India will offer global investors $300 billion worth of investment opportunities in the hydrocarbon sector over the next decade to keep pace with the country’s energy demand, India’s Minister for Oil Dharmendra Pradhan said.
Speaking in New Delhi at the India Energy Forum, organized by CERAWeek the Houston-based information and insights company IHS Markit, Pradhan said that India’s oil and gas output has been stagnant for years while its fuel demand has risen. Modi’s government is taking steps to unlock the country’s vast energy reserves and boost foreign investment in the sector; it has relaxed rules, including those on pricing and marketing, he added.
India, which imports over 80 percent of its oil needs, wants to reduce this figure by 10 percent by 2022, reports Live Mint. The country wants to attract foreign investors to $300 billion worth of energy projects that will include increasing the country’s refining capacity, oil and gas block exploration, and developing gas infrastructure, including the transport of liquefied natural gas and re-gasification.
