Guwahati, Feb. 26 -- India's crude oil consumption will touch the mark of six and a half to seven barrels a day in short to medium term, said Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Advantage Assam 2.0, an investor summit organised by the state government, Puri said, "In the 3 and a half years of my being associated with this ministry, our crude oil consumption has gone up from 5 million barrels a day to 5 and a half million barrels. My speaking notes would say this will go upto 6 and a half 7 million a day not in the long future in the short to medium term Crude oil consumption will go up 20%, maybe more and along with that, you add all the other developments... Our target for 20% ...