Lok Sabha Question No. 3823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: North East Hydrocarbon Vision 2030
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA, KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3823

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th  MARCH, 2018

## NORTH EAST HYDROCARBON VISION 2030

## 3823.   SHRI VINCENT H. PALA: SHRI KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the status of implementation of the North East Hydrocarbon Vision 2030;
- (b) the details of investments made towards the same during the last two years and the current year;
- (c)  the  details  of  refineries  in  Assam  along  with  their  refining  capacity  and  the  current production rate;
- (d)  the  quantum  of  oil  refined  and  produced  by  said  refineries  including  their  By-products along with profit/loss incurred by them during the said period;
- (e) whether the capacity of refineries in the North East has increased; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps being taken by the Government to enhance the same?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में मंत्री ( प्रााप्र ामेर्मध ीी )

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

(a) & (b) Government of India has prepared the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 document for north-east India, outlining steps to leverage the hydrocarbon sector for development of the  north-east  region  focused  efforts  towards  making  hydrocarbons  a  tool  to  enable social  and  economic  development.  The  Vision  Document  has  been  a  focused  and consultative exercise to develop a common and shared aspiration for benefiting people of the  north  region.    The  objectives  of  the  vision  policy  are  to  leverage  the  region's hydrocarbon potential, enhance access to clean fuels, improve availability of petroleum products, facilitate economic development and to link common people to the economic activities in this sector.

## National Oil Companies have initiated implementing actionable points emerged out of Hydrocarbon Vision-2030. The details are as under:-

-  Construction of gas collecting stations and laying of pipeline in Tripura by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited
-  Barauni-Bongaigaon crude oil pipeline expansion project by OIL.
-  Barauni-Guwahati Natural gas pipeline by GAIL.
-  Construction  of  50  retail  outlets  in  North  East  by  Bharat  Petroleum  Corporation Limited (BPCL)
-  Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has initiated action for product pipelines/LPG Bottling Plant Augmentation, which are as under:-
- i. Guwahati-Silchar-Imphal Product Pipeline
- ii. Chittagong-Sabrum-Agartala LPG pipeline
- iii. LPG Bottling Plants at Silchar, Guwahati, Gopanari, Umium and Agartala
-  A  Memorandum  of  Understanding  has  been  signed  between  ONGC,  IOCL,  OIL, GAIL and NRL for Natural Gas Pipeline Grid in North East of about 1500 Km.
-  Implementation  of  Bharat  State  VI  Project  at  Guwahati,  Digboi  and  Bongaigaon Refinery by IOCL
-  Augmentation of capacity of Indane Maximization Unit(INDMAX) at Guwahati and Bongaigaon Refinery
-  Expansion of Bongaigaon Refinery by IOCL

National Oil Companies have invested about Rs 24716.5 Crore in North East Region during the last two years (2015-17) and the current year (2017-18).

(c)  &  (d)  The  details  are  at  Annexure.  Numaligarh  Refinery  Limited  has  earned  the  total profit of Rs. 4768 Crore during the period 2015-16 to December, 2017.

(e) & (f) IOCL Bongaigaon Refinery is increasing refining capacity from existing 2.35 to 2.7 MMTPA with an estimated cost of Rs. 2582 Crores.

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## To be referred in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3823 dated 19.03.2018

The details of refineries in Assam along with their refining capacity, current production rate, details of profit & loss and the quantum of various products  are as under:-

## Refining Capacity and Current Production

| Sl.   | Refinery           | Installed Capacity (MMT)   | Current production (MMT)   | Current production (MMT)   | Current production (MMT)   |
|-------|--------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl.   | Refinery           |                            | 2015-16                    | 2016-17                    | 2017-18 (Upto Feb, 2018)   |
| 1     | Numaligarh (NRL)   | 3.0                        | 2.52                       | 2.68                       | 2.80*                      |
| 2.    | Guwahati (IOCL)    | 1.0                        | 0.904                      | 0.864                      | 0.934                      |
| 3.    | Digboi (IOCL)      | 0.65                       | 0.562                      | 0.533                      | 0.603                      |
| 4.    | Bongaiogaon (IOCL) | 2.350                      | 2.442                      | 2.486                      | 2.183                      |

## The quantum of production during the last two years and the current year at NRL

| Sr.   |                                     | Production (in TMT)   | Production (in TMT)   | Production (in TMT)   |
|-------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| No.   | Product                             | 2015-16               | 2016-17               | 2017-18 (Apr-Feb)     |
| 1     | LPG                                 | 45.84                 | 54.68                 | 54.01                 |
| 2     | Fuel Grade Naphtha (FGN)            | -23.41                | -0.48                 | -4.18                 |
| 3     | Petrochemical Grade Naphtha (PCN)   | 12.07                 | 18.16                 | -2.69                 |
| 4     | Special Boiling Point Spirit (SBPS) | -                     | 0.40                  | -0.39                 |
| 5     | MS (BS-III)                         | 461.18                | 381.30                | -0.34                 |
| 6     | MS (BS-IV)                          | 49.84                 | 158.41                | 565.92                |
| 7     | ATF                                 | 67.40                 | 80.24                 | 70.38                 |
| 8     | SKO                                 | 134.10                | 103.20                | 67.16                 |
| 9     | MTO                                 | -                     | 3.70                  | 8.21                  |
| 10    | HSD &GAS OIL                        | 1388.19               | 1253.63               | 18.84                 |
| 11    | HSD (BS-IV)                         | 263.95                | 488.55                | 1676.59               |
| 12    | Flushing Oil/ Light Gas Oil         | 0.04                  | 0.98                  | 0.77                  |
| 13    | Wax                                 | 23.45                 | 34.29                 | 42.15                 |
| 14    | RPC                                 | 29.73                 | 10.37                 | 21.58                 |
| 15    | CPC                                 | 65.89                 | 63.80                 | 59.01                 |
| 16    | Sulphur                             | 2.65                  | 4.11                  | 5.21                  |
|       | Crude Throughput                    | 2,520                 | 2,683                 | 2,598                 |
|       | Total Production                    | 2,497                 | 2,655                 | 2,582                 |

## Details of total production of Major Petroleum Products by 3 refineries of IndianOil in the state of Assam

(In TMT)

|          | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 upto Feb'18   | 2017-18 upto Feb'18   | 2017-18 upto Feb'18   |
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|          | GR        | DR        | BGR       | GR        | DR        | BGR       | GR                    | DR                    | BGR                   |
| LPG      | 39        | 9         | 58        | 39        | 15        | 59        | 40                    | 17                    | 55                    |
| Naphtha  | 17        | 1         | 184       | 15        | -1        | 177       | 29                    | -1                    | 119                   |
| MS       | 223       | 83        | 155       | 251       | 89        | 191       | 213                   | 108                   | 234                   |
| ATF      | 32        | 0         | 6         | 37        | 0         | 27        | 38                    | 0                     | 30                    |
| SKO      | 109       | 11        | 123       | 90        | 6         | 164       | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| HSD      | 625       | 263       | 1442      | 631       | 274       | 1331      | 595                   | 339                   | 1,151                 |
| Fuel Oil | 0         | 76        | 34        | 0         | 51        | 35        | 0                     | 27                    | 36                    |
| Bitumen  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |
| Coke     | 59        | 34        | 153       | 57        | 35        | 141       | 58                    | 42                    | 132                   |
| WAX      | 0         | 26        | 0         | 0         | 29        | 0         | 0                     | 31                    | 0                     |

Note:-Production in Guwahati and Digboi is higher than crude due to external inputs from other refineries.

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