The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that the Government of India announced the Policy Guidelines for Exploration and Exploitation of Shale Gas and Oil by National Oil Companies under Nomination regime vide order dated 14th October 2013. Permission to carry out exploration and exploitation of shale gas and oil activities in 55 Petroleum Exploration Licence /Petroleum Mining Lease areas (ONGC-50; OIL 5) has been granted under the first phase of Assessment which is for 3 years.
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