The country’s energy minister explains in an exclusive interview how the country is taking a pragmatic and far-sighted approach to energy security and why he has great confidence in its oil sector
Affordable, reliable and accessible oil and gas lies at the core of India’s strategy, energy minister Hardeep Singh Puri told Petroleum Economist in a private meeting on the sidelines of the OPEC International Seminar in Vienna.
While India’s opportunistic oil buying from Russia in the past three years highlights the country’s honest and common-sense approach to cheap, secure energy supplies, what has happened both before and after should guide the way forward—including diversification, investment and cooperation.
Puri stated that India “has a committed political leader, whose primary and moral duty is to provide energy to his citizens, and I think the good news is that we are in a reasona
