INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
gas blocks in its second exploration licensing round on Monday, giving freedom to companies to carve out areas they want to drill
The blocks together hold undiscovered reserves of about 14,995 million tonnes of oil equivalent, according to a tweet from Directorate
General of Hydrocarbon, country's upstream regulator.India, world's third biggest oil importer, wants to unlock its vast hydrocarbon
resources to cut dependence on foreign oil.The country imports nearly three quarters of its energy requirement but Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has set a target of cutting country's fuel import dependency to two-thirds by 2022 and to half by 2030.The country's previous
