Lok Sabha Question No. 4955 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Demand and Supply of Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL KASWAN, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4955

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF GAS

## 4955.  SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

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

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- (a) whether there is a gap between demand and supply of gas and gas pipeline network for  the  gas  based  industries  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the existing gas pipelines network and proposed expansion of the said network for the gas based industries across the country, project/ company-wise;
- (c)  whether  GAIL  had  placed  pipe  supply  orders  of  400  kilometre  pipeline  of  the PradhanMantriUrja  Ganga  gas  pipeline  project  to  carry  fuel  to  eastern  parts  of  the country  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  present  status  and  time  line  fixed  for completion of the said project;
- (d)  whether  the  Government has conducted any study to ascertain the impact of such shortage of gas on the profitability of the industries and if so, the details and outcome thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the number of gas based industries shut down and persons lost their employment during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has made/ proposes to make an action plan to meet the requirement  of  installed network  of  pipeline infrastructure for the established  oil, petroleum refinery in Rajasthan and bring all the public sector oil undertakings together for laying the said pipeline and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a):  The  gas  demand  is  being  met  through  the  supply  of  domestic  gas  and  imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). LNG is imported under open general license on the terms and  conditions  mutually  agreed  upon  between  the  buyers  and  sellers.  The  details  of consumption  of  natural  gas  during  last  3  years  and  current  year  in  the  country  is mentioned at Annexure-I.
- (b): The  details  of  operating  natural  gas  pipelines  and  under  construction  natural  gas pipelines are at Annexure-II and Annexure- III.
- (c): Subsequent to earlier orders of line pipes placed by GAIL (India) Ltd. forJagdishpurHaldiaBokaroDhamra  Pipeline (JHBDPL), additional orders of approx. 586 Km Line Pipe (including approx. 400 Km of Dobhi Durgapur section) was placed in the Month  of  December  2017.  Details  of  the  line  pipes  covered  in  the  order  placed  in December 2017 are as below:

| Sl. No.   | Project name                          | Quantity   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|------------|
| 1         | Cuttack/Bhubaneshwar/Paradipspurlines | 199 Km     |
| 2         | Dobhi- Durgapur pipeline              | 387 Km     |
|           | Total                                 | 586 Km     |

GAIL has informed that approximately 2072 Km Line Pipe out of total 2655 Km pipeline length are being procured for JHBDPL project till date. Details of which are as under:

| Sr. No                  | Project Name                                                                                             | Quantity   |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
| 1                       | Phase I- (Phulpur to Dobhi and spurlines to Patna, Barauni, Varanasi and Gorakhpur)                      | 753 Km     |
| 2                       | Phase II - Bokaro-Angul, Dhamra-Angul, Cuttack / Bhubneswar / Paradipspurlines, Dobhi- Durgapur Pipeline | 1319 Km    |
| Total line pipe Awarded | Total line pipe Awarded                                                                                  | 2072 Km    |

This will be completed in phased manner. First phase will be completed by December, 2018 and Second phase will be completed by December, 2020.

(d): Profitability of the industries is dependent on various factors including availability of gas which is sourced as per demand.

(e):  The  Government  has  established  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  Regulatory Board (PNGRB)  under  the  PNGRB  Act,  2006  in  the  year  2007  which  is  the authority  to  grant  authorization  for  the  development  of  Pipelines  through  open competitive bidding process.  As per available information, existing natural gas pipelines in  Rajasthan  are  (i)  Hazira-Vijaypur-Jagdishpur  Pipeline  (HVJPL),  (ii)  Dahej-Vijaipur Pipeline and (iii) Chainsa-Jhajhar-Hisar Pipeline. Further, the product pipelines namely (i) Awa  Salawas  Pipeline  (ASPL),  (ii)  Rewari-Kanpur  Pipeline  (RKPL)  &  (iii)  KoyaliSanganer  Pipeline  and  Crude  Pipeline  namely  Salaya-Mathura    Pipeline  (SMPL)  also passes through Rajasthan.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4955 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018 REGARDING DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF GAS

## NATURALGAS CONSUMPTION IN THE COUNTRY

(Figures in MMSCMD)

| Year                         |   Domestic gas |   LNG |   Total Gas Consumption |
|------------------------------|----------------|-------|-------------------------|
| 2014-15                      |          73.97 | 42.85 |                  116.78 |
| 2015-16                      |          68.38 | 62.18 |                  130.56 |
| 2016-17                      |          69.14 | 69.98 |                  139.12 |
| Current Year (till Dec.2017) |          71.29 | 72.3  |                  143.58 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4955 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018 REGARDING DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF GAS

