India offering 23 areas in new oil, gas exploration auction: oil secretary

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Jan 07 2019 | 5:20 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will auction 23 blocks in a third round of offerings under the open acreage licensing programme for oil and gas exploration concessions, the country's oil secretary, M.M. Kutty, said on Monday.

Five of the 23 blocks to be auctioned will be for coal bed methane resources, he said.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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First Published: Jan 07 2019 | 5:06 PM IST

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