India's Hydrocarbon Outlook – 2022-2023

With endeavours towards continuous improvement, we are today playing a pro- active and facilitative role. Our focus, besides production enhancement and enabling investments in the E&P sector, is to encourage collaboration among the industry, academia, investors, service providers and consultants to bring-in new technology, ensure economy and efficiency of operations and encourage good practices. The Urja Pragati portal launched by DGH to streamline and expedite grant of various approvals/clearances is one of the pro-active steps undertaken by DGH. Additionally, Upstream India portal has been developed to allow seamless coordination among various E&P operators and other related stakeholders through an online platform. Site Restoration Fund (SRF) Management e-Portal was launched to allow E&P contractors to manage their SRF accounts more efficiently and without any hassle. The team of highly skilled technical staff at DGH has not only carried out the mandate given by the Government of India, but has contributed immensely in accelerating the exploration and production activities, bringing state of the art technology and healthy competitive atmosphere in this sector. It is a matter of satisfaction that in 30 years of its journey, DGH has established itself as a well-regarded institution in E&P Sector. I am confident that DGH will stand by its commitments for a better tomorrow in developing the E&P industry to enable the nation towards achieving greater levels of self-reliance in meeting its huge energy requirements in the form of oil and gas. Through our Annual Publication ‘India’s Hydrocarbon Outlook – 2022-2023’ we have tried to present a comprehensive review of Indian upstream sector as well as 30 years of our journey in the service of E&P industry in India. I sincerely trust that this 30th anniversary issue will be a useful reference for all stakeholders in the industry. With best regards, S. C. L. Das