The Petroleum Ministry has conveyed to the Ministry of External Affairs that the Indian consortium comprising Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Oil India Limited (OIL) has 'unanimously' decided not to sign the concession agreement for two offshore oil exploration blocks.

Indian state-owned oil firm Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) has hit a dry hole in its Mediterranean Sea exploration lease after investing $52 million in the drilling operation. The operation came in the context of GSPC's 2011-2012 exploration plan.

Despite a deep funds crunch, the premier state public sector undertaking (PSU), Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) will not be dropping its plan to continue with oil and gas exploration in Egypt.