India is intensifying efforts to discover new oil and gas reserves along its eastern offshore frontier by reprocessing decades-old seismic data and conducting fresh deep-water surveys. This major program across key sedimentary basins aims to reduce import dependence by unlocking untapped hydrocarbon resources beneath the seabed. The initiative is expected to be completed over 36 months.

Oil India Limited has found natural gas in its third exploratory well in the Andaman offshore block. This is the second well in the block to confirm hydrocarbon presence. The…

State-owned explorer-producer Oil India confirmed the presence of natural gas in the third exploratory well it drilled, that is, Vijayapuram-3, in the Andaman shallow offshore…