Lok Sabha Question No. 852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Crude Oil Production
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 852

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  December, 2021

## Crude Oil Production

## 852. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the details of crude oil production in the country during the last three years and whether there  has  been  a  decrease  in  the  production  of  crude  oil  during  the  said period and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that many oil refineries in the country were not operating at their full capacity for the last several months and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  lower  demand  for  petroleum  products  is  one  of  the  reasons  for decrease in crude oil production and lesser production in oil refineries;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to increase the production of crude oil?

## ANSWER

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेर तेली )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) The production of crude oil in the country during the last three years is given as under:

| Year    |   Oil production (in Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) ) |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 2018-19 |                                               34.2 |
| 2019-20 |                                               32.2 |
| 2020-21 |                                               30.5 |

Shortfall in production of domestic crude oil is due to natural decline in matured fields.

- (b) to (d) The Public Sector Refineries' Crude throughput were less in April-October, 2020 and April-October, 2021 in comparison to April-October, 2019, as the product demand was less due to Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown in the country. Details are as under: -

(In MMT )

|                                       |   April-Oct, 2019 |   April-Oct, 2020 |   April to Oct, 2021 |
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
| Crude Oil Processed by PSU Refineries |             147.6 |             118.6 |                134.2 |

(e) Various long term and short term policy initiatives taken by the Government to increase the production of crude oil are given below:-

## 1. Policy initiatives by Government:

- I. Policy  for  Relaxations,  Extensions  and  Clarifications  under  Production  Sharing Contract (PSC) regime for early monetization of hydrocarbon discoveries, 2014.
- II. Discovered Small Field Policy, 2015.
- III. Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy, 2016.
- IV. Policy for Extension of Production Sharing Contracts, 2016 and 2017.
- V. Policy for early monetization of Coal Bed Methane 2017
- VI. Setting up of National Data Repository, 2017.
- VII. Appraisal  of Un-appraised areas  in  Sedimentary  Basins  under  National  Seismic Programme, 2017
- VIII. Re-assessment of Hydrocarbon Resources 2017
- IX. Policy framework to streamline the working of Production Sharing  Contracts in PreNELP and NELP Blocks, 2018.
- X. Policy  to  Promote  and  Incentivize  Enhanced  Recovery  Methods  for  Oil    and  Gas, 2018.
- XI. Policy framework for Exploration and exploitation of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) from areas  under  Coal  Mining  Lease  allotted  to  Coal  India      Limited  (CIL)  and  its subsidiaries 2018.
- XII. Policy Framework for Exploration and Exploitation of Unconventional Hydrocarbons under  Existing  Production  Sharing  Contracts  (PSCs)  Coal  Bed  Methane  (CBM) Contracts and Nomination Fields, 2018.
- XIII. Reforms  in  Hydrocarbon  Exploration  and  Licensing  Policy  for  enhancing  domestic exploration and production of oil and gas 2019.
- XIV. Natural Gas Marketing Reforms 2020.

## 2. Short and medium term initiatives:

- i. Early Monetization of Existing Discoveries.
- ii. Improving Recovery Factor through implementation of IOR and EOR techniques.
- iii. Revival of sick wells.
- iv. Infill drilling of wells.
- v. Renewal of Facilities and other infrastructure.
- vi. Monetization of small and marginal discoveries in onshore through service contract and outsourcing.
- vii. Redevelopment of existing matured fields and development of new fields/marginal fields.
- viii. Induction of suitable technologies on selective fields.
- ix. Implementation of  Production Enhancement Contracts.
- x. Implementation of IOR/EOR techniques

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