Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), citing possibility of crude oil fields in Buxar and Samastipur districts of Bihar, has applied for the petroleum exploration license before the state government.
As per officials, the state mining department has initiated the process to provide a license to the company for digging in these two districts.
Harjot Kaur Bamhrah, additional chief secretary cum commissioner of mining department said: “ONGC has filed the application for open area mining and we have initiated the process to provide a license.
The company has also deposited fees along with initial survey reports of these two districts for the license.””Under the provision of the mining department, we will provide a license for 4 years. There would also be a provision of extending it further,” she said.
