.
The oil and gas blocks being offered under the Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP) have already garnered attention from global and domestic energy players, and Round X is expected to set new benchmarks for participation and investment, Puri said.

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