Lok Sabha Question No. 1076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Imports of Petroleum/Natural Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal, Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Rodmal Nagar, Harish Dwivedi

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1076 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021

## Imports of Petroleum/Natural Gas

1076.  SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

SHRI RODMAL NAGAR:

SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the share of crude oil imports and domestic production in the total annual consumption in the country during the last three years and the current year including the details of the import of petroleum products during the last three years, year-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  increasing  production  of  domestic  oil  and  gas  and  also promoting biofuel or any alternative fuel, if so, the details of concrete steps taken to reduce dependency in imports along with the action of the Government for collaboration with any other country in this regard; and
- (c) whether the Government has any tentative target year to bring the imports of petroleum and natural gas to zero and make the country Atma Nirbhar in the energy sector, if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान )

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

- (a)  The share of crude oil imports and domestic crude oil production in the total crude oil processing/annual consumption of crude in the country during the last three years and current year are given below:-

(Quantity in Million Metric Tons (MMT)

# Total crude processed during a financial year is different from the sum of crude imported and processed during that year.

| Particulars                                                                      |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 (Apr-Dec)(P) |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| Quantity of crude oil imports (MMT)-A                                            |     220.4 |     226.5 |     227   |                  143.2 |
| Quantity of domestic crude oil production (MMT)-B                                |      35.7 |      34.2 |      32.2 |                   23   |
| Total crude oil processing quantity/ Consumption of crude (MMT) -C#              |     251.9 |     257.2 |     254.4 |                  160.4 |
| Share of crude oil import as a percentage of total crude oil processing (%)-A/C% |      87.5 |      88.1 |      89.2 |                   89.3 |

Source: Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell, (P): Provisional

The quantity  of  Petroleum,  Oil  &  Lubricants  (POL)  products  import  during  the  last  three years and the current year is given below:

|                                    |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 (Apr-Dec)(P) |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| Total POL products import (in MMT) |      35.5 |      33.3 |      43.8 |                     32 |

Source: Oil companies & DGCI&S, (P): Provisional

(b) & (c) : Government has taken multiple steps to enhance exploration & production of oil and gas to reduce imports and make the country AtmaNirbhar 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.

Government has launched National Biofuel Policy, 2018, to boost availability of biofuels in country and use of alternative  fuels  like  ethanol,  bio-diesel  and  bio  CNG  through  Ethanol Blending, Bio-diesel blending and Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative  respectively.

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