Bidding deadline for oil, gas blocks extended to June 19

New Delhi: India has once again extended the deadline for bid submissions under the tenth oil and gas exploration licensing round, marking the fifth extension since the round was launched in February 2025.

The government has also extended the deadline for the eleventh round under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP), launched in March.

The new bid submission deadline for both rounds is June 19, according to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), the oil ministry's upstream regulator that oversees licensing rounds.


The previous deadline was May 29.DGH did not cite any reason for the extension.