India Energy Week 2026, held in Goa, concluded on January 30, 2026, emerging as the country's flagship energy diplomacy and investment platform. The event saw over twelve Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed across upstream oil exploration, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), compressed biogas (CBG), and green hydrogen sectors.

The most strategically significant agreement was the upstream MoU between Oil India Limited (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), aimed at pooling resources for joint exploration of domestic hydrocarbon basins. This collaboration seeks to reduce India's crude oil import dependence by accelerating domestic production from frontier and deepwater blocks.

Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and TotalEnergies signed a landmark agreement for a Sustainable Aviation Fuel plant at Paradip, Odisha, with a production capacity of 200,000 tonnes per annum (KTPA). SAF, produced from non-fossil feedstocks like agricultural waste, municipal solid waste, and used cooking oil, is critical for decarbonising the aviation sector — which accounts for approximately 2-3% of global CO2 emissions. India's aviation market, the world's fastest growing, makes this partnership particularly significant.

The government used India Energy Week 2026 to reinforce its Compressed Biogas (CBG) policy push, announcing a target of 5% CBG blending in natural gas distribution networks by 2030. CBG, derived from organic waste, aligns with the SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation) scheme, which aims to establish 5,000 CBG plants across India.

India's energy sector was described by senior officials as a $500 billion opportunity over the next decade, encompassing renewables, oil and gas, nuclear, and clean fuels. Notably, the Nuclear Energy Zone concept made its debut at the event, signalling the government's intent to create dedicated investment zones for civil nuclear power expansion following the amendment of the Atomic Energy Act to allow private sector participation.