Lok Sabha Question No. 2096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Crude Oil Production
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: K. GOPAL, RAM CHARITRA, VIRENDER KASHYAP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2096 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  January, 2018

## Crude Oil Production

## 2096. DR. K. GOPAL: SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD: SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

## पैट्रोलियम व प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a) whether crude oil production has gone down by 0.6 percent to 2.93 million tonnes in April, 2017 and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken to produce more crude oil in the country and encourage domestic production;

(b)  whether oil companies have shut down some wells and if so, the details thereof along with number of oil rigs exploring oil and gas in the country, company/oil blockswise;

- (c) whether the Cairn India produced more than fifty percent crude oil in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the revenue and employment generated by the said company;
- (d)  whether  fuel  demand  rose  by  5.4  percent  in  May  due  to  surge  in  petrol consumption and the fastest increase in diesel use during the preceding nine months and if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of fuel consumed during May, 2017 as compared to last year; and
- (e) whether fuel demand plunged 5.9 per cent in January, 3.1 per cent in February and 0.7 per cent in March, 2017 after demonetisation before rebounding in April, 2017 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

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

(a). Domestic crude oil production for the month of April 2017 was 2939 Thousand Metric  Tons  (TMT).  Crude  oil  production  by  Oil  &  Natural  Gas  Corporation  Ltd. (ONGC) during April, 2017 was 1847.16 TMT which is 2.51% higher when compared with  April,  2016.  Crude  oil  production  by  Oil  India  Ltd.  (OIL)  during  April,  2017  was 273.24 TMT which is 4.53% higher than production in April, 2016. Crude oil production by Pvt/JVs during April, 2017 was 818.45 TMT which is 8.44% lower than April, 2016.

Government,  inter-alia,  has  taken  following  Policy  initiative  to  enhance  domestic production of oil and gas:-

- i.  Policy  for  Relaxations,  Extensions  and  clarifications  under  Production  Sharing Contract (PSC) regime for early monetization of hydrocarbon Discoveries, 2014.
- ii.  Policy on Testing Requirements, 2015.
- iii.  Discovered Small Field Policy, 2015.
- iv.  Policy for exploration in Mining Lease Area, 2013.
- v.  Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy, 2016.
- vi.  Policy for Extension of Production Sharing Contracts, 2016.
- vii.  Shale Gas Policy, 2013.
- viii.  Setting up of National Data Repository, 2017.
- ix.  Appraisal of Unappraised area in Sedimentary Basin.
- x.  Re-assessment of Hydrocarbon Resources.
- xi.  Policy for early monetization of Coal Bed Methane (CBM)

(b). Few wells were closed for work over and a few wells were closed for high water production in Mangala Field of RJ-ON-90/1 Block in the state of Rajasthan. During the life  of  the  well,  production  from  an  oil  well  may  cease  for  various  reasons,  such  as natural  decline  in  reservoir  pressure,  water/sand  ingress  and  wellbore  mechanical problems etc. Such sick wells are revived through well workover/intervention jobs, if economically  viable.  ONGC  has  deployed  70  rigs  for  onland  fields  and  37  rigs  for offshore  fields.  OIL  has  deployed  21  rigs  in  its  onland  fields.  The  rigs  deployed  by Cairn India Ltd., Mercator and Focus Energy Ltd. are 2, 1 and 6 rigs respectively.

(c). Crude  oil  produced  by  Cairn  India  from  three  blocks  operated  by  it  is  9352 Thousand Metric Tons during the year 2016-17 against 36008 Thousand Metric Tons of country's total crude oil production. However, there are other consortium partners with Cairn India namely ONGC, Videocon Industries Ltd., Tata Petrodyne Ltd., Ravva oil Singapore and Cairn Energy Holding Ltd etc. Cairn India has generated cumulative revenue  of  USD  1.89  billion  during  the  year  2016-17.  Production  of  oil  and  gas generates  skilled  and  unskilled  employment.  Besides  direct  employment,  indirect employment through ancillary industry is also generated.

(d)  &  (e). The  fuel  consumed  in  May,  2017  is  9927  Thousand  Metric  Tons  as compared  to  9041  Thousand  Metric  Tons  consumed  in  May,  2016.  Details  of  fuel consumed in the preceding nine months are given at Annexure.

## CONSUMPTION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

## Quantity in Thousand Metric Tons

| PRODUCTS       |     MS |    HSD |   Total |
|----------------|--------|--------|---------|
| August 2016    | 2204.5 | 6133.7 |  8338.2 |
| September 2016 | 1814.9 | 5212.9 |  7027.8 |
| October 2016   | 2105.9 | 6674.7 |  8780.6 |
| November 2016  | 2026.4 | 6749.9 |  8776.3 |
| December 2016  | 1964.9 | 6570.3 |  8535.2 |
| January 2017   | 1804.4 | 5803.5 |  7607.9 |
| February 2017  | 1896.4 | 6161   |  8057.4 |
| March 2017     | 2105.4 | 6802.2 |  8907.6 |
| April 2017     | 2085.5 | 6968.2 |  9053.7 |
| May 2017       | 2402.7 | 7523.8 |  9926.5 |

* MS- Motor Spirit HSD-High Speed Diesel

## ANNEXURE