Lok Sabha Question No. 751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Production of Crude Oil and Petroleum
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 751 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  July, 2022

## Production of Crude Oil and Petroleum

## 751. SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  the  steps  to  increase  production  of  crude  oil  and petroleum in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has taken the steps to reduce cess to encourage domestic crude oil production; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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) & (b) Various steps/policy initiatives undertaken to increase the production of crude oil and petroleum inter-alia include

## 1. Long term Policy initiatives:

- 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 Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (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.

(c)  &  (d)  The  cess  on  production of  domestic  crude oil  is  calibrated  by Government  from time to time based on the need to encourage domestic production and overall economic/ fiscal situation.

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