Lok Sabha Question No. 715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Oil and Gas Exploration
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.715 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  JULY, 2018

## Oil and Gas Exploration

## 715.    SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL: SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)   the details of onshore and offshore public/private sector companies engaged in oil and gas exploration in the country including the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)  and  Oil  India  Limited  (OIL)  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, oil field/company/ State/UT-wise;
- (b)      the  details  of  targets  fixed  and  achieved  by  public/private  sector  companies including  ONGC  and  OIL  in  the  exploration  of  crude  oil  and  natural  gas  reserves from their existing oil fields particularly in MP and Chhattisgarh, oil field/company/State/UT-wise;
- (c)    whether  the  said  public/private  sector  companies  including  ONGC/OIL  have shown interest to acquire offshore blocks abroad and if so, the details thereof and the  amount  of  investment  proposed  to  be  made,  company/country-wise  including Russia;
- (d)      whether  the  ONGC  proposes  to  set  up  gas-based  Urea  Plant  in  Madhya Pradesh with joint venture and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)   whether Indian energy companies are aggressively into the process of buying shares in overseas oil and gas fields and if so, the details thereof along with name of the countries where shares in oil and gas fields have been acquired till 2017; and
- (f)   whether the Indian companies would import crude oil to India or set up their own refineries in the respectivecountries and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

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

- (a) & (b) The details are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II.
- (c) Indian Public Sector Oil companies have been acquiring assets independently or through participating in consortium with other Indian Public Sector Oil companies or foreign  companies.  The  acquisition  of  stakes  and  /  or  ownership  of  oil  and  gas

assets  abroad  by  Indian  PSU  Oil  and  Gas  companies  are  envisaged  to  augment energy security of India. (d) No Madam. ONGC has no such proposal. (e)  Indian  Public  Sector Oil  and  Gas  companies,  till  February  2018 , have acquired stake  in 27  countries,  including  Australia,  Azerbaijan,  Bangladesh,  Brazil,  Canada, Colombia, East Timor, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mozambique,  Myanmar,  Namibia,  New  Zealand,  Nigeria,  Russia,  South  Sudan, Sudan, Syria, USA, UAE, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen. (f) The acquisition of assets abroad, setting up refineries aboard etc are commercial decisions taken / to be taken by the company.

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ANNEXURE TO BE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  715  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRAHLAD  SINGH  PATEL  AND  SHRI  KANWAR  SINGH  TANWAR,  MP REGARDING OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

## State/UT wise details of companies engaged in Exploration and Production Activities

Details of States in which ONGC has carried out Exploration and Production Activities

| State              | Name of E&P companies   |
|--------------------|-------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     | ONGC                    |
| Arunanchal Pradesh | ONGC                    |
| Assam              | ONGC                    |
| Gujarat            | ONGC                    |
| Himachal Pradesh   | ONGC                    |
| Madhya Pradesh     | ONGC                    |
| Rajasthan          | ONGC                    |
| Tamil Nadu         | ONGC                    |
| Tripura            | ONGC                    |
| West Bengal        | ONGC                    |
| Eastern Offshore   | ONGC                    |
| Western Offshore   | ONGC                    |

Details of States in which OIL has carried out Exploration and Production Activities

| State             | Name of E&P companies   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh | OIL                     |
| Assam             | OIL                     |
| Rajasthan         | OIL                     |

Details of States in which Exploration and Production Activities were carried out under Production Sharing Contract Regime

| State              | Name of E&P companies                    |
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     | Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.              |
| Andhra Pradesh     | GAIL (India) Limited.                    |
| Andhra Pradesh     | Geo-Global Resources Inc.                |
| Andhra Pradesh     | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. |
| Andhra Pradesh     | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.     |
| Andhra Pradesh     | Oil India Ltd.                           |
| Andhra Pradesh     | Petrogas                                 |
| Arunanchal Pradesh | Geo Enpro                                |
| Arunanchal Pradesh | Geo-Petrol International Inc.            |
| Arunanchal Pradesh | Jubilant Energy (Kharsang) Pvt. Ltd.     |
| Arunanchal Pradesh | Oil India Ltd.                           |

