Lok Sabha Question No. 3143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Hydro Carbon Vision for North East
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3143 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## HYDRO CARBON VISION FOR NORTH EAST

## 3143.        SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

## पेोलयम व ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the  status  of  implementation  of  the  