Lok Sabha Question No. 1542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Enquiry Committee of KG Basin
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1542 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th  March, 2018

## Enquiry Committee of KG Basin

1542:  SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the enquiry committee constituted with regard to the Krishna Godavari basin has handed over its report to Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the major findings of the said enquiry committee and the follow-up action taken by the Government thereon;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  contracts  signed/given  under  the  exploration  policy  till  date,  oil blocks/company-wise; and
- (d) the number of projects out of the said projects which are at exploration/ production stage respectively, project wise?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN):

(a)  &  (b):  Government constituted a single member  Committee comprising of Shri Ajit Prakash Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court to look into the dispute between Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and ONGC regarding ONGC blocks (KG-DWN-98/2 & Godavari  PML)  and  RIL  block  (KG-DWN-98/3)  in  Krishna  Godavari  Basin.    The Committee had in its Report concluded, inter-alia, that there has been unjust enrichment to the Contractor of the block KG-DWN-98/3 due to production of the migrated gas from ONGC's blocks KG-DWN-98/2 and Godavari PML.  The summary of other findings and recommendations thereon are detailed in Chapter 10 of the Report.  The Report of the Committee had been uploaded on this Ministry's website.

The  Government  has  accepted  the  recommendations  of  the  Committee  and consequently, issued a notice on 03.11.2016 to claim restitution from the Contractor of retained. 1.552 billion along  with  interest  upto  31.3.2016  towards  restitution  and  an  amount  of  USD  174.9 million  towards additional  Profit Petroleum.  The contractors invoked arbitration, which the block KG-DWN-98/3 for the unjust benefit received and unfairly Government through this notice has directed RIL to remit an amount of USD is pending adjudication. (c  )  and  (d):  Government  of  India  signed  Production  Sharing  Contracts(PSCs)  for  28 discovered blocks and  28 exploration blocks under Pre-NELP regime and 254 blocks under  NELP  regime.  Out  of  310  signed  PSCs,  206  blocks  have  been  relinquished  or proposed  for relinquishment by the operators and  99  contracts are operational. Petroleum  Exploration  License  (PEL)  for  5  contracts  are  awaited.    In  addition  30 contracts under Discovered Small Field (DSF) Round -I for 43 discovered small fields were signed with 20 companies in 2017. Block wise /company wise contracts with their exploration/production status is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (d)LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1542 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018 REGARDING 'ENQUIRY COMMITTEE OF KG BASIN'

## Status of Blocks/Fields under PSC Regime

|          | Operator                                            | BLOCKS            |   Nos of Blocks/Fields | Present Status of E&P Activity        |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Pre-NELP |                                                     | CB-OS/2           |                      1 | Production / Development              |
| Pre-NELP | Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.                         | RJ-ON-90/1        |                      1 | Exploration& Production / Development |
| Pre-NELP | Essar Oil Ltd.                                      | CB-ON/3           |                      1 | Production / Development              |
| Pre-NELP | Focus Energy Ltd.                                   | GK-ON/4           |                      1 | Exploration                           |
| Pre-NELP |                                                     | RJ-ON/6           |                      1 | Exploration& Production / Development |
| Pre-NELP | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.            | CB-ON/2           |                      1 | Exploration& Production / Development |
| Pre-NELP | Hardy Exploration& Production (India) Inc.          | CY-OS-90/1 (PY-3) |                      1 | Production / Development              |
| Pre-NELP | Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.          | AAP-ON-94/1       |                      1 | Exploration& Production / Development |
| Pre-NELP |                                                     | CB-ON/7           |                      1 | Production / Development              |
| Pre-NELP | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.                | AA-ONJ/2          |                      1 | Exploration                           |
| Pre-NELP |                                                     | CB-OS/1           |                      1 | Exploration                           |
| Pre-NELP | Assam Company Ltd.                                  | AA-ON/7           |                      1 | Exploration                           |
|          | Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.                         | RAVVA             |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Geo Enpro                                           | KHARSANG          |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Gujarat Natural Resources Ltd.                      | ALLORA            |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | DHOLASAN          |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | KANAWARA          |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | N. KATHANA        |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.            | UNAWA             |                      1 | Non Producing                         |
|          | Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.          | ASJOL             |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | N.BALOL           |                      1 | Non Producing                         |
|          |                                                     | PY-1              |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Hydrocarbon Resource Development Company Ltd.       | SANGANPUR         |                      1 | Non Producing                         |
|          | Joshi Tech. Inc.                                    | DHOLKA            |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | WAVEL             |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Niko Resources Limited.                             | HAZIRA            |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Oilex-NL Holdings Ltd                               | BHANDUT           |                      1 | Non Producing                         |
|          |                                                     | CAMBAY            |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Royal Duch Shell +Reliance Industries Ltd. +Oil and | MID&SOUTH TAPTI   |                      1 | Non Producing                         |
|          | Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (40%)(Op.)             | PANNA-MUKTA       |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | BAKROL            |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | INDRORA           |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Selan Expl. Tech. Ltd.                              | KARJISAN          |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | LOHAR             |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | OGNAJ             |                      1 | Non Producing                         |
|          | Sun Petrochemical Pvt. Ltd.                         | BAOLA             |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          |                                                     | MODHERA           |                      1 | Production / Development              |
|          | Assam Company Ltd.                                  | AMGURI            |                      1 | Non Producing                         |