| State       | Name of E&P companies                         |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Assam       | Assam Company Ltd.                            |
| Assam       | Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                    |
| Assam       | Essar Oil Ltd.                                |
| Assam       | GAIL (India) Limited.                         |
| Assam       | Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.    |
| Assam       | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                   |
| Assam       | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.          |
| Assam       | Oil India Ltd.                                |
| Chattisgarh | Deep Energy Llc                               |
| Chattisgarh | Deep Industries Ltd.                          |
| Chattisgarh | Kanvel Finance Limited.                       |
| Chattisgarh | Savla Electronics Pvt. Ltd.                   |
| Gujarat     | BF Infrastructure Ltd.                        |
|             | Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                    |
|             | BP Exploration (Alpha)                        |
|             | Deep Energy Llc                               |
|             | Engineers India Ltd.                          |
|             | Essar Oil Ltd.                                |
|             | Focus Energy Ltd.                             |
|             | Frost International Ltd                       |
|             | GAIL (India) Limited.                         |
|             | Geo-Global Resources Inc.                     |
|             | Gujarat Natural Resources Ltd.                |
|             | Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.      |
|             | Harish Chandra (India) Ltd.                   |
|             | Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.    |
|             | Hydrocarbon Resource Development Company Ltd. |
|             | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                   |
|             | Jay Polychem (India) Ltd.                     |
|             | Jay Polychem Pte.Ltd.                         |
|             | Joshi Tech. Inc.                              |
|             | Jubilant Enpro Pvt. Limited.                  |
|             | Jubilant Securities Pvt. Ltd.                 |
|             | KGN Oil& Gas Private Limited                  |
|             | Mercator Petroleum Private Limited.           |
|             | Monnet Ispat& Energy Ltd.                     |
|             | National Thermal Power Corporation            |
|             | Niko Resources Limited.                       |
|             | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.          |
|             | Oilex-NL Holdings Ltd                         |
|             | Okland Offshore Holdings Ltd.                 |
|             | Omkar Naturals Resources Pvt. Ltd.            |
|             | Pan India Consultants                         |
|             | Pratibha Oil and Natural Gas Pvt. Ltd.        |
|             | Prize Petroleum Company Ltd.                  |

| Name of E&P companies                      |
|--------------------------------------------|
| Reliance Industries Ltd.                   |
| Sankalp Oil and Natural Resources Ltd.     |
| Selan Expl. Tech. Ltd.                     |
| Sintex Oil& Gas Pvt. Ltd.                  |
| Sun Petrochemical Pvt. Ltd.                |
| Tullow India Operations Ltd.               |
| Deep Energy Llc                            |
| Deep Natural Resources Limited             |
| Jaiprakash Associates Ltd.                 |
| KGN Industries Limited                     |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.       |
| Prize Petroleum Company Ltd.               |
| Safal WSB Energy Private Limited           |
| Geo-Global Resources Inc.                  |
| Jubilant Energy (Kharsang) Pvt. Ltd.       |
| Jubilant Offshore Drilling Pvt. Ltd.       |
| Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Limited.        |
| Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.       |
| Oil India Ltd.                             |
| Shiv - Vani                                |
| Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                 |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.      |
| Birkbeck Investment Ltd.                   |
| Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Ltd              |
| Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.                |
| Focus Energy Ltd.                          |
| GAIL (India) Limited.                      |
| Geo-Global Resources Inc.                  |
| Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.   |
| Hallworthy                                 |
| Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited. |
| Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited.       |
| HPCL- Mittal Energy Ltd.                   |
| IMC Limited                                |
| iServices Investment Ltd.                  |
| Newbury Oil Company Ltd.                   |
| Nitinfire                                  |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.       |
| Oil India Ltd.                             |
| Xoil Limited                               |
| Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                 |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.      |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.       |
| Tata Petrodyne Ltd.                        |

