Lok Sabha Question No. 63 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Jasbir Singh Gill

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 63

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th September, 2020

## EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS

## 63.  SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL :

## पैोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether Indian National Oil and Gas Companies such as ONGC Videsh, IOCL, BPCL  and  HPCL  undertake  exploration  and  production  of  oil  and  gas  outside India?
- (b) if so, the oil and gas fields in which our national oil and gas companies have invested  including  the  name  of  the  country  where  these  oil  and  gas  fields  are located?
- (c) the details of production statistics from these oil and gas fields for the last five years.
- (d)  whether  our  National  Oil  and  Gas  companies  have  made  any  acquisitions  of foreign owned entities in these markets to aid their exploration activities and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER पैोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म मंी ( ी धम धान )

MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) & (b): Yes sir.  Indian Public Sector Oil and Gas companies, till August 2020, have acquired stakes in overseas oil & gas assets in 25 countries. The details of their overseas assets is at Annexure-I.
- (c): The production from overseas assets during the last 5 years is as under:
- (d):  Indian Oil and Gas companies have been periodically acquiring Participating Interest (PI) in the overseas' oil and gas assets, with a view to, inter alia, enhancing the  country's  energy  security.    The  details  of  such  acquisitions  are  provided  in Annexure-I.

| Financial Year     |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Production (MMToE) |     10.31 |    17.592 |    22.051 |     24.83 |    24.636 |

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## Annexure-I

## Overseas Assets of Indian Oil & Gas PSUs - Country wise

|   Sr. No | Country    | Name of Asset                                     | Company Name   |
|----------|------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Australia  | EP 413                                            | BPRL           |
|        1 | Australia  | Production License T/L1 (Yolla Field)             | PPCL           |
|        1 | Australia  | Retention Leases T/RL 2, 3, 4 &5(Trefoil &Others) | PPCL           |
|        2 | Azerbaijan | ACG                                               | OVL            |
|        2 | Azerbaijan | BTC Pipeline                                      | OVL            |
|        3 | Bangladesh | SS-04                                             | OVL            |
|        3 | Bangladesh | SS-09                                             | OIL OIL        |
|        3 | Bangladesh |                                                   | OVL            |
|        4 | Brazil     | BC-10                                             | OVL            |
|        4 | Brazil     | Block BM-SEAL-4                                   | OVL            |
|        4 | Brazil     | BM-SEAL-11 (2 blocks)                             | BPRL           |
|        4 | Brazil     | BM-C-30 (1 block)                                 | BPRL           |
|        4 | Brazil     | BM-POT-16 (2 blocks)                              | BPRL           |
|        5 | Canada     | PNW LNG Project                                   | IOCL           |
|        6 | Colombia   | MECL                                              | OVL            |
|        6 | Colombia   | Block RC-9                                        | OVL            |
|        6 | Colombia   | Block RC-10                                       | OVL            |
|        6 | Colombia   | Block SSJN 7                                      | OVL            |
|        6 | Colombia   | Block CPO-5                                       | OVL            |
|        6 | Colombia   | LLA 69                                            | OVL            |
|        6 | Colombia   | GUA OFF 2                                         | OVL            |
|        7 | East Timor | JPDA -06-103                                      | BPRL           |
|        8 | Gabon      | Block:Shakthi- II                                 | OIL            |
|        8 | Gabon      | Block:Shakthi- II                                 | IOCL           |
|        9 | Indonesia  | Nunukan                                           | BPRL           |
|       10 | Iran       | Block Farsi Farzad                                | OVL            |

|   11 | Iraq       | Block-8                                     | OVL   |
|------|------------|---------------------------------------------|-------|
|   12 | Israel     | Block 32                                    | OVL   |
|   12 | Israel     | Block 32                                    | BPRL  |
|   12 | Israel     | Block 32                                    | IOCL  |
|   12 | Israel     | Block 32                                    | OIL   |
|   13 | Kazakastan | Block Satpayev                              | OVL   |
|   14 | Libya      | Contract Area 43                            | OVL   |
|   14 | Libya      | Area 95/96                                  | OIL   |
|   14 | Libya      | Area 95/96                                  | IOCL  |
|   15 | Mozambique | Offshore Area 1, Rovuma Basin               | OVL   |
|   15 | Mozambique | Offshore Area 1, Rovuma Basin               | OIL   |
|   15 | Mozambique | Offshore Area 1, Rovuma Basin               | BPRL  |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Blocks A-1 &A-3                             | OVL   |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Blocks A-1 &A-3                             | OVL   |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Blocks A-1 &A-3                             | GAIL  |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Offshore Mid-stream Gas Pipeline (Pipeco 1) | OVL   |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Offshore Mid-stream Gas Pipeline (Pipeco 1) | GAIL  |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Onshore Gas Pipeline (SEAGP) (Pipeco 2)     | OVL   |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Onshore Gas Pipeline (SEAGP) (Pipeco 2)     | GAIL  |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Block B-2                                   | OVL   |
|   16 | Myanmar    | Block EP-3                                  | OVL   |
|   17 | Nigeria    | OML 142                                     | OIL   |
|   17 | Nigeria    | OML 142                                     | IOCL  |
|   18 | Oman       | Mukhaizana                                  | IOCL  |
|   19 |            | Sakhalin -1                                 | OVL   |
|   19 |            | Vankorneft                                  | OVL   |
|   19 |            | Vankorneft                                  | OIL   |
|   19 |            | Vankorneft                                  | BPRL  |
|   19 |            | Vankorneft                                  | IOCL  |
|   19 | Russia     | Imperial Energy                             | OVL   |
|   19 |            | License-61                                  | OIL   |
|   19 |            | TaasYuryakh                                 | OIL   |
|   19 |            | TaasYuryakh                                 | BPRL  |
|   19 |            | TaasYuryakh                                 | IOCL  |

| 20   | South Sudan   | GPOC (Block -1A, 1B, 4S)                   | OVL   |
|------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|-------|
|      |               | SPOC (Block 5A)                            | OVL   |
| 21   | Syria         | AFPC                                       | OVL   |
| 21   | Syria         | Block 24                                   | OVL   |
| 22   | UAE           | Lower Zakum Concession                     | OVL   |
| 22   | UAE           | Lower Zakum Concession                     | BPRL  |
| 22   | UAE           | Lower Zakum Concession                     | IOCL  |
| 22   | UAE           | Onshore Block 1                            | BPRL  |
| 22   | UAE           | Onshore Block 1                            | IOCL  |
| 23   | USA           | Niobrara Shale Project                     | OIL   |
| 23   | USA           | Niobrara Shale Project                     | IOCL  |
| 23   | USA           | GAIL-Carrizo Eagle Ford Joint Venture (JV) | GAIL  |
| 24   | Venezuela     | San Cristobal                              | OVL   |
| 24   | Venezuela     | Carabobo Project-1                         | OVL   |
| 24   | Venezuela     | Carabobo Project-1                         | IOCL  |
| 25   | Vietnam       | Block 06.1                                 | OVL   |
| 25   | Vietnam       | Block 128                                  | OVL   |