{"id":190990,"date":"2026-07-05T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/190990\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:06:11","slug":"india-eyes-further-oil-exploration-after-iran-war-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/190990\/","title":{"rendered":"India eyes further oil exploration after Iran war shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hit by the biggest energy supply shock in decades during the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Middle East<\/a> war, import-dependent India is expanding domestic crude exploration, its oil minister says.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">India, the world\u2019s third-largest importer of oil and the second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas, faced major disruptions due to restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With a temporary US-Iran deal in place to pause hostilities, oil and gas shipments are flowing through the Gulf waterway again, and restrictions and price hikes in India are being rolled back.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said the energy crunch provided fresh impetus for India\u2019s expansion of domestic supplies.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe are currently in the process \u2026 to bid out about 250,000 sq km (96,500 square miles) of unexplored area,\u201d Puri said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Nicobar island in the Andaman Sea in March. The island\u2019s inhabitants are famously resistant to engaging with outsiders, even killing a US missionary who made an illegal visit in 2018. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/750c7043-2c57-446a-838f-c7ea6a710f06_741ac6ff.jpg\" title=\"Great Nicobar island in the Andaman Sea in March. The island\u2019s inhabitants are famously resistant to engaging with outsiders, even killing a US missionary who made an illegal visit in 2018. Photo: AFP\"\/>Great Nicobar island in the Andaman Sea in March. The island\u2019s inhabitants are famously resistant to engaging with outsiders, even killing a US missionary who made an illegal visit in 2018. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">India is a modest producer in global terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hit by the biggest energy supply shock in decades during the Middle East war, import-dependent India is expanding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[57055,57053,57051,54,9575,57054,45033,138,34,13222,187,22540,3636,3634,57052],"class_list":["post-190990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-andaman-and-nicobar-archipelago","tag-andaman-sea","tag-assam","tag-europe","tag-exxonmobil","tag-great-nicobar-island-project","tag-gujarat","tag-india","tag-iran","tag-kyiv","tag-middle-east-war","tag-mumbai","tag-narendra-modi","tag-new-delhi","tag-oil-india"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116867051427629529","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}