Bilateral Cooperation between India and Norway in hydrocarbon explorations

The Ambassador of Norway Mr Elvind S Homme along with a business delegation of Norwegian companies related to oil & gas sector called on the MOS(I/c) Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today. They discussed bilateral relationship between the two countries in the field of oil and natural gas. The Norwegian Ambassador said the last meeting of the joint working group took place in Sept 2012. He said there is need to take this forward as Norway has the best of technology in the field of safety management and hydrocarbon exploration specially in deep see drilling. The Petroleum Minister said that the joint working group should meet at an early date to work out the specific details and take bilateral cooperation forward.