Lok Sabha Question No. 4066 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas Reserves
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, KIRRON KHER, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), VIRENDRA  KUMAR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4066

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  MARCH, 2017

## EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS RESERVES

## 4066.     KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER: SHRI RAJESH RANJAN: DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

## Will the Minister of PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of crude oil and gas reserves available/ discovery made in the Indian Ocean with United Sates of America along with the percentage of crude oil and gas produced by public and private sector companies and achievements made by them during the last three years and the current year, company/oil field/State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether there are any technical challenges involved in the production of natural gas from the said reserve and if so, the concrete steps taken in this regard; (c)    the  details  of  survey  conducted/proposed  to  be  conducted  by  public/private  sector companies and number of exploratory oil and gas wells discovered/awarded in the country including  Assam,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Karnataka  and  Gujarat  along  with  quantum  and average cost of crude oil/gas produced by the said companies, State/UT/company/oil fieldwise; (d)      the  steps  taken  to  cover  the  pending  oil  royalty  with  oil  producing  companies  in  the country including Assam and curtail the State deficit, company-wise; (e)      the  efforts  made  by  the  Government to conduct new research and technology in the area  of  oil  and  natural  gas  exploration  including  use  of  fracking  technology  to  prevent
- damage to forest cover and possible contamination of ground water; and
- (f)  whether seismic survey of 26 basins are proposed to be conducted by the Government to collect  accurate  data  for  hydrocarbon  fields  with  a  view  to  address  the  concerns  of  the investors  and  first  survey  is  proposed  to  be  conducted  in  Mahanadi  basin  under  National Seismic Programme, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( प्राार रन्त्िवत्र ( ) प्रााप्र ामेवध ीी ) MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b)   In collaboration with United States of America and Japan under a Memorandum of Understanding research and exploratory activities  have been out in Krishna Godavari and Mahanadi area in sand reservoirs for gas hydrates. As per preliminary estimates, 134 Trillion Cubic Feet of gas hydrates are present in KG-Basin. Further drilling / coring / logging and analytical studies of the subsurface data are required to establish this gas hydrate resource. Gas hydrate programme in the country is at Research and Development Stage.

(c)    The details of survey conducted/proposed to be conducted by public/Pvt. JVs alongwith exploratory  oil  and  gas  wells  drilled  including  the  State  of  Assam,  Arunachal  Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat are at Annexure-1. The production cost of companies vary from field to  field  depending  upon  size  of  the  reservoir,  location,  logistics,  availability  of  surface facilities etc.

(d)   As per  the directives issued by the Government of India in May 2008, ONGC and OIL were making payment of royalty to State Governments at post discount price for the period 01.04.2008  to  31.01.2014.  However,  State  Governments  of  Gujarat/Assam  demanded royalty to be paid at pre-discount price. Recently all the stake holders reached an agreement and it was decided that an amount of Rs. 8392 crores and Rs. 6306 crores will be paid by the Government of India directly to the Governments of Gujarat and Assam respectively for the dues of royalty for the period from April, 2008 to Jan, 2014. The payments will also be made to similarly placed States.

(e)  Traditionally oil and gas wells are vertically drilled. Technological advancements have allowed operators to save time, reduce operational costs, and lessen their environmental impact. New drilling technologies include the following techniques:

-  Horizontal Drilling
-  Multilateral Drilling
-  Extended Reach Drilling
-  Complex Path Drilling

(f)  Government of India has started the National Seismic Programme (NSP) which aims to undertake an appraisal of sedimentary basins across India, especially where no/scanty data is available in order to have a better understanding of the hydrocarbon prospectivity. Under this programme Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited has been entrusted to carry out 40835  LKM of  2D  seismic  data  acquisition,  processing  &  interpretation  (API)  in  22 onland Indian Sedimentary basins in 18 States and Union Territories. Oil India Limited (OIL)

has  been  entrusted  to  carry  out 7408  LKM of  2D  seismic  data  acquisition,  processing  & interpretation  (API)  in  the  North-Eastern  States.  The  survey  started  in  Mahanadi  Basin  in Odisha in October, 2016.

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Annexure-1

To be referred in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4066 to be answered 27.03. 2017

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| Meghalaya        |     205 |      0 |    3 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
|------------------|---------|--------|------|------|------|-----|-----|
| Manipur          |     210 |      0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| Mizoram          |    1561 |    613 |    5 |    0 | 1681 |   2 |   1 |
| Nagaland         |     602 |      6 |   25 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   3 |
| Odisha           |     783 |      0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| Punjab           |    4078 |      0 |    4 |    0 |  100 |   2 |   0 |
| Rajasthan        |   49708 |  18493 |  451 |    0 |   76 |   8 |  56 |
| Tamil Nadu       |   42740 |  11033 |  532 |    0 |    0 |  15 |  47 |
| Telangana        |     129 |      0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| Tripura          |    7925 |    897 |  173 |   85 |  185 |   9 |  22 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |   29658 |    211 |   10 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| Uttranchal       |    1522 |      0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| West Bengal      |   33602 |   4187 |   37 |    0 |    0 |   7 |   0 |
| Eastern Offshore |  343516 | 201436 |  512 |    0 |  950 |  13 | 125 |
| Western Offshore |  544225 | 134761 | 1069 | 6000 | 3610 |  31 | 160 |
| Grand Total      | 1303834 | 414596 | 8370 | 6415 | 9366 | 218 | 881 |