| Name of E&P companies                                   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| GAIL (India) Limited.                                   |
| Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Limited.                     |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.                    |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.                    |
| Oil India Ltd.                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh Gas Infrastructure Corporation Pvt. Ltd. |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.                   |
| BP Exploration (Alpha)                                  |
| Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.                             |
| GAIL (India) Limited.                                   |
| Geo-Global Resources Inc.                               |
| Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.                |
| Hardy Exploration &Production (India) Inc.              |
| Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.              |
| Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited.                    |
| Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                             |
| Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Limited.                     |
| National Thermal Power Corporation                      |
| Niko Resources Limited.                                 |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.                    |
| Oil India Ltd.                                          |
| Ravva Oil Pte. Ltd.                                     |
| Reliance Industries Ltd.                                |
| Santos International Operations Pty. Ltd.               |
| Tata Petrodyne Ltd.                                     |
| Videocon Petroleum Limited.                             |
| Adani Welspun Exploration Ltd.                          |
| Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                              |
| Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.                             |
| Essar Oil Ltd.                                          |
| Focus Energy Ltd.                                       |
| GAIL (India) Limited.                                   |
| Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.                |
| Hardy Exploration &Production (India) Inc.              |
| Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.              |
| Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited.                    |
| Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                             |
| Newbury Oil Company Ltd.                                |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.                    |
| Oil India Ltd.                                          |
| Okland Offshore Holdings Ltd.                           |
| Reliance Industries Ltd.                                |
| Tata Petrodyne Ltd.                                     |
| Tullow India Operations Ltd.                            |
| Royal Duch Shell                                        |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE TO BE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  715  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRAHLAD  SINGH  PATEL  AND  SHRI  KANWAR  SINGH  TANWAR,  MP REGARDING OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

## State/ UT -wise details of exploration targets and achievements by companies

| Year    | 2D Seismic (LKM)   | 2D Seismic (LKM)   | 3D seismic (Sq.Km)   | 3D seismic (Sq.Km)   | Exploratory wells (No.)   | Exploratory wells (No.)   | Inplace Volume accretion(MMTOE)   | Inplace Volume accretion(MMTOE)   |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         | Target             | Actual             | Target               | Actual               | Target                    | Actual                    | Target                            | Actual                            |
| 2015-16 | -                  | -                  | 1060                 | 724                  | 14                        | 6                         | 12.000                            | 1.720                             |
| 2016-17 | -                  | 523                | 1210                 | 1490                 | 13                        | 9                         | 14.000                            | 16.089                            |
| 2017-18 | -                  | -                  | 648                  | 740                  | 10                        | 9                         | 14.000                            | 28.745                            |
| 2018-19 | -                  | -                  | 172                  | 78                   | 10                        | 1                         | 14.000                            | -                                 |
| 2015-16 | 150                | 60                 | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | 0.007                             |
| 2016-17 | 30                 | 95                 | -                    | -                    | 2                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2017-18 | 25                 | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | 0.562                             |
| 2018-19 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2015-16 | 340                | 511                | 330                  | 186                  | 34                        | 18                        | 8.300                             | 1.833                             |
| 2016-17 | 130                | 112                | 420                  | 231                  | 40                        | 29                        | 9.750                             | 24.250                            |
| 2017-18 | 100                | 144                | 777                  | 448                  | 29                        | 24                        | 11.200                            | 21.542                            |
| 2018-19 | 275                | 54                 | 538                  | 63                   | 28                        | 6                         | 8.000                             | -                                 |
| 2015-16 | 320                | 340                | 614                  | 354                  | 73                        | 47                        | 15.000                            | 27.420                            |
| 2016-17 | -                  | 280                | 874                  | 896                  | 45                        | 47                        | 12.000                            | 15.298                            |
| 2017-18 | -                  | -                  | 754                  | 132                  | 36                        | 32                        | 18.000                            | 28.861                            |
| 2018-19 | -                  | -                  | 717                  | 89                   | 29                        | 3                         | 19.700                            | -                                 |
| 2015-16 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | - -                               |
| 2016-17 | 200                | -                  | -                    | -                    | 2                         | -                         | -                                 |                                   |
| 2017-18 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2018-19 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2015-16 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | 3.041                             |
| 2016-17 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2017-18 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2018-19 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2015-16 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | 1                         | 1                         | -                                 | 0.001                             |
| 2016-17 | -                  | -                  | 160                  | 375                  | 4                         | 1                         | 1.000                             | -                                 |
| 2017-18 | 250                | 356                | -                    | 55                   | 4                         | 3                         | 2.000                             | -                                 |
| 2018-19 | -                  | -                  | 50                   | 28                   | 4                         | -                         | 0.700                             | -                                 |
| 2015-16 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | 3                         | 2                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2016-17 | -                  | -                  | 1681                 | -                    | 2                         | 1                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2017-18 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |

