Lok Sabha Question No. 4680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Exploration of Oil and Natural Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  July, 2019

## Exploration of Oil and Natural Gas

## 4680.  SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

## पैट्रोलियम व प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a) the details of private/public sector companies  involved  in exploration  and production of oil and gas along with oil and gas explored and produced by them during the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  along  with  the  expenditure  incurred  on exploration  of  such  oil/gas  wells,  State/UT/  Company/Project-wise  especially  in Andaman and Nicobar Islands;

(b) the details of survey conducted/ proposed to be conducted and oil and gas field discovered by public/private sector companies in the country, State/UT/ Company/Oil/Field/Project-wise especially Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  failed  to  achieve  the  targeted  exploration  and production of oil and natural gas in the country and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER )

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

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

(a) & (b) The list containing names of private/public sector companies involved in the exploration and production activities is placed at Annexure. State-wise/company-wise details  of  domestic  oil  and  gas  produced  during  last  three  years  and  during  current year (till May, 2019) are as under:

Crude Oil Production (Thousand Metric Tonnes)

| State/Source      | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (P)   | 2019-20 (till May, 2019)   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|----------------------------|
| Onshore           | Onshore   | Onshore   | Onshore       | Onshore                    |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 276       | 322       | 296           | 40.40                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 55        | 50        | 43            | 9.16                       |
| Assam             | 4,203     | 4,342     | 4,275         | 700.41                     |
| Gujarat           | 4,605     | 4,591     | 4,626         | 794.71                     |
| Rajasthan         | 8,049     | 7,720     | 7,464         | 1201.97                    |

| Tamil Nadu           | 284      | 345      | 395      | 68.85              |
|----------------------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
| Total Onshore        | 17,472   | 17,369   | 17,099   | 2815.5             |
| Share of ONGC        | 5934     | 6010     | 6074     | 1025.54            |
| Share of OIL         | 3258     | 3376     | 3293     | 539.16             |
| Share of Private/JV  | 8,280    | 7,984    | 7,732    | 1250.79            |
| Offshore             | Offshore | Offshore | Offshore | Offshore           |
| Share of ONGC        | 14,921   | 14,785   | 13,484   | 2184.84            |
| Share of Private/JV  | 2,108    | 1,890    | 1,892    | 278                |
| Total Offshore       | 17,029   | 16,676   | 15,376   | 2462.27            |
| Condensate (ONGC)    | 1363     | 1454     | 1485     | 240.54             |
| Condensate (Pvt./JV) | 144      | 185      | 244      | (already Included) |
| Total Oil Production | 36,009   | 35,684   | 34,203   | 5,518.61           |

## Natural Gas Production (in MMSCM)

| State/Source         | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (P)   | 2019-20 (till June, 2019)   |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------------------------|
| Onshore              | Onshore   | Onshore   | Onshore       | Onshore                     |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 868       | 959       | 1081          | 152.74                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 28        | 30        | 28            | 50.3                        |
| Assam                | 3128      | 3219      | 3289          | 488.41                      |
| Gujarat              | 1580      | 1607      | 1402          | 227.1                       |
| Rajasthan            | 1277      | 1442      | 1483          | 260.11                      |
| Tamil Nadu           | 983       | 1207      | 1208          | 199.78                      |
| Tripura              | 1430      | 1440      | 1554          | 279.88                      |
| Jharkhand (CBM)      | 3         | 4         | 4             | 0.78                        |
| Madhya Pradesh (CBM) | 6         | 200       | 357           | 56.83                       |
| West Bengal (CBM)    | 555       | 531       | 350           | 52.22                       |
| Total Onshore        | 9858      | 10639     | 10756         | 1768.15                     |
| Share of ONGC        | 5205      | 5638      | 5633          | 920.27                      |
| Share of OIL         | 2937      | 2881      | 2722          | 455.38                      |
| Share of Private/JV  | 1717      | 2119      | 2401          | 392.5                       |
| Offshore             | Offshore  | Offshore  | Offshore      | Offshore                    |
| Share of ONGC        | 16883     | 17791     | 19042         | 3199.83                     |
| Share of Private/JV  | 5155      | 4219      | 3075          | 426.84                      |
| Total Offshore       | 22038     | 22011     | 22117         | 3626.67                     |
| Total Gas Production | 31897     | 32649     | 32873         | 5394.81                     |

