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• Evaluating the current oil and gas scenario in India and the potential for future sector growth and development

• Identifying key challenges faced in the development of Indian oil and gas

• Overcoming the major obstacles to a more liberalised, more diverse and more productive energy sector

• Evaluating the options available to broaden the energy supply base

• Evaluating the success of Government initiatives to enhance the oil and gas security of the country and overcome the perceived shortage of reserves

• Current Government reforms and policy initiatives

• Promoting the Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas in India

• Encouraging investment from the private sector in oil & gas exploration & production

• Evaluating the role of the state-owned oil and gas companies in the exploration and production process

• What challenge does the opening of the India market to private competition, present to the state-owned national oil and gas companies?

• Addressing the current absence of a statutory framework in the upstream industry

• Evaluating the success of the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (NELP)

• Bidding for oil & gas blocks under NELP-VII

· Framing the parameters for an Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) – what will be the benefits to exploration and production firms?

· Measuring the extent of oil and gas reserves in India

· Exploring for alternative sources of hydrocarbons to overcome the acute shortage of natural gas in India