Lok Sabha Question No. 4803 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Demand and Requirement of Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4803 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st  March 2022

## Demand and Requirement of Petroleum Products

## 4803. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

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

- (a) the details of annual requirement/demand of petroleum products and natural gas, State/UTwise;
- (b) the details and the number of petroleum and natural gas reserves in the country, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to lay gas pipeline at district headquarters; and
- (d) if so, the time by which work in this regard would to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The consumption of petroleum products and natural gas for the financial year 2020-21 is 194.3Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) and 60.8 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) respectively. The details of State-wise consumption of Petroleum products are annexed at Annexure-I
- (b) The state-wise details of balance recoverable reserves of Oil (including Condensate) and Natural Gas in the country as on 01.04.2021 are estimated as under:
- (c  )  &  (d)  As  per  PNGRB  Act,  2006,  the  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board (PNGRB) is the authority to grant authorization to the entities for development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in Geographical Areas (GAs). After 11 th CGD bidding round  PNGRB  has  authorized  268  GAs  for  development  of  CGD  Network  in  the country. Letters of Intent have been issued for 21 GAs. Further, recently under 11 th A CGD bidding rounds PNGRB has invited bids for 6 GAs. After the completion of 11 th

| Location/ area    | Balance Oil (including Condensate) Reserves (in MMT)   |   Balance Gas reserves (in BCM) |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 3.5                                                    |                            27.1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3.6                                                    |                             3.1 |
| Assam             | 110.8                                                  |                           144.3 |
| Gujarat           | 86.3                                                   |                            45.6 |
| Jharkhand         | -                                                      |                             7.8 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | -                                                      |                            30.9 |
| Rajasthan         | 35.3                                                   |                            57.7 |
| Tamil Nadu        | 6.8                                                    |                            27.3 |
| Tripura           | 0.1                                                    |                            22.2 |
| West Bengal       | 0.023                                                  |                            32.2 |
| Eastern Offshore  | 39                                                     |                           514.5 |
| Western Offshore  | 189.9                                                  |                           228.6 |
| Total             | 475.3                                                  |                          1141.3 |

and  11 th A  CGD  bidding  rounds,  the  CGD  network  shall  potentially  cover  98% population and 88% geographical area of the country.

The entities authorized by PNGRB lay Steel and Medium-density polyethylene (MDPE) pipelines  based  on  technical  feasibility  of  the  route  in  the  authorized  GAs.  As  on 31.01.2022, a total of  3,52,961  Inch-kilometre  of Steel  and  MDPE  pipelines  has  been laid  by  the  CGD  entities  across  the  country.  Expansion  of  pipeline  infrastructure  is  a continuous activity based on the gas demand assessment of various regions.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Untarred Question No. 4803 asked  by  SHRI  GUMAN  SINGH  DAMOR  to  be  answered  on  31 st March,  2022 regarding 'Demand and Requirement of Petroleum Products'.

State-Wise Consumption of Petroleum Products (in MMT)

| State/ Union Territory                  |   Financial Year 2020-21 |
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands                |                     0.17 |
| Andhra Pradesh                          |                     7.27 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                       |                     0.28 |
| Assam                                   |                     2.71 |
| Bihar                                   |                     5.52 |
| Chandigarh                              |                     0.31 |
| Chhattisgarh                            |                     3.42 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu      |                     0.54 |
| Delhi                                   |                     2.91 |
| Goa                                     |                     0.56 |
| Gujarat                                 |                    21.94 |
| Haryana                                 |                     9.85 |
| Himachal Pradesh                        |                     1.53 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                          |                     1.3  |
| Jharkhand                               |                     3.14 |
| Karnataka                               |                    11.12 |
| Kerala                                  |                     5.46 |
| Ladakh                                  |                     0.14 |
| Lakshadweep                             |                     0.02 |
| Madhya Pradesh                          |                     7.28 |
| Maharashtra                             |                    17.85 |
| Manipur                                 |                     0.24 |
| Meghalaya                               |                     0.41 |
| Mizoram                                 |                     0.13 |
| Nagaland                                |                     0.16 |
| Odisha                                  |                     5.93 |
| Puducherry                              |                     0.41 |
| Punjab                                  |                     5.96 |
| Rajasthan                               |                     9.18 |
| Sikkim                                  |                     0.11 |
| Tamil Nadu                              |                    12.2  |
| Telangana                               |                     6.22 |
| Tripura                                 |                     0.23 |
| Uttar Pradesh                           |                    18.09 |
| Uttarakhand                             |                     1.53 |
| West Bengal                             |                     8.49 |
| Total Sales                             |                   172.61 |
| PVT Imports/SEZ                         |                    21.69 |
| Total Consumption of Petroleum Products |                   194.3  |

Source: PPAC Report