Lok Sabha Question No. 341 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Oil and Gas Reserves
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.341

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  JUNE, 2019

## Oil and Gas Reserves

## 341.   SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

## पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)        the  details  of  oil  and  gas  reserves  found  in  Nagayalanka  Mandal  of Krishna district recently along with the status of commercial exploitation by ONGC in the said areas;
- (b)  whether the villages where oil and gas reserves were found have extended their full cooperation and support for the project and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether commercial production of oil and gas reserves found in Bhavadevarapalli village in Nagayalanka of Krishna district has started and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)    whether  ONGC  has  found  any  other  oil  and  gas  reserves  in  other  villages  of Nagayalanka  during  the  6-8  months  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the royalty paid/proposed to be paid to the Government of Andhra Pradesh for exploring the above natural resources annually;
- (e)  whether the ONGC proposes to adopt 10 or 15 villages under CSR and take up developmental works and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)    the  efforts  being  made  by  ONGC  with  the  help  of  GAIL,  etc.  to  provide  PNG connection  to  households  of  Machilipatnam  in  view  of  finding  and  exploring  gas reserves in Nagayalanka?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्रािय में मंत्री ( प्रााप्र ामेर्मध ीी )

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

- (a):        As  on  01.04.2019  Estimated  Ultimate  Recovery  (EUR)  in  KG-ONN-2003/1 (Nagayalanka) block is 2.33 Million Metric ton of oil equivalent (MMtoe).

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) commenced production from this block  in  May  2018.  The  details  of  crude  oil  and  natural  gas  production  from Nagayalanka field for year 2018-19 and current year i.e. 2019-20 (April 2019 to May 2019) are as under:-

| Year                              |   Oil (MMT) |   Gas (MMSCM) |
|-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------|
| 2018-19                           |      0.0112 |          4.58 |
| 2019-20* (April 2019 to May 2019) |      0.0027 |          0.95 |
| Total production                  |      0.0139 |          5.53 |

*

Figures are provisional

- (b):    ONGC  faced  no  hindrance  from  villagers  in  its  exploration  and  development activities.
- (c):    There  is  no  oil  and  gas  well  in  Bhavadevarapali  village  in  Nagayalanka  of Krishna district.
- (d): ONGC  has  not  found  any  other  oil  and  gas  reserves  in  other  villages  of Nagayalanka during 6-8 months.
- (e):  ONGC has not adopted any village in the last 4 years, post implementation of the  provisions  of  CSR  under  Companies  Act,  2013.  However,  a  number  of developmental activities under CSR as per the focus areas under Schedule VII of the Companies  Act,  2013  have  been  implemented  by  ONGC  in  the  villages  near operational areas.
- (f):   Machilipatnam is covered under the Krishna District City Gas Distribution (CGD) network. M/s Megha  Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL) has been authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) for development of CGD including PNG connections for household in the area.

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