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The Amendment Act introduced the requirement to obtain a petroleum lease as a pre-requisite for conducting any petroleum operations and further empowered the Ministry to formulate rules governing, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">inter alia<\/span>, tenure, dispute resolution, treatment of mineral oil data, sharing of production and processing facilities, safety mechanisms at oilfields, unitisation and stabilisation of petroleum leases, sustainability practices and comprehensive energy projects . The Rules were drafted pursuant to such empowerment, taking into account the comments and inputs received from industry stakeholders during the consultation process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Additionally, CAM led the revision of the draft of the Model Revenue Sharing Contract (&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MRSC<\/span>&#8221;) executed under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy, to align with the changes introduced under the Rules and incorporate recommendations received from industry stakeholders. CAM also advised on contractual, regulatory and transaction-related aspects arising under the MRSC, the applicable fiscal and statutory regime, rights and obligations of the contractor vis-&agrave;-vis the Government, and alignment with the Rules and other applicable laws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The advisory team was led by <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Uday Khare<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Partner;<\/span> with assistance from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Angira Chakraborty<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Principal Associate;<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Lovika Tyagi<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sanjna Mehrotra<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Associates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Anuradha Mukherjee<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Partner (Head &#8211; Disputes, North India);<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Omar Ahmad<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Partner;<\/span> with assistance from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Soumya Dasgupta<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Principal Associate;<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Nidhi<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Singh<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Associate;<\/span> advised on the provisions on dispute resolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Arya Tripathy<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Partner;<\/span> with assistance from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Milind Yadav<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Associate<\/span>; advised on the provisions on intellectual property and data privacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, on drafting the Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 2025 under the Oilfield (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 2025. 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