Lok Sabha Question No. 196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Covid-19 Effect on Import of Oil
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## Covid-19 Effect on Import of Oil

## 196.   DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the structure of oil and gas sector has changed due to Covid-19 disruptions in the country;
- (b) if so, the extent to which country's oil imports have come down thereafter;
- (c) whether due to reduced domestic demand Indian refiners have reduced their capacity, if
- so, the details in this regard, refinery-wise; and
- (d) the details of revenue generation of various oil companies during the lockdown and so far as compared to corresponding period of previous year?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान )

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

- (a) & (b)      Oil and gas sector PSUs have informed that COVID 19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented fall in demand which in-turn has reduced revenue consequent to lockdown imposed in the country.

Consumption of all petroleum  products  has  increased  as country  is  going  towards  unlock process. Month-wise consumption of petroleum products and Import of crude oil are given below:

| Total Consumption of petroleum products (in MMT)   |   April, 2020 |   May, 2020 |   June, 2020 |   July, 2020 |
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
| Total Consumption of petroleum products (in MMT)   |          9.89 |       14.63 |        16.25 |        15.68 |
| Imports of crude oil (MMT)                         |         16.55 |       14.61 |        13.68 |        12.34 |

Note: Data on import of oil and Consumption of Petroleum products is provisional basis;

The  sector-wise  sale  of  Natural  Gas  in  Million   Metric  Standard  Cubic  Meter  Per  Day (MMSCMD) in India during Financial Year 2019-2020 and April-July 2020 is as below:

| Sector      | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | April-July 2020   | April-July 2020   | April-July 2020   |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sector      | Domestic  | RLNG      | Total     | Domestic          | RLNG              | Total             |
| Power       | 20.09     | 10.10     | 30.19     | 23.43             | 7.25              | 30.68             |
| Fertilizers | 17.81     | 26.06     | 43.87     | 20.83             | 27.61             | 48.44             |
| CGD         | 16.00     | 12.69     | 28.69     | 7.81              | 8.39              | 16.20             |
| Others      | 14.44     | 35.98     | 50.42     | 21.07             | 33.87             | 54.93             |
| Total       | 68.34     | 84.83     | 153.17    | 73.14             | 77.11             | 150.25            |

Note: The above does not include natural gas consumed as internal consumption of upstream producers (which is in the range of 17-19 MMSCMD).

- (c)          Due  to  the  Covid-19  Outbreak  throughout  and  world  and  nationwide  lockdown imposed in the country, Indian refineries were operating with reduced capacity. The details of planned and actual crude processing of all the refineries is given at Annexure.
- (d)        The details of revenue generated during period April-June 2020 vis-a-vis April-June 2019 is given below

## (in Rs. Crore)

|   S.No | Name of the Public Sector Company   | April-June of 2020   | April-June 2019   |
|--------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|      1 | IOCL                                | 88936.54             | 150136.70         |
|      2 | HPCL                                | 45,885               | 74,530            |
|      3 | BPCL                                | 50616.92             | 85,859.59         |
|      4 | GAIL                                | 12,060               | 18,276            |

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Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.

## 196 to be answered on 14.09.2020 regarding 'Covid-19 effect on import of oil'.

The details of planned and actual crude processing of all the refineries are as under:-

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| Name of Undertaking/Unit       | Cumulative Production inTMT (April-June 2020)   | Actual production current year *   |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|                                | Planned production during current year**        | during                             |
| (1)                            | (2)                                             | (3)                                |
| A. Public Sector               | 34507.79                                        | 25802.93                           |
| 1. IOC, Guwahati               | 203.41                                          | 87.56                              |
| 2. IOC, Barauni                | 1653.00                                         | 1096.11                            |
| 3. IOC, Gujarat                | 3009.25                                         | 2388.64                            |
| 4. IOC, Haldia                 | 2139.54                                         | 1157.55                            |
| 5. IOC, Mathura                | 2300.00                                         | 2004.69                            |
| 6. IOC, Digboi                 | 169.00                                          | 170.84                             |
| 7. IOC, Panipat                | 3934.97                                         | 2549.56                            |
| 8. IOC, Bongaigaon             | 648.24                                          | 563.04                             |
| 9. IOC, Paradip                | 2904.99                                         | 2911.92                            |
| Total IOC                      | 16962.41                                        | 12929.91                           |
| 10. BPCL, Mumbai               | 3774.00                                         | 2647.27                            |
| 11. BPCL, Kochi                | 3985.02                                         | 2423.18                            |
| Total BPCL                     | 7759.02                                         | 5070.45                            |
| 12. HPCL, Mumbai               | 2129.40                                         | 1727.94                            |
| 13. HPCL, Visakh               | 2439.94                                         | 2242.35                            |
| Total HPCL                     | 4569.34                                         | 3970.29                            |
| 14. CPCL, Manali               | 1480.00                                         | 1327.96                            |
| 15. CPCL, CBR^                 | 0.00                                            | 0.00                               |
| Total CPCL                     | 1480.00                                         | 1327.96                            |
| 16. NRL, Numaligarh            | 673.00                                          | 625.21                             |
| 17. MRPL, Mangalore            | 3050.00                                         | 1863.49                            |
| 18. ONGC, Tatipaka             | 14.03                                           | 15.62                              |
| B. Joint Venture               | 3630.00                                         | 3190.25                            |
| 19. BORL, Bina 20. HMEL, GGSR, | 1940.00                                         | 1159.55                            |
| Bhatinda                       | 1690.00                                         | 2030.70                            |
| C. Private Sector              | 22819.44                                        | 19636.21                           |
| 21. RIL, Jamnagar              | 8037.50                                         | 8159.50                            |
| 22. RIL, SEZ                   | 9588.46                                         | 7119.78                            |
| Total RIL                      | 17625.96                                        | 15279.28                           |
| 23. EOL, Vadinar               | 5193.48                                         | 4356.93                            |
| TOTAL(A+B+C)                   | 60957.23                                        | 48629.40                           |