Oil & gas block auction policy to be ready by FY16: Pradhan

Government expects to finalise the new policy for auction of oil and gas blocks during the ongoing financial year, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
´We will make the policy after considering all the views and take it to the Cabinet. It will be our endeavour to make the policy during this financial year only,´ Pradhan said.
Oil Ministry had issued a paper on new fiscal and contractual regime for award of hydrocarbon acreages with a view to revive investor interest in oil and gas exploration by simplifying rules.
It proposes to free natural gas pricing and replace the controversial Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with simpler revenue-sharing regime for all future field auctions in the backdrop of low gas prices not attracting investors in exploration and production sector.