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Hardeep meets ExxonMobil chief on oil exploration round

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New Delhi: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday that he held “a productive discussion” with Scott Sandlin, India Country Chair of upstream global oil giant ExxonMobil, on the opportunities in oil and gas exploration in India through the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) Round 10 and the Eastern Offshore.

“Around 1 million sq. km. of ‘No Go’ areas opened by India, now offer an investor-friendly upstream framework to our international partners after the new Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 2025, new PNG rules and empowered Committee of Secretaries (ECS) reforms have been introduced,” the minister said in a post on X.

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