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Centre sets up empowered panel for oil and gas exploration
The government has formed an empowered committee of secretaries (ECS) for the upstream oil and gas sector, covering nomination fields and all contractual regimes, including NELP, OALP, CBM, and discovered small fields.…
The Story in Brief
The government has formed an empowered committee of secretaries (ECS) for the upstream oil and gas sector, covering nomination fields and all contractual regimes, including NELP, OALP, CBM, and discovered small fields. The panel includes secretaries from the ministries of petroleum, coal, expenditure, and law.
The ECS will review and recommend auctions, finalise fiscal and contractual terms, and resolve contractual issues. Approvals from the oil minister and finance minister will continue as before. The committee can also recommend policy changes aligned with the amended Petroleum Act and Rules.
The Indian Opinion
This reshuffle of bureaucratic panels sounds like more of the same red tape. The real test will be whether this empowered committee speeds up stalled clearances and attracts serious investment in difficult basins, or simply creates another layer of deliberation. Watch how quickly the next OALP round gets notified.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com
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