Lok Sabha Question No. 236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Import of Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K., ALOK SANJAR, M. UDHAYAKUMAR, K. ASHOK KUMAR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.236

TO BE ANSWERED ON  5 th  February, 2018

## Import  of Petroleum Products

## 236.     SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:

SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a)whether India is a net  importer of LPG and a net exporter of other products such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel and if so, the details thereof along with the fresh initiatives taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to  minimize the importing of LPG and increasing the exporting of diesel etc;

- (b) whether India currently meets half of its natural gas and 80 percent crude oil needs  through imports and if so, the  details thereof along with the steps taken/measures taken by Government to raise domestic production of crude oil and natural gas;
- (c) whether several measures taken by the Government have not proved sufficient to reduce the dependence on import of crude oil and natural gas and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the domestic production of natural gas has dipped to a low level during the last few months and if so, the  details thereof;

(e)the details of oil and gas produced by various public/ private sector companies during  the  last three years and the current year along with the steps proposed to be taken by the Government to increase the production of oil and gas, location/State/ company-wise; and

- (f)  whether country's annual diesel consumption is likely to rise to  150 billion litres by 2020 from 90  million litres and gasoline consumption to 50 billion litres by 2030 from 30 billion litres and if so, the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में मंत्री ( श्री धमेंद्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER  FOR    PETROLEUM  AND  NATURAL  GAS  (SHRI  DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) India is a net importer of LPG and net exporter of Gasoline (Petrol), ATF and Diesel. India has imported 11.1 MMT of  LPG in the year 2016-17. India has exported  15.41 MMT of Petrol,  7.27 MMT of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) and 27.3 MMT of  Diesel in the year 2016-17.

The Government is taking steps to reduce imports and increase exports including:-

- i. Increasing production of oil & gas,
- ii. Increasing refining capacity,
- iii. Implementing measures for  refinery process improvements,
- iv. Promoting energy efficiency & conservation measures.
5. (b) & (c) Import of crude oil and natural gas during the period from April to December, 2017 has been 82.7% and 43.6% respectively.

Government has taken several steps to enhance exploration & production of oil and gas in the country  which  include  inter-alia  Discovered  Small  Field  Policy,  Hydrocarbon  Exploration Licensing  Policy  (HELP),  Launch  of  1 st bidding  round  under  Open  Acreage  Licensing Policy   (OALP), National Seismic Programme of unappraised areas, gas pricing reforms, reform initiatives to enhance domestic production (including inter-alia extension of Production Sharing Contracts  for  small  and  medium  size  fields,  early  monetisation  of  hydrocarbon  discoveries, policy on testing requirements for discoveries in NELP blocks) permission of extraction of Coal Bed  Methane  (CBM)  to  Coal  India  Limited  and  its  subsidiaries  in  coal  mining  areas, Hydrocarbon Vision for North East and operationalizing National Data Repository (NDR).

- (d)  The details of domestic production of natural gas during the period from April to December 2017 is at Annexure-I.
- (e) The relevant details are given at Annexure-II.
- (f)  As  per  the  information  provided  by  Petroleum  Planning  and  Analysis  Cell  (PPAC)  of MoP&NG, diesel consumption is expected to be 120 billion litres in 2020 and 197 billion litres in 2030, while petrol (gasoline) consumption is  expected to be 40 billion litres in 2020 and 69 billion litres in 2030.

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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART    (d)    OF  THE  LOK  SABHA    UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.236 BY SHRI K. PARASURAMAN, SHRI ALOK SANJAR, ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR, AND  SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR  TO BE ANSWERED ON  05.02.2018 REGARDING  'IMPORT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS'.

Details of   Domestic production of natural gas during FY 2017-18 (April to December, 2017) (P)

(figures in MMSCM)

| Domestic Natural Gas   |   April |   May |   June |   July |   August |   September |   October |   November |   December |
|------------------------|---------|-------|--------|--------|----------|-------------|-----------|------------|------------|
| Gross Production       |    2534 |  2769 |   2756 |   2859 |     2773 |        2723 |      2808 |       2715 |       2751 |

Total: 24688 MMSCM P: Provisional

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (e)  OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.236 BY SHRI K. PARASURAMAN, SHRI ALOK SANJAR, ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR, AND  SHRI K. ASHOK  KUMAR    TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON    05.02.2018  REGARDING    'IMPORT  OF  PETROLEUM PRODUCTS'.

State-wise Details of Crude oil production during 2014-15 to 2017-18 (April to December, 2017) (P)

| Items                         | 2014-15                       | 2015-16                       | 2016-17                       | 2017-18 (Apr-Dec)             |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Crude Oil Production (in TMT) | Crude Oil Production (in TMT) | Crude Oil Production (in TMT) | Crude Oil Production (in TMT) | Crude Oil Production (in TMT) |
| Andhra Pradesh                | 254                           | 295                           | 276                           | 249                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh             | 76                            | 57                            | 55                            | 39                            |
| Assam                         | 4466                          | 4185                          | 4203                          | 3279                          |
| Gujarat                       | 4653                          | 4459                          | 4605                          | 3447                          |
| Rajasthan                     | 8848                          | 8602                          | 8165                          | 5902                          |
| Tamil Nadu                    | 240                           | 255                           | 284                           | 260                           |
| Offshore                      | 18924                         | 19089                         | 18421                         | 13759                         |
| Total                         | 37461                         | 36942                         | 36009                         | 26934                         |
| of which                      | of which                      | of which                      | of which                      | of which                      |
| ONGC                          | 22264                         | 22360                         | 22218                         | 16849                         |
| OIL                           | 3412                          | 3226                          | 3258                          | 2548                          |
| PSC Regime                    | 11785                         | 11356                         | 10532                         | 7537                          |

State-wise details of domestic production of natural gas by public sector and PSC Regime companies during 2014-15 to 2017-18 (April to December 2017) (P)

| Natural Gas Production (in MMSCM)   | Natural Gas Production (in MMSCM)   | Natural Gas Production (in MMSCM)   | Natural Gas Production (in MMSCM)   | Natural Gas Production (in MMSCM)   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                      | 541                                 | 619                                 | 868                                 | 690                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                   | 34                                  | 30                                  | 28                                  | 21                                  |
| Assam                               | 2958                                | 3025                                | 3128                                | 2438                                |
| Gujarat                             | 1527                                | 1490                                | 1580                                | 1240                                |
| Rajasthan                           | 1178                                | 1338                                | 1277                                | 1075                                |
| Tamil Nadu                          | 1192                                | 1011                                | 983                                 | 905                                 |
| Tripura                             | 1140                                | 1332                                | 1430                                | 1077                                |
| Jharkhand                           | 2                                   | 2                                   | 3                                   | 3                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                      | 2                                   | 1                                   | 6                                   | 123                                 |
| West Bengal                         | 224                                 | 389                                 | 555                                 | 414                                 |
| Offshore                            | 24861                               | 23012                               | 22038                               | 16700                               |
| Total                               | 33657                               | 32249                               | 31897                               | 24688                               |
| of which                            | of which                            | of which                            | of which                            | of which                            |
| ONGC                                | 22023                               | 21177                               | 22088                               | 17651                               |
| OIL                                 | 2722                                | 2838                                | 2937                                | 2197                                |
| PSC Regime                          | 8912                                | 8235                                | 6872                                | 4839                                |

P: Provisional Total may not tally due to rounding off