



Oil India to ramp up exploration capex to ₹10,000 cr, boost output in FY27: CMD
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.New Delhi: State-run Oil India Ltd (OIL) plans to raise its exploration and production capital expenditure by over 10% to ₹10,000 crore this fiscal year, chairman and managing director Ranjit Rath said, as the country grapples with an energy shock amid the West Asia war.The Maharatna company, which traces its origin to India’s first commercial crude oil discovery in Digboi (Assam), expects to produce about 4 million tonnes (mt) of crude oil this fiscal, compared with 3.45 mt in FY26. He added that work on the $20-billion Mozambique LNG project has resumed.
Oil India, part of an Indian consortium comprising ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL), holds a 4% stake in the project, which is expected to start production by late 2028 or early 2029."Last year (FY26), we did a capex of about what ₹8,900 crore.
Going forward, we are looking to cross ₹10,000 crore. This is the projected capex of Oil India Ltd for the purpose of exploration, which includes seismic, 2D and 3D, and drilling and workover," Rath told Mint in an interview.Seismic exploration is a method used to locate oil and gas reserves beneath the earth’s surface by sending sound waves and studying how they bounce back.
In 2D (two-dimensional) surveys, both the sound source and sound detector are moved along a single line to obtain a basic view of subsurface structures, while 3D surveys cover a larger area, using multiple sensors to create a more detailed image of potential reserves. Workover refers to the maintenance and repair of existing oil wells.After drilling a record 74 wells in FY26, including 22 exploratory and 55 development wells, Oil India now plans to drill over 100 wells in the ratio of 60:40 for
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