India, July 28 -- India has witnessed a spurt in oil and gas exploration, particularly in offshore areas, and among these, the opening up of nearly 1 million sq km of erstwhile 'No-Go' offshore areas for exploration in 2022 has opened vast new frontiers, especially in deepwater and frontier regions like the Andaman-Nicobar (AN) offshore basin, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas told Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Hardeep Singh Puri, minister of petroleum and natural gas, said the bold policy move to open 'No-Go' areas has facilitated unprecedented access for exploration and is a key enabler of the recent momentum in offshore activity. He was responding to questions by John Brittas, CPIM member of Parliament (MP) on 1. details of the recen...