During last three years i.e. from 2016-17 to 2018-19, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has made an investment of about ₹75000 crore while Oil India Limited (OIL) has made investment of about ₹9688.71 crore in E&P activities. Investment made by Pvt./JV  companies  is  about  $562  million  in  the  Production  Sharing  Contract  (PSC) regime during last three years.

State-wise details of  2D and 3D seismic surveys conducted by public/private sector companies during last three years in the country are as under:

| Location Area     | Operator                    |   2D (LKM) | 3D (SKM)   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|------------|------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | ONGC                        |     523    | 2213.99    |
| Arunachal Pradesh | OIL                         |      99.24 | 0          |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Geo Enpro                   |       0    | 0          |
| Assam             | ONGC                        |     208.51 | 246.85     |
| Assam             | OIL                         |     257.64 | 796.14     |
| Eastern Offshore  | Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. |    3124    | 811        |
| Gujarat           | BPRL                        |      10    | 131        |
| Gujarat           | ONGC                        |     270    | 940.25     |
| Madhya Pradesh    | ONGC                        |     571.52 | 472.71     |
| Rajasthan         | HOEC                        |     110    | 1151       |
| Rajasthan         | ONGC                        |       0    | 256.96     |
| Rajasthan         | OIL                         |       0    | 219.35     |
| Tamil Nadu        | GAIL (India) Limited.       |       0    | 500        |
| Private Limited.  | Jubilant Oil & Gas          |     104    | Tripura 0  |
| Private Limited.  | ONGC                        |      88.55 | 249.66     |
| Western Offshore  | Focus Energy Ltd.           |   11500    | 0          |
| Western Offshore  | Essar Oil Ltd.              |       0    | 1431       |
| Western Offshore  | ONGC                        |       0    | 13103.21   |
| Eastern Offshore  | ONGC                        |       0    | 932.24     |
| Grand Total       |                             |   16866.5  | 23455.36   |

Under  various  rounds  of  New  Exploration  Licensing  Policy  (NELP),  11  exploration blocks  covering  an  area  of  83,419  sq.km.   were  awarded  in  Andaman  deep-water area. 27,070 Line Kilometer(LKM) of 2D and 16,516.68 Square Kilometer(SKM) of 3D seismic data have been acquired and 6 exploratory wells have been drilled. US$ 737 million has been incurred on carrying out these exploration activities.

(c) The  production  from  an  oil  well  depends  on  various  factors  such  as  reservoir profile, location, geological conditions etc. Over a period of time, the production from a well  declines  due  to  multiple  reasons  including  aging/maturing  of  the  well.  In  India, most of the production under nomination regime is from matured/aged fields/wells. In mature  fields  production  declines  over  a  period  of  time  and  subsequent  revival  of these wells is a continuous and dynamic process and is an intrinsic characteristic of any oil field.  Exploration & Production (E&P) companies make efforts to revive such wells  by  using  techniques  such  as  periodical  well  intervention,  workover  jobs,  well simulation jobs including hydro-fracturing, installation of suitable artificial lift systems and side-tracking of wells etc.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRD QUESTION NO. 4680 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  JULY, 2019 REGARDING 'EXPLORATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS'

