Lok Sabha Question No. 1395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Data on Production of Crude Oil
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Prataprao  Jadhav

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1395 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  February, 2022

## Data on Production of Crude Oil

1395. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

(a) whether the Government has recently released any official data for the year 2021 regarding production of crude oil in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether production of crude oil has shown a continuous decline during the last one year and ONGC has produced 4.18 per cent less oil during the last one year and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;

(c) whether it is true that contrary to the production of petroleum, the production of natural gas has increased during the last one year and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has started gas production from newer fields in KG-D6 block and if so, the details thereof;

(e) the manner in which reduced production of petroleum and increased production of natural gas is going to affect the common man in the country; and

(f)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  reduce  the  dependency  of import 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)  to  (e)    Petroleum  Planning  &  Analysis  Cell  (PPAC)  regularly  releases  data  on production  of  crude  oil  and  natural  gas.  Details  of  crude  oil  and  natural  gas production during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 (April-December) are as under:

| Production                             |   2019-20 |   2020- 21 |   2021-22 (April -December) |
|----------------------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------------------------|
| Crude Oil (Million Metric Tonnes{MMT}) |     32.17 |      30.49 |                       22.98 |
| Crude Oil production by ONGC (MMT)     |     20.71 |      20.27 |                       14.6  |
| Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Meter)      |     31.18 |      28.67 |                       25.67 |

The decline  in  production  of  crude  oil  was  due  to  natural  decline  and  increase  in water cut in wells of matured fields. Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and local/global supply chain disruptions also affected field operations. Production of gas from newer fields of KG-DWN-98/3 has also been started since December 2020. During 202021,  it  has  produced  680.76  Million  Metric  Standard  Cubic  Meters  (MMSCM)  of natural  gas.  Increased  production  of  gas  inter  alia  helps  expansion  of  City  Gas Distribution  network  coverage  thereby  making  available  clean  fuel  to  households, industrial & commercial units and vehicles.

(f)  To  spur  domestic production and attract new entrants, a large number of policy initiatives  have  been  taken  such  as  awarding  new  exploration  acreage,  expediting production  from  new  discoveries;  focus  on  production  maximization  instead  of revenue maximization and generation of geo scientific data.  The Government has also taken various steps towards blending of ethanol which includes allowing use of sugarcane,  damaged  food  grains  and  maize  for  conversion  to  ethanol.  Thrust  is being  given  to  advanced  biofuels  such  as  Second  Generation  (2G)  Ethanol,  Bio CNG/ Compressed Bio Gas  (CBG), Used  Cooking  Oil  (UCO)  based  biodiesel  etc which can be sourced from wastes such as crop residues, biomass, industrial waste, sewage water etc.

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