Bihar Government inked an agreement with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and its JV partner Tata Petrodyne to explore petroleum and natural gas in a 2227-sq km area in West Champaran (Bettiah) district.
The agreement was signed by Phool Singh, Principal Secretary, Mines and Geology department, and ONGC's General Manager (Frontier Basin), N K Verma, in the presenceof Tata Petrodyne Chief Financial Officer, A Guha, in Patna on October 29, 2009.
Bihar Cabinet had approved a Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) application of ONGC and Tata Petrodyne earlier this month.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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