IEF16: India, China Look To Protect Interests As Oil Consumers
The two nations plan to draw up a joint strategy for sourcing crude oil from the international market.
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Indian born Tara Malhotra is a senior freelance energy writer with experience of more than two decades . He has worked for many international Oil, Gas and Energy publications. He hold a bachelor degree in Science and Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication. He has also worked as a news photographer for many international publications. Currently, he lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
The two nations plan to draw up a joint strategy for sourcing crude oil from the international market.
The companies plan to invest about US$4 billion to develop natural gas discoveries in the Bay of Bengal’s KG-D6 Block.
Half of the spending will go toward E&P activities as the country aims to increase domestic oil and gas production.
The Indian federal government intends to change the definition of petroleum in guidelines to include this resource.
The country seeks to attract US$40 billion investment in its E&P sector over next five years.
The state-owned explorer faces challenges to produce gas from its UD-1 discovery in the Bay of Bengal.
Gas trading exchange, like Henry Hub, was announced at recent India Energy Forum.
The state-run company has increased its gas production by 10% in the last three years, but that is expected to rise.
The investment plans include drilling more wells in Colombia, where the company recently made a commercial discovery, and exploration activities in Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.
The move has been widely seen as a step to enhance domestic production and to reduce dependence on imports of petroleum products.
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