India requires hydrocarbon discoveries to meet future energy needs: Pankaj Jain
Secretary of Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, Pankaj Jain, has said that India urgently requires significant hydrocarbon discoveries to meet its future energy needs. He said the country must pursue bold, time-bound exploration strategies aligned with the National Deepwater Mission to achieve energy self-reliance.
Talking at the 15th Biennial International Conference of the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists, he stated ‘One day, we will be looking at a situation where alternative forms of energy will increasingly matter more for incremental demand satisfaction than fossil fuels.’
He asserted that the immediate focus must be on securing major discoveries through accelerated exploration efforts. The conference, themed 'Rock to Cloud: Geo-Exploration Empowering Energy Evolution', was attended by professionals from the geoscience community and representatives from leading international organisations including the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (US), European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (Netherlands), and Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
