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In the run-up to the 2nd Ministerial meeting of the India and US Strategic Energy Partnership, scheduled on July 17, 2020, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, on Wednesday, along with US Secretary of Energy, HE Dan Brouillette, co-Chaired industry-level interaction, orgsed by US-India Business Council (USIBC).During these interactions, Pradhan invited US compes and investors to engage and invest in India in new opportunities."There have been a few collaborative efforts between Indian and American compes in this sector, but it is far below their potential," said PradhanHe noted the resilience of the US-India Energy Partnership and characterized it as one of the most durable pillars on which India-US Strategic Partnership rests."Even during these challenging times, India and the US have been working in close collaboration, be it in stabilizing global energy markets or in collaborative efforts to address COVID-19. In today's turbulent world, one constant is-and always will be -the strength of our bilateral partnership," he added.The Minister had also separately Chaired an industry-level interaction orgzed by US-India Strategic Energy partnership (USISPF) on Tuesday.Secretary, Ministry of PNG Tarun Kapoor, Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Sandhu, representatives of various Energy-related Ministries of Government of India and US and representatives from Indian and US compes also took part in this virtual meeting.Talking about the Strategic Energy Partnership, the Pradhan said that cooperation in the natural gas sector has been identified as a priority area.He mentioned about several upcoming new opportunities in the field of LNG bunkering, LNG ISO container development, petrochemicals, bio-fuels, and Compressed Bio-Gas in the Indian energy sector.Pradhan also talked about the far-reaching changes and policy reforms underway in the exploration and production sector in India. He said that India will see an investment of over US$118 billion in oil and gas exploration as well as in setting up natural gas infrastructure, including the development of gas supply and distribution networks in the next five years as the country prepares to meet the needs of a fast-growing economy.The Minister invited greater participation from the US compes during the next OALP and DSF bid rounds.Describing the Industry Roundtables as timely, he said that the deliberations here will provide us with useful inputs from the industry perspective.( With inputs from ANI )

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In the run-up to the 2nd Ministerial meeting of the India and US Strategic Energy Partnership, scheduled on July 17, 2020, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, on Wednesday, along with US Secretary of Energy, HE Dan B ...