| Sr. No.   | Government Companies                                                            |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                                                      |
| 2         | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.                                           |
| 3         | Engineers India Ltd.                                                            |
| 4         | GAIL (India) Limited.                                                           |
| 5         | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.                                        |
| 6         | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                                                     |
| 7         | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.                                            |
| 8         | Oil India Ltd.                                                                  |
| 9         | Prize Petroleum Company Ltd.                                                    |
|           | Private Companies                                                               |
| 1         | Adani Welspun Exploration Ltd.                                                  |
| 2         | Adbhoot Estates Private Limited                                                 |
| 3         | Arch Softwares Private Limited                                                  |
| 4         | Arsh Corporate Services Private Limited                                         |
| 5         | Assam Company Ltd.                                                              |
| 6         | Bagadiya Brothers Private Limited                                               |
| 7         | BDN Enterprises Pvt Ltd                                                         |
| 8         | BF Infrastructure Ltd.                                                          |
| 9         | Birkbeck Investment Ltd.                                                        |
| 10        | BP Exploration (Alpha)                                                          |
| 11        | Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Ltd                                                   |
| 12        | Deep Energy Llc                                                                 |
| 13        | Deep Industries Ltd.                                                            |
| 15        | Duggar Fiber Pvt Ltd                                                            |
| 16        | Essar Oil Ltd.                                                                  |
| 17        | Focus Energy Ltd.                                                               |
| 18        | Frost International Ltd                                                         |
| 19        | Ganges Geo Resources Private Limited                                            |
| 20        | GEM LABORATORIES PRIVATE LIMITED                                                |
| 21        | GEM PETRO E&P PRIVATE LIMITED                                                   |
| 22        | Geo Enpro                                                                       |
| 23        | Geo-Global Resources Inc.                                                       |
| 24        | Geo-Petrol International Inc.                                                   |
| 25        | Gujarat Natural Resources Ltd.                                                  |
| 26        | Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc.                                     |
| 27        | Harish Chandra (India) Ltd.                                                     |
| 28        | Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.                                      |
| 29        | IMC Limited                                                                     |
| 30        | Invenire Energy Private Limited                                                 |
| 31        | iServices Investment Ltd.                                                       |
| 32        | Jay Polychem (India) Ltd.                                                       |
| 33        | Jay Polychem Pte.Ltd.                                                           |
| 34        | Joshi Tech. Inc.                                                                |
| 35        | Jubilant Energy (Kharsang) Pvt. Ltd.                                            |
| 36        | Jubilant Enpro Pvt. Limited.                                                    |
| 37        | Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Limited.                                             |
| 38        | Jubilant Securities Pvt. Ltd.                                                   |
| 39        | Kanvel Finance Limited.                                                         |
| 40        | Keerthi Industries Limited                                                      |
|           | KEI-RSOS Petroleum & Energy Pvt Ltd                                             |
| 41        |                                                                                 |
| 42 43     | KGN Industries Limited KGN Oil & Gas Private Limited Mahendra Infratech Pvt Ltd |
| 44        |                                                                                 |

|   45 | Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------|
|   46 | Mercator Petroleum Private Limited.             |
|   47 | Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd.                      |
|   48 | Newbury Oil Company Ltd.                        |
|   49 | Niko Resources Limited.                         |
|   50 | NIPPON POWER LTD                                |
|   51 | Oilex-NL Holdings Ltd                           |
|   52 | OILMAX ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED                   |
|   53 | Omkar Naturals Resources Pvt. Ltd.              |
|   54 | Pan India Consultants                           |
|   55 | PFH OIL AND GAS PRIVATE LIMITED                 |
|   56 | Ramayna Ispat Private Limited                   |
|   57 | Ravva Oil Pte. Ltd.                             |
|   58 | Reliance Industries Ltd.                        |
|   59 | Royal Duch Shell                                |
|   60 | SafalWSB Energy Private Limited                 |
|   61 | Savla Electronics Pvt. Ltd.                     |
|   62 | Selan Expl. Tech. Ltd.                          |
|   63 | Shanno Business India Private Limited           |
|   64 | Shanti G.D. Ispat and Power Pvt. Ltd.           |
|   65 | Shiv - Vani                                     |
|   66 | South Asia Consultancy FZE                      |
|   67 | Sun Petrochemical Pvt. Ltd.                     |
|   68 | Tata Petrodyne Ltd.                             |
|   69 | Vedanta/Cairn                                   |
|   70 | Videocon Petroleum Limited.                     |
|   71 | Vijayasri bhaskar industries private limited    |

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