Overview
- Petroleum Secretary Pankaj Jain urged bold, time-bound exploration aligned with the national deepwater campaign to secure large hydrocarbon finds.
- He framed accelerated drilling as essential to meet future demand and to cut heavy reliance on imported oil and gas.
- ONGC chairman Arun Kumar Singh said advances in seismic imaging and AI-driven interpretation will determine the next wave of discoveries.
- Oil India chief Ranjit Rath cited OALP, HELP and Offshore Bidding Rounds as catalysts for investment and called for intensified work in frontier and ultra-deepwater basins.
- The SPG-India gathering opened at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre with global geoscience participation and a technology exposition themed "Rock to Cloud."