Lok Sabha Question No. 2029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Pilferage of Oil/Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2029 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  NOVEMBER, 2016

## PILFERAGE OF OIL/GAS

2029: SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

पैट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the cases of pilferage of oil/gas from refineries, depots and pipelines have come to the notice of the Government across the country during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along with losses incurred by the Government/companies from such pilferage during the said period, State/UT/company-wise;
- (c) the number  of such cases reported along with number  of persons found guilty/punished  therein  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  against  the  officials responsible/involved  working  in  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  and  upstream companies, State/UT/company-wise; and
- (d) the corrective measures taken by the Government to prevent such pilferage across the country?

## ANSWER

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PETROLEUM  AND  NATURAL  GAS  (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (c): Details of cases of pilferage of  oil/gas from refineries, depots and pipelines in the country as reported/noticed by Oil PSUs alongwith persons found guilty during last three  years  and  current  year,  is  given  in Annexure. FIRs  are  lodged  with  respective police  stations  in  cases  of  pilferage  of  oil/gas  from  refineries,  depots  and  pipelines which have taken place in different States. The cases are pursued by the concerned Oil PSUs with the State Administration and Police Authorities at different levels.

- (d) Following steps have been taken by the Oil PSUs to prevent theft/pilferage of crude oil/gas from refineries, depots and pipelines etc:-
- (i).  Round  the  clock  monitoring  of  Pipeline  flow  and  pressure  through  Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) for pipelines.

(ii). Daily foot patrolling by Line Patrolmen (LPM). (iii). Continuous interaction & sensitizing of villagers along pipeline Right of Way (ROW). (iv). Continuous monitoring of Repeater cum Cathodic Protection System (RCP) through CCTV based surveillance system. (v). Issue of pilferages is being taken up at various levels of the police in all the States. Also regular interaction maintained with civil administration. (vi). Electronic Surveillance ; and

- (vii). Patrolling by local police.

Besides, Government has amended the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 to make it more stringent with provision of deterrent punishment  for  offenders  engaged  in  pilferage  and  sabotage  of  petroleum  and  gas pipelines.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2029 to be answered on 28.11.2016

- A.  Details of cases of pilferage of oil/gas from refineries, depots and pipelines in the country as reported/noticed by Oil PSUs during last three years and current year.

## (i) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)

| S.No.   | State          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (April, 2016 to November,2016) |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Gujarat        |         5 |         3 |         7 |                                        0 |
| 2.      | Rajasthan      |         5 |         9 |         3 |                                        0 |
| 3.      | Haryana        |         8 |        10 |         9 |                                        3 |
| 4.      | Uttar Pradesh  |         4 |        10 |        10 |                                        1 |
| 5.      | Uttrakhand     |         0 |         0 |         1 |                                        0 |
| 6.      | Delhi          |         2 |         1 |         1 |                                        2 |
| 7.      | Bihar          |        10 |         6 |         1 |                                        0 |
| 8.      | West Bengal    |         4 |         6 |         4 |                                        3 |
| 9.      | Punjab         |         1 |         1 |         0 |                                        0 |
| 10.     | Jharkhand      |         3 |        13 |         6 |                                        0 |
| 11.     | Andhra Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                        1 |
| 12.     | Assam (AOD)    |         2 |         3 |         2 |                                        0 |
|         | Total:         |        44 |        62 |        44 |                                       10 |

## (ii) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

| S.No.   | State          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (April, 2016 to November,2016) |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Maharashtra    |         2 |         1 |         1 |                                        0 |
| 2.      | Madhya Pradesh |         0 |         2 |         0 |                                        0 |
| 3.      | Rajasthan      |         0 |         1 |         1 |                                        0 |
| 4.      | Uttar Pradesh  |         1 |         1 |         0 |                                        0 |
| 5.      | Haryana        |         1 |         0 |         0 |                                        0 |
|         | Total:         |         4 |         5 |         2 |                                        0 |

## (iii) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

| S.No.   | State          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17 (April, 2016 to 15 th November,2016   |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Maharashtra    |         3 |         2 |         1 | )) 1                                          |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh |         2 |         0 |         0 | 0                                             |
| 3.      | Rajasthan      |         0 |         0 |         0 | 1                                             |
| 4.      | Uttar Pradesh  |         0 |         0 |         4 | 13                                            |
| 5.      | Haryana        |         2 |         5 |         2 | 5                                             |
| 6.      | Telangana      |         1 |         0 |         0 | 0                                             |
| 7.      | Punjab         |         0 |         0 |         1 | 1                                             |
| 8.      | Gujarat        |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0                                             |
| 9.      | Karnataka      |         0 |         0 |         0 | 1                                             |
| 10.     | Tamil Nadu     |         1 |         0 |         0 | 0                                             |
|         | Total:         |         9 |         7 |         8 | 22                                            |

## (iv) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

| S.No.   | State          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.      | Gujarat        |        15 |        15 |        10 |        02 |
| 2.      | Assam          |        02 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 3.      | Andhra Pradesh |        03 |         0 |         0 |        02 |
| 4.      | Tamil Nadu     |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|         | Total:         |        20 |        15 |        10 |        04 |

## (v) Oil India Limited (OIL)

| S.No.   | State       |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.      | Assam       |         0 |         5 |         0 |         0 |
| 2.      | West Bengal |         3 |         7 |         3 |         1 |
| 3.      | Bihar       |         5 |         3 |         0 |         0 |
|         | Total:      |         8 |        15 |         3 |         1 |

## B. Loses Incurred by Oil PSUs due to pilferage of oil/gas, as reported:

(a)

(b) Loss of crude oil and petroleum products of IOCL, as reported:

|   S.No. | Name of the Oil PSUs                           | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (April, 2016 to November,2016)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)    | 5.5       | 8         | 3         | -                                        |
|       2 | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) | -         | -         | -         | 2.44                                     |
|       3 | Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC)          | 2.39      | 15.88     | 4.2       | 6.63                                     |

## (in TMT)

| Year                    |   Quantum of Crude Oil &Product Loss |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2013-14                 |                                14.3  |
| 2014-15                 |                                 8.96 |
| 2015-16                 |                               189.1  |
| 2016-17(upto Nov. 2016) |                               158.4  |

## C. Persons Arrested on the charge of pilferage of oil/gas, as reported:

|   S.No. | Name of the Oil PSUs                           |   2013-14 |   2014-15 | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (April, 2016 to November,2016)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)    |         4 |         1 | -         | -                                        |
|       2 | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) |        24 |         7 | 25        | 11                                       |
|       3 | Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC)          |        23 |        35 | 42        | 10                                       |
|       4 | Oil India Limited (OIL)                        |         3 |         8 | -         | 7                                        |

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## (Rs. In lacs)