Lok Sabha Question No. 2511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: Extraction of Old Oil Wells
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: VEENA DEVI, A.T. (NANA) PATIL, RAM KUMAR SHARMA KUSHWAHA, RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2511 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st  July, 2017 Extraction of Old Oil Wells

## † 2511. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI: SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL: SHRI RAM KUMAR SHARMA: SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

(a)  whether  oil  and  gas  is  being  extracted  from  old  oil  wells  by  public  sector  oil companies and if so, the details thereof along with the number of such old oil wells handed over to public sector oil companies during 2017 including production target fixed and achieved during the last three years and current year, company/oilfieldwise;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  determine  the  authenticity  of these extractions and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the State/UT/company-wise details of discoveries made by public/private sector oil companies which have not been developed over the years for oil/gas production along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  develop  such  marginal  fields  in order to enhance country's oil production;

(d)  whether the Government proposes to give priority to private sector to increase the  production  in  the  nominated  oil  well  region  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along with  the  number  of  such  oil  well  regions  and  their  annual  average  production including achievement made by private sector for additional production from such oil wells; and

(e)  the  details  of  oil  fields/wells  where  production  of  oil/gas/hydrocarbon  and petroleum products has not taken place in Rajasthan during the said period along with the details of review,  if any,   conducted   by   the Government to start drilling work in various oil fields by upstream companies, company-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (I/C)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PETROLEUM  &  NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARAMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) Most of crude oil production in the country by Public sector oil companies is from aging fields in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Offshore areas. In ONGC, most of the producing fields are old and presently major producing fields like Mumbai High, Neelam, Heera and Bassein in Western Offshore; Kalol, Jhalora, Nawagam, Viraj, Sanand, Sobhasan, Jotana, Santhal, Ankleshwar, Gandhar etc. in Gujarat and Lakwa, Geleki, Rudrasagar in Assam are matured and producing for more than 35 years. As far as Oil India Limited (OIL) is concerned there were 375 old wells on production at the beginning  of  the  year  2017.  No  old  oil  wells  have  been  awarded  to  National  Oil Companies (NOCs) during the year 2017.

(b) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas vide letter dated 25 th November, 2016 has directed Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) to monitor the production of oil and gas fields of National Oil Companies (NOCs). DGH has undertaken a number of steps for monitoring the oil & gas fields including the following:-

- i)   Monthly  production  monitoring,  asset  wise  through  software  based  PDMS (Production Data Monitoring System).
2. ii)   Quarterly Asset level monitoring of production performance.
3. iii)   Monitoring of Reservoir performance
4. iv)   Monitoring of discoveries.
- v)  Constituted Review Committees to look into various aspects of National Oil Companies (NOCs) operations.

(c). The State/UT/company-wise details of discoveries of marginal fields which had not been developed over the years for oil/gas production are enclosed as Annexure. These  identified  69  marginal  fields  were  discovered  by  National  Oil  Companies (ONGC/OIL) and could not be developed due to small size of the oil and gas reserve, isolated  locations,  development  costs,  technological  constraints,  fiscal  regime  etc. The  Government  on  2nd  September,  2015  approved  the  Discovered  Small  Field (DSF) Policy with the objective of bringing these 69 marginal fields to production at the  earliest  to  augment  the  domestic  production.  Through  this  policy,  government has  attempted  to  include  certain  reforms  in  the  Exploration  and  Production  (E&P) sector with the intention to increase the production at the earliest. After successful Discovered  Small  Field  Bid  Round-2016,  a  total  of  30  Contract  Areas  has  been awarded to successful bidders under DSF policy on 27th March, 2017.

(d). Recently  concluded  Discovered  Small  Field  Bid  Round-2016  was  conducted through open, transparent, International Competitive Bidding process and National Oil  Companies (NOCs) were also allowed to bid and after detailed evaluation and due approval, a total of 30 Contract Areas has been awarded to successful bidders.

(e) The  company-wise  details  of  oil  &  gas  fields  under  monetization  and  not  on production in the state of Rajasthan are given below:-

(i) ONGC's gas field Chinnewala Tibba is under monetization and other gas fields i.e. Bankia, Kharatar & Ghotaru are under service contract.

(ii)    Two  gas  discoveries  viz  KW#3 & KW#6 in the block RJ-ON-90/1 operated by Cairn Energy is under monetization. In addition, gas discoveries SSG-1 and SSF-2 in the block RJ-ON/6 operated by Focus Energy is also under monetization.

(iii)    RJ-ONN-2004/2, the block operated by Oil India Limited, discovery is in early stage.

These discoveries are, however, under various stages of evaluation/appraisal/commerciality and Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has been directed by the Government to closely monitor/review the various stages of production to expedite the production process and early monetization.

