Lok Sabha Question No. 1833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Review of Functioning of Petroleum Resources
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

## Review of Functioning of Petroleum Resources

1833. SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of petroleum resources within our country or outside India, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any private partner is involved within the country and outside India;
- (c) whether any new resources of petroleum have been found in our country during the last three years, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any possibility of new resources within Gujarat and Arabian Sea, if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has reviewed the production of petroleum and natural gas in the State of Gujarat during the last three years, if so, the details thereof; and

- (f) whether any private partnership is involved in Gujarat State?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री ( धमेन्द्र प्रधान ) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM& NATURAL GAS

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b) :  Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG) had approved constitution of a Multi  Organization  Team  comprising  of  representatives  of  Oil  &  Natural  Gas  Corporation Limited  (ONGC),  Oil  India  Limited  (OIL)  and  Directorate  General  Hydrocarbons  (DGH)  to carry out re-assessment of Hydrocarbon Resources of India in all its 26 sedimentary basins in 2014.

The reassessment study of conventional hydrocarbon resources under technical supervision of  International  domain  experts  and  Indian  basin  specialists  was  completed  in  November 2017 and  the same has been approved by MoP&NG.

c) The prognosticated conventional hydrocarbon resources in 26 sedimentary basins of the country are of the order of 41.87 billion tones (oil and oil equivalent of gas), which is about 49% increase as compared to earlier estimates of 28.08 billion tones based on earlier study.

d) As per new re-assessment of Hydrocarbon Resources of India, new resources have been found in all three Sedimentary Basins in the state of Gujarat.

The details of Prognosticated Hydrocarbon Resources in the 3 basins in the state of Gujarat is as under:-

| Category    | Basin      |   Prognosticated Resource Present Study Total (MMTOE) Onland + Shallow Water+ Deep water (2017) |
|-------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Category I  | Cambay     |                                                                                          2585.6 |
| Category II | Kutch      |                                                                                           898.4 |
| Category II | Saurashtra |                                                                                          1325.2 |

e) During the last three years, Crude Oil Production Trends (Thousand Metric Tonnes) in the State of Gujarat is as follows:-

( PSC+Nomination Regime)

| State/Source   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20 (P) (Upto Dec'19)   |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| Gujarat        | 4,605     | 4,591     | 4,626     | 3,527                       |

During the last three years, Natural Gas Production Trends (MMSCM) in the state of Gujarat is as follows:-

( PSC+Nomination Regime)

| State/Source   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (P) (upto Dec'19) |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| Gujarat        |      1580 |   1606.66 |   1402.22 |                     1011.78 |

(f) Private partnership is involved in ownership  of 31 Exploration block and  fields (operational) under Production Sharing Contract regime in the state of Gujarat. In addition, 8 contract  areas  have  been  awarded  to  Consortium  of  private  companies  only  under Discovered Small Field Bid Rounds and 15 exploration blocks have been awarded to private companies only under Open Acreage Licensing Policy Bid rounds in the state of Gujarat.