Lok Sabha Question No. 3184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Oil Storage Bunkers
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI, PRATHAP SIMHA, Adhikari Dibyendu, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3184 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st

## December, 2018

## Oil Storage Bunkers

## 3184. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) the  details  of  Strategic  Petroleum  Reserves  (SPRs)  built/constructed  in  the country in Phase I of SPR, State-wise along with the capacity of each reservoir including the number of days it would be utilised to offset supply constraints in emergency situation;
- (b) whether the Government has increased/proposes to increase the size of SPRs to 87 days' worth of the country's net crude oil imports by 2020 with the objective to cushion the impact of volatile world oil prices and to ensure energy security;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the number of sites identified for setting up of SPRs including Chandikhol in Odisha and the amount of funds earmarked/ sanctioned for the same;
- (d) whether  any  proposals  have  been  received  from  foreign  countries  to  set  up SPRs under PPP model in Phase II and has also considered experts opinion with regard to fund management and if so, the details and outcome thereof; and
- (e) whether Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Saudi Aramco and other companies have signed various agreements with the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves  Limited  (ISPRL),  the  designated  agency  that  manages  the  SPRs  to store oil at current reserve facilities in the country and if so, the details and the salient features of the said agreement?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Government of India Special Purpose Vehicle called Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve  Limited  (ISPRL)  has  already  created  SPR  facilities  at  3  locations, namely (i) Vishakhapatnam (1.33 MMT), (ii) Mangaluru (1.5 MMT) and (iii) Padur (2.5 MMT). As per the consumption pattern of 2017-18, the total  5.33 MMT  capacity  is  estimated  to  provide  for  about  9.5  days  of  crude  oil requirement.
- (b) to  (d)  Government  has  given  'in  principle'  approval  for  creation  of  two additional  SPR  facilities  with  total  storage  capacity  of  6.5  Million  Metric Tonnes (MMT) at two locations namely (i) Chandikhol in Odisha (4 MMT) and (ii) Padur in Karnataka (2.5 MMT). As per the consumption pattern of 2017-18, 6.5 MMT SPR capacity is estimated to provide for about additional 11.57 days of  India's  crude  oil  requirement.  Government  has  also  given  'in  principle' approval for exploring public private partnership model for Phase II. Government has, so far, not received any proposal from foreign countries to set up SPRs under PPP model.
- (e) ISPRL  and  Abu  Dhabi  National  Oil  Company  (ADNOC)  of  UAE  signed  a Restated Definitive Agreement on Oil Storage and Management for filling up one  of  the  two  caverns  at  Mangaluru  SPR  facility.  Under  the  Agreement ADNOC has filled up one of the two caverns at Mangaluru SPR facility with crude  oil  at  its  own  cost.  The  Agreement  allows  ADNOC  to  use  a  certain percentage of the stored crude oil for commercial purposes with a well defined replenishment  schedule.  ISPRL  and  ADNOC  also  signed  a  Memorandum  of Understanding on 12 th November'2018 to explore storage of crude oil in two compartments of Padur SPR constructed under phase I of the SPR programme.

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