| NELP   | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.     | AA-ONN-2001/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|--------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------|
|        |                                          | AA-ONN-2001/2   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2001/1   | 1   | Production / Development                |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2002/1   | 1   | Development                             |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2004/2   | 1   | Exploration& Production / Development   |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2004/3   | 1   | Exploration/Development                 |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2005/10  | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2010/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2010/6   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | CB-ONN-2010/9   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | CB-OSN-2003/1   | 1   | Exploration/Development                 |
|        |                                          | CY-ONN-2002/2   | 1   | Exploration/Development                 |
|        |                                          | CY-ONN-2004/2   | 1   | Exploration/Development                 |
|        |                                          | GK-OSN-2009/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | GK-OSN-2009/2   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | GK-OSN-2010/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | GS-OSN-2004/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | KG-DWN-98/2     | 1   | Exploration/Development                 |
|        |                                          | KG-ONN-2003/1   | 1   | Exploration/ Development                |
|        |                                          | KG-OSN-2004/1   | 1   | Exploration/ Development                |
|        |                                          | KG-OSN-2009/2   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | KG-OSN-2009/4   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | VN-ONN-2009/3   |     |                                         |
|        |                                          |                 | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | WB-ONN-2005/2   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | WB-ONN-2005/3   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | WB-ONN-2005/4   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | AA-ONN-2010/2   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | AA-ONN-2010/3   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        | Oil India Ltd.                           | KG-ONN-2004/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | MZ-ONN-2004/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | RJ-ONN-2004/2   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        | Reliance Industries Ltd.                 | CB-ONN-2003/1   | 1   | Exploration/ Development                |
|        | Reliance Industries Ltd.                 | GS-OSN-2000/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        | Reliance Industries Ltd.                 | KG-DWN-98/3     | 1   | Exploration& Production / Development   |
|        | Reliance Industries Ltd.                 | NEC-OSN-97/2    | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. | CB-ONN-2000/1   | 1   | Exploration / Development               |
|        | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. | CB-ONN-2002/3   | 1   | Exploration / Development               |
|        | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. | CB-ONN-2003/2   | 1   | Exploration& Production / Development / |
|        | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. | KG-OSN-2001/3   | 1   | Exploration& Production Development     |
|        | Focus Energy Ltd.                        | CB-OSN-2004/1   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        |                                          | RJ-ONN-2003/2   | 1   | Exploration                             |
|        | Omkar Naturals Resources Pvt. Ltd.       | CB-ONN-2005/5   | 1   | Exploration                             |

| Pan India Consultants                      | CB-ONN-2010/5   |   1 | Exploration              |
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----|--------------------------|
| Pratibha Oil and Natural Gas Pvt. Ltd.     | CB-ONN-2010/4   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Sankalp Oil and Natural Resources Ltd.     | CB-ONN-2010/10  |   1 | Exploration              |
| Sintex Oil& Gas Pvt. Ltd.                  | CB-ONN-2009/7   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Adani Welspun Exploration Ltd.             | MB-OSN-2005/2   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                 | CB-ONN-2010/11  |   1 | Exploration              |
| Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                 | CB-ONN-2010/8   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.                | KG-OSN-2009/3   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Deep Energy Llc                            | SR-ONN-2005/1   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Deep Energy Llc                            | VN-ONN-2010/2   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited. | RJ-ONN-2005/1   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Jay Polychem (India) Ltd.                  | CB-ONN-2009/8   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Jubilant Oil& Gas Private Limited.         | AA-ONN-2002/1   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Mercator Petroleum Private Limited.        | CB-ONN-2005/3   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Mercator Petroleum Private Limited.        | CB-ONN-2005/9   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Niko Resources Limited.                    | CB-ONN-2000/2   |   1 | Production / Development |
| Essar Oil Ltd                              | MB-OSN-2005/3   |   1 | Exploration              |
| Grant Total                                |                 |  99 |                          |

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