On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardep Puri met Vicki Hollub, President and CEO of Occidental Petroleum and discussed opportunities in India’s Exploration and Production sector.
“Met my friend Ms Vicki Hollub, President & CEO, Occidental Petroleum, in #Davos again. We had an interesting discussion on opportunities to participate in Indian E&P sector and using their CCUS technology for enhanced oil recovery. I also informed her about the reduction in India’s ‘No Go’ areas for E&P by almost 99% in April 2022 & opened up approx. 0.91 million sqkm area for E&P. in addition to major steps to dramatically reduce previously ‘No-Go’ Areas making India’s entire EEZs area of 2.36 million sqkm available for exploration activities” the Union Minister posted on X.