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## List of Marginal Fields (State-wise)

| S.No.                 | STATE                 | Basin                 | Fields                |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh (8)    | Andhra Pradesh (8)    | Andhra Pradesh (8)    | Andhra Pradesh (8)    |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Koravaka              |
| 2                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Uppidi-1 (UPAA)       |
| 3                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Bhimanapalli          |
| 4                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Palakollu             |
| 5                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Mummidavaram          |
| 6                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Achanta               |
| 7                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Lankapalem            |
| 8                     | Andhra Pradesh        | Krishna Godavari      | Sanarudravaram        |
| Arunachal Pradesh (1) | Arunachal Pradesh (1) | Arunachal Pradesh (1) | Arunachal Pradesh (1) |
| 9                     | Arunachal Pradesh     | Upper Assam           | Kherem                |
| Assam (12)            | Assam (12)            | Assam (12)            | Assam (12)            |
| 10                    | Assam                 | AAFB                  | N Patharia            |
| 11                    | Assam                 | ASSAM SHELF           | Charaideo             |
| 12                    | Assam                 | AAFB                  | Barsilla              |
| 13                    | Assam                 | AAFB                  | Laxmijan              |
| 14                    | Assam                 | ASSAM SHELF           | Bihubar               |
| 15                    | Assam                 | AAFB                  | Hilara                |
| 16                    | Assam                 | AAFB                  | Patharia              |
| 17                    | Assam                 | Upper Assam           | Duarmara              |
| 18                    | Assam                 | Upper Assam           | Dipling               |
| 19                    | Assam                 | Upper Assam           | Sarojini              |
| 20                    | Assam                 | Upper Assam           | Jeraipathar           |
| 21                    | Assam                 | Upper Assam           | Sapekhati             |
| Gujarat (5)           | Gujarat (5)           | Gujarat (5)           | Gujarat (5)           |
| 22                    | Gujarat               | CAMBAY                | Elao                  |
| 23                    | Gujarat               | CAMBAY                | West Bechraji         |
| 24                    | Gujarat               | CAMBAY                | South Patan           |
| 25                    | Gujarat               | CAMBAY                | Khambel               |
| 26                    | Gujarat               | CAMBAY                | Kamboi                |
| Madhya Pradesh (1)    | Madhya Pradesh (1)    | Madhya Pradesh (1)    | Madhya Pradesh (1)    |
| 27                    | Madhya Pradesh        | Frontier Basin        | Nahota-2              |
| Nagaland (2)          | Nagaland (2)          | Nagaland (2)          | Nagaland (2)          |
| 28                    | Nagaland              | ASSAM SHELF           | Chumukedema           |
| 29                    | Nagaland              | ASSAM SHELF           | Tynyphe               |
| Rajasthan (2)         | Rajasthan (2)         | Rajasthan (2)         | Rajasthan (2)         |
| 30                    | Rajasthan             | Rajasthan             | Bakhri-Tibba          |
| 31                    | Rajasthan             | Rajasthan             | Sadewala              |
| Tamil Nadu (2)        | Tamil Nadu (2)        | Tamil Nadu (2)        | Tamil Nadu (2)        |
| 32                    | Tamil Nadu            | Cauvery               | Neduvasal             |
| 33                    | Tamil Nadu            | Cauvery               | Karaikal              |

## Annexure

| Western Offshore (29)   | Western Offshore (29)   | Western Offshore (29)   | Western Offshore (29)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 34                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-127 E-1               |
| 35                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-9                     |
| 36                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-7-2                   |
| 37                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-37                    |
| 38                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-51                    |
| 39                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | D-12                    |
| 40                      | W. Offshore             | KUTCH                   | KD                      |
| 41                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | D-18                    |
| 42                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-174                   |
| 43                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | CD                      |
| 44                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | CA                      |
| 45                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-80                    |
| 46                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | SD-4                    |
| 47                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | SD-14                   |
| 48                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-163                   |
| 49                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-183                   |
| 50                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | C-37                    |
| 51                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-15                    |
| 52                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-153                   |
| 53                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-15A                   |
| 54                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | C-43                    |
| 55                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | TP                      |
| 56                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | D-31                    |
| 57                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | B-14                    |
| 58                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | BRC                     |
| 59                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | ED-4                    |
| 60                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | GK-39                   |
| 61                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | NMT                     |
| 62                      | W. Offshore             | BOMBAY OFFSHORE         | PER                     |
| Eastern Offshore (7)    | Eastern Offshore (7)    | Eastern Offshore (7)    | Eastern Offshore (7)    |
| 63                      | E. Offshore             | Krishna Godavari        | GS-KV-1                 |
| 64                      | E. Offshore             | Krishna Godavari        | GS-70-1                 |
| 65                      | E. Offshore             | Krishna Godavari        | GS-59-1A                |
| 66                      | E. Offshore             | Krishna Godavari        | YS-5-1A                 |
| 67                      | E. Offshore             | Krishna Godavari        | GD-7                    |
| 68                      | E. Offshore             | Krishna Godavari        | KD-1                    |
| 69                      | E. Offshore             | Krishna Godavari        | GD-1                    |