Lok Sabha Question No. 4166 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Reducing Dependence on Import of Oil
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dushyant Singh, Preneet Kaur, Mohammad Jawed, Rajendra Agrawal, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, A. Chellakumar, Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy, Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, M. Selvaraj

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4166 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  March 2021

## Reducing Dependence on Import of Oil

## 4166. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

SHRIMATI PRENEET KAUR:

DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRIMATI RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

DR. A. CHALLAKUMAR:

SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the Government has set an aim of 10 per cent reduction of oil imports by 2022;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  year-on-year  progress  made  since  2014 towards  reducing  India's  oil  import  dependence  by  10  per  cent  by  2022  when compared to 2015-16;
- (c) the year-wise data of the crude oil imported till the year 2020 including the year-wise data  of the imports  of crude  oil as  percentage  of  total  domestic  crude  oil consumption till the year 2020;
- (d) the data of the crude oil produced domestically and the current production capacity of  pre-  New  Exploration  Licensing  Policy(NELP)  blocks  as  a  percentage  of  total domestic crude oil production, year wise;
- (e) the details of cess that is currently charged on the domestic crude produced in pre NELP blocks, year wise;
- (f)  whether the Government looks to amend the rate of domestic cess and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (g) the  details  of  actions  taken  by  the  Government  to  reduce  India's  oil  import dependence from 2014, including the resulting drop in oil import dependence, if any; and
- (h) whether exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources within India's borders is being undertaken by the Government either by itself or with some form of private partnership  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  in  terms  of  geographical  areas  where exploration is taking place, the progress so far, and the private entities involved, if any?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान ) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  &  (b)  Yes  Sir.  Government  is  making  all  efforts  to  reduce  import  dependence. India's oil and oil equivalent gas import dependence in 2014-15 and 2015-16 were 68.9% and 72.2% respectively and during current April-January, 2020-21 is 77.1%
- (c)  The year wise details of crude oil imported and details of imports of crude oil as percentage of total crude oil processing are as below:

|                                                                        |   2015-16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   2020-21 (April - Jan) (P) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------|
| Crude oil import (In MMT)                                              |     202.9 |      213.9 |      220.4 |      226.5 |      227   |                       162.8 |
| Crude oil processed (In MMT)                                           |     232.9 |      245.4 |      251.9 |      257.2 |      254.4 |                       182.2 |
| Percentage of crude oil import out of total crude oil processed (in %) |      87.1 |       87.2 |       87.5 |       88.1 |       89.2 |                        89.4 |

P: Provisional

- (d)  Trends of the crude oil produced domestically and Pre-NELP blocks is as below:
- (e)  & (f) Oil Industry Development Cess at the rate of 20% ad valorem is applicable on  crude  oils  produced  from  pre-NELP  blocks  and  at  present,  there  is  no  such proposal to amend the rate of cess.
- (g)  Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  has  taken  several  steps  inter  alia promotion  of renewable and alternate fuels like ethanol, second generation ethanol, compressed bio gas and biodiesel, promotion of natural gas as clean fuel/feedstock in the  country  with  a  view  to  move  towards  a  gas  based  economy,  refinery  process

|                               | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Pre-NELP Blocks (in MMT)      | 9.0       | 8.6       | 8.3       | 8.4       | 7.3       |
| Country's Production (in MMT) | 36.9      | 36.0      | 35.7      | 34.2      | 32.2      |
| Pre-NELP Blocks% Contribution | 24.4%     | 23.8%     | 23.3%     | 24.7%     | 22.6%     |

improvements,  promoting  energy  efficiency  and  conservation,  efforts  for  increasing production  of  oil  and  natural  gas  through  various  policies  under  Production  Sharing Contract (PSC) regime, Discovered Small Field Policy, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing  Policy,  Setting  up  of  National  Data  Repository,  etc.  Government  has  also provided  functional  freedom  to  National  Oil  Companies  and  wider  private  sector participation  by  streamlining  approval  processes  including  electronic  single  window mechanism. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is also working in collaboration with various Central Government  Ministries/stakeholders to make  efforts to achieve reduction in import dependency on oil.

- (h)   Exploration of Oil and gas in the country are taking place under:
1.  Nomination Regime - by ONGC and OIL
2.  PSC/RSC Regime - by Indian & Foreign Companies & JVs, including PSUs

At  present,  Exploration and Production  activities are taking place ~2,75,000 sq.km area across different sedimentary basins across India in onshore and offshore areas under Nomination, PSC and RSC Regimes.

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