| State                    | Year            | 2D Seismic (LKM)   | 2D Seismic (LKM)   | 3D seismic (Sq.Km)   | 3D seismic (Sq.Km)   | Exploratory wells (No.)   | Exploratory wells (No.)   | Inplace Volume accretion(MMTOE)   | Inplace Volume accretion(MMTOE)   |
|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                          |                 | Target             | Actual             | Target               | Actual               | Target                    | Actual                    | Target                            | Actual                            |
|                          | 2018-19         |                    |                    |                      |                      |                           |                           |                                   |                                   |
|                          |                 | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | -                         | -                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| Rajasthan                | 2015-16         | -                  | -                  | 716                  | 878                  | 30                        | 14                        | 1.500                             | 9.543                             |
| Rajasthan                | 2016-17         | -                  | 110                | 176                  | 1259                 | 10                        | 3                         | 1.000                             | 0.734                             |
| Rajasthan                | 2017-18         | -                  | -                  | 350                  | 105                  | 4                         | -                         | -                                 | 91.483                            |
|                          | 2018-19         | -                  | -                  | 250                  | 50                   | 5                         | -                         | 1.000                             | -                                 |
| Tamil Nadu               | 2015-16         | -                  | -                  | 47                   | 47                   | 11                        | 5                         | 9.000                             | 48.339                            |
| Tamil Nadu               | 2016-17         | -                  | -                  | 140                  | 500                  | 15                        | 6                         | 15.000                            | 2.960                             |
| Tamil Nadu               | 2017-18         | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | 9                         | 6                         | 17.500                            | 10.652                            |
| Tamil Nadu               | 2018-19         | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | 6                         | 1                         | 16.000                            | -                                 |
| Tripura                  | 2015-16         | 95                 | 164                | 250                  | 10                   | 9                         | 9                         | 4.000                             | -                                 |
| Tripura                  | 2016-17         | 85                 | 140                | 185                  | 9                    | 9                         | 3                         | 4.700                             | 13.112                            |
| Tripura                  | 2017-18         | 70                 | -                  | 242                  | 101                  | 10                        | 10                        | 6.000                             | 0.710                             |
| Tripura                  | 2018-19         | 10                 | -                  | 100                  | 42                   | 15                        | 1                         | 9.000                             | -                                 |
| West Bengal (CBM         | 2015-16         | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | 4                         | 2                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| Production)              | 2016-17         | -                  |                    | -                    | 3065                 | 7                         | 2                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| Production)              |                 |                    | 3140               |                      |                      |                           |                           |                                   |                                   |
| Production)              | 2017-18         | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | 4                         | 1                         | -                                 | -                                 |
| Eastern Offshore         | 2018-19         | - 4557             | - 1581             | - -                  | -                    | 4 18                      | 0 10                      | - 15.000                          | - -                               |
|                          | 2015-16 2016-17 | -                  | 3124               | 950                  | 95 1470              | 13                        | 8                         | 22.500                            | 108.513                           |
|                          | 2017-18         | -                  | -                  | 130                  | 149                  | 15                        | 21                        | 19.500                            | 11.180                            |
|                          | 2018-19         | -                  | -                  | -                    | -                    | 9                         | 1                         | 12.500                            | -                                 |
|                          | 2015-16         | 11000              | 5267               | 4936                 | 4040                 | 41                        | 25                        | 47.700                            | 59.502                            |
| Western Offshore 2016-17 |                 | 6000               | 11500              | 3610                 | 4353                 | 30                        | 32                        | 54.000                            | 64.109                            |
| Western Offshore 2016-17 | 2017-18         | 1500               | -                  | 5457                 | 3329                 | 38                        | 38                        | 53.000                            | 99.395                            |
| Western Offshore 2016-17 | 2018-19         | -                  | -                  | 2018                 | 192                  | 31                        | 3                         | 48.300                            | -                                 |

Note LKM-Line Kilometers MMTOE- Million Metric Tonne of Oil and Oil Equivalent of Gas Actual Production data for the year 2018-19 is upto Q1(April-June, 2018)

In the state of Chhattisgarh, Government has awarded four CBM blocks. Two blocks have been relinquished due to poor prospectivity and other two blocks are at initial phase of exploration.