India operationalizes 13 oil, gas blocks
India said 13 oil and gas exploration blocks are under operation in various parts of Rajasthan state.
“Currently, 13 oil and gas exploration blocks are under operation in production-sharing contract regime falling in the 14 districts of Rajasthan state. In addition, Oil and Natural Gas Corp. and Oil India Ltd. are also licensees in pre-new exploration licensing policy blocks in Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Ganga Nagar districts of Rajasthan,” Donsha Patel, junior minister for petroleum and natural gas, said Wednesday in reply to a parliamentary question.
He said in the PSC regime, in two pre-NELP blocks, a total of 78.99 million metric tons of recoverable oil and gas reserves have been aggregated.
