India’s overhauled policy for finding oil and gas is unlikely to be a game-changer as globally exploration budgets have shrunk and the country’s prospects are weaker than other regions, natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie said Wednesday.
The Union Cabinet in February had approved a policy for awarding acreage, based primarily on exploration work commitment such as drilling of wells. This was aimed at attracting the elusive private and foreign investment to raise domestic output.
International oil companies have stayed away from the three auction rounds held during the last three years that awarded exploration areas to companies that offered the biggest share of the revenue from oil and gas produced.
