Lok Sabha Question No. 222 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Crude Oil Production by ONGC
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR, M. UDHAYAKUMAR, RAM CHARITRA, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 222 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  February, 2019

## Crude Oil Production by ONGC

222. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR: ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR: SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD: SHRI V. ELUMALAI: DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

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

(a)  whether the onshore/offshore crude oil and gas production of ONGC has seen flat growth during the last year as compared to the current year and if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of increase/decrease in the production of oil and gas during the last three years and the current year in terms of million tonnes;

(b) whether ONGC has formed a strategy for higher output at its old/matured fields and has  initiated  major  Enhanced  Oil  Recovery  (EOR)  activities  in  order  to  enhance  the recovery of oil and gas from the matured oil fields and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the EOR model through Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage would help to increase production and also provide impetus to environmental management to a great extent and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether ONGC proposes to bring in service providers with advanced technology in operation of  its  oil  and  gas  fields  by  offering  them  Production  Enhancement  Contracts (PECs)  where  they  would  get  a  predetermined  fee  for  incremental  production  over  a baseline and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether ONGC has already identified two onshore fields for implementation of PEC and has also got the baseline production profile vetted by the third party and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Crude  oil  production  of  Oil  and  Natural  Gas  Corporation  (ONGC)  during  AprilDecember,  2017  was  16.892  Million  Metric  Tonnes  (MMT)  as  compared  to  15.960 MMT  during  April-December,  2018.  Similarly,  natural  gas  production  during  AprilDecember, 2017 was 17.686 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) as compared to 18.472 BCM during April-December, 2018.

The details of ONGC's crude oil and natural gas production during last three years i.e. from 2015-16 to 2017-18 and current year 2018-19 (till Dec, 2018) are as under:-

|   Year |   Crude Oil Production (in MMT) | Natural gas Production (in BCM)   |
|--------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 22.368 |                          21.177 | 2015-16                           |
| 22.249 |                          22.088 | 2016-17                           |
| 22.305 |                          23.484 | 2017-18                           |
| 15.96  |                          18.472 | 2018-19 (till Dec, 2018)          |

(b) ONGC has implemented Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology in its Balol, Santhal, Lanwa, Gandhar GS-12, Sanand fields and has also completed two phases of redevelopment of Mumbai High North and South.

(c) ONGC has undertaken projects pertaining to deploy CO2-EOR method which is a process of injecting Carbon Dioxide into oil reservoirs for Enhanced Oil Recovery to rejuvenate its mature oilfields to ramp up domestic oil production in western onshore and southern  onshore  fields.  Memorandum  of  Understanding  has  been  signed  with National  Thermal  Power  Corporation  (NTPC),  Jhanor  for  capturing  Carbon  Dioxide and  injection  into  Western  Onshore  fields.  This  Carbon  Capture  Utilization  and Storage  (CCUS)  technology  would  help  in  reducing  the  emissions  of  CO2 in  the atmosphere.

(d) & (e) In November 2017, ONGC has approved the policy and business model for Production  Enhancement  Contract  to  raise  output  and  maximize  recovery  from  its mature  oil  fields.  The  service  provider  will  receive  service  fees  in  $/barrel  for incremental production over baseline production. Two  Onshore  fields, one in Ahmadabad Asset and another in Assam Asset have been identified by ONGC. Third party expert has carried out vetting of the production profiles of these fields.

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