| Details of existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying in Industries and others   | Details of existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying in Industries and others                        | Details of existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying in Industries and others   | Details of existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying in Industries and others   | Details of existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying in Industries and others   | Details of existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying in Industries and others   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                        | Name of the Natural Gas Pipeline                                                                    | Name of Entity                                                                 | Capacity (MMSCMD)                                                              | Length (Km.)                                                                   | States through which it passes                                                 |
| 1                                                                              | Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur -GREP (Gas Rehabilitation and Expansion Project)-Dahej-Vijaipur HVJ/VDPL | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 57                                                                             | 4658                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat                              |
| 2                                                                              | Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL)-Vijaipur- Dadri (GREP) Upgradation DVPL2 & VDPL                               | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 54                                                                             | 1119                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat                              |
| 3                                                                              | Uran-Trombay                                                                                        | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited                                        | 6                                                                              | 24                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                    |
| 4                                                                              | Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol                                                                           | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 20                                                                             | 875                                                                            | Gujarat, Maharashtra                                                           |
| 5                                                                              | Agartala regional network                                                                           | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 2                                                                              | 61                                                                             | Tripura                                                                        |
| 6                                                                              | Mumbai regional network                                                                             | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 7                                                                              | 129                                                                            | Maharashtra                                                                    |
| 7                                                                              | Assam regional network                                                                              | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 3                                                                              | 8                                                                              | Assam                                                                          |
| 8                                                                              | K.G. Basin network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                       | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 16                                                                             | 881                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry                                                     |
| 9                                                                              | Gujarat regional network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 18                                                                             | 671                                                                            | Gujarat                                                                        |
| 10                                                                             | Cauvery Basin network                                                                               | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 9                                                                              | 278                                                                            | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu                                                         |
| 11                                                                             | DukliMaharajganj (Earlier-Agartala)                                                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 0.26                                                                           | 5.2                                                                            | Tripura                                                                        |
| 12                                                                             | Rajasthan regional network                                                                          | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 2                                                                              | 152                                                                            | Rajasthan                                                                      |
| 13                                                                             | EWPL (Kakinada-Hyderabad- Uran-Ahmedabad)                                                           | Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Limited                             | 80                                                                             | 1469                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana                                |
| 14                                                                             | GSPL's Gas Grid network including spur lines                                                        | Gujarat State Petronet Limited                                                 | 43                                                                             | 2600                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                        |
| 15                                                                             | Hazira-Ankleshwar                                                                                   | Gujarat Gas Company Limited                                                    | 5.06                                                                           | 73.2                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                        |
| 16                                                                             | Dadri-Panipat                                                                                       | Indian Oil Corporation Limited                                                 | 9.5                                                                            | 140                                                                            | Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh                                                 |
| 17                                                                             | AGCL's Assam regional network                                                                       | Assam Gas Company Limited (3 pipeline sections)                                | 2.428                                                                          | 104.73                                                                         | Assam                                                                          |
| 18                                                                             | Dadri-Bawana-Nangal                                                                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 31                                                                             | 835                                                                            | Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Delhi                              |
| 19                                                                             | Chhainsa-Jhajjar-Hissar                                                                             | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 35                                                                             | 265                                                                            | Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab                                                     |
| 20                                                                             | Dabhol-Bangalore                                                                                    | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 16                                                                             | 1097                                                                           | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa                                                    |
| 21                                                                             | Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore- Mangalore*                                                               | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 6                                                                              | 41                                                                             | Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, UT of Puducherry                                |
|                                                                                | Shadol-Phulpur                                                                                      | Reliance Gas Pipeline Ltd (RGPL)                                               | 5                                                                              | 1302                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh& Uttar Pradesh                                                  |
|                                                                                | * Partly Commissioned                                                                               |                                                                                | 428                                                                            | 16788                                                                          |                                                                                |

## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE    REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)    OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4955  TO  BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018 REGARDING DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF GAS

| Sl. No.                                 | Name of Pipeline                               | Name of Entity                                 | Length (Kms.)                                  | Estimated Project Cost (Rs. in Cr.)            | Year of Authorization                          | Scheduled completion                           | State through which it passes                                                      |
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                         | Pipelines where construction work is under way | Pipelines where construction work is under way | Pipelines where construction work is under way | Pipelines where construction work is under way | Pipelines where construction work is under way | Pipelines where construction work is under way | Pipelines where construction work is under way                                     |
| 1                                       | Jagdishpur- Haldia&Bokaro- Dhamra              | GAIL                                           | 2655                                           | 12940                                          | 2007 & 2016                                    | Dec.2020                                       | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha                            |
| 2                                       | Barauni - Guwahati                             | GAIL                                           | 750                                            | -                                              | 2018                                           | To be developed as an integral part of JHBDPL  | Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim & Assam                                                 |
| 3                                       | Kochi- Koottanad- Bangalore- Mangalore(Ph- II) | GAIL (India) Limited                           | 879                                            | 2915                                           | 2007                                           | Feb.2019                                       | Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                                   |
| Approved pipelines where work is yet to | commence                                       | commence                                       | commence                                       | commence                                       | commence                                       | commence                                       | commence                                                                           |
| 4                                       | Bhatinda - Jammu - Srinagar                    | GSPL India Gasnet Limited                      | 725                                            | 1520                                           | July 2011                                      | Dec.2017                                       | Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir                                                            |
| 5                                       | Mehsana - Bhatinda                             | GSPL India Gasnet Limited                      | 2052                                           | 6864                                           | July 2011                                      | Dec.2017                                       | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab                                             |
| 6                                       | Mallavaram - Bhopal - Bhilwara via Vijaipur    | GSPL India Transco Limited                     | 2042                                           | 8086                                           | July 2011                                      | Dec.2017                                       | Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan |
| 7                                       | Kakinada - Vizag - Srikakulam                  | AP Gas Distribution Corporation                | 391                                            | 1013                                           | August 2014                                    | 2017                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     |
| 8                                       | Nellore-Vizag- Kakinada                        | IMC Ltd                                        | 525                                            | NA                                             | December 2017                                  | 2021                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     |
| 9                                       | Ennore - Nellore                               | Gas Transmission India Pvt. Ltd.               | 430                                            | 730                                            | May 2015                                       | 2017                                           | Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu                                                      |
| 10                                      | Ennore- Thiruvallur- Bengluru- Puducherry-     | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                    | 1385                                           | 4497                                           | Dec. 2015                                      | 2018                                           | Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                                           |

|    | Nagapatinam- Madurai- Tuticorin   |                    |     |      |           |      |                                |
|----|-----------------------------------|--------------------|-----|------|-----------|------|--------------------------------|
| 11 | Jaigarh- Mangalore                | H-Energy Pvt. Ltd. | 749 | 2389 | July 2016 | 2019 | Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka |