India's Vedanta wins 41 blocks in small field auction

Hindustan Oil Exploration

28/08/2018 15:41

NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - 
    * Billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd  VDAN.NS  has won
41 of
the 55 blocks auctioned under India's first licensing round for
small discovered fields-India's upstream regulator
    * State-run Oil India  OILI.NS  has won nine blocks-
upstream
regulator
    * India's top explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp  ONGC.NS 
was
awarded 2 blocks
    * Hindustan Oil Exploration Co  HOEX.NS , and GAIL (India)
Ltd
 GAIL.NS  and Bharat Petro Resources Ltd, the upstream unit of
state refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp  BPCL.NS , have won one
block each 
    * Directorate General of Hydrocarbons published the list of
awards
on Tuesday


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