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  Govt to launch delayed second round of oil block auction on Monday

  Business | January 06, 2019 13:16 IST

  Officials said the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) bid round-II, with 14 blocks measuring 29,333 square kilometres in aggregrate area on offer, will be launched by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday.  

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  South Korea detains Panamanian vessel suspected of selling oil to DPRK in violation of UN sanctions

  World | December 31, 2017 21:01 IST

  This is the second case of a ship being investigated by South Korea for supplying crude oil on the high seas to North Korea after Seoul announced on Friday that it had seized a vessel sailing under a Hong Kong flag.

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  India to get TAPI gas by 2017, Sudan offers 2 oil blocks

  India | January 14, 2014 23:31 IST

  Greater Noida: The framework for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project is being readied on a fast-track basis by the four stakeholder nations, Indian Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Tuesday."Apart from gas, this TAPI pipeline

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  Defence ministry may clear oil blocks: Moily

  February 02, 2013 11:17 IST

  New Delhi, Feb  2: The Ministry of Defence has given positive indications about clearing 39 oil blocks where exploration is stalled, Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Friday."We have broken the ice with them (defence

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  'Indian Exploration In Vietnam Oil Blocks Within Norms'

  March 30, 2012 13:05 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 30: Asserting that China's opposition to India undertaking oil exploration in Vietnamese blocks was not in accordance with UN norms, Vietnam today said the blocks are well within its sovereign territory.  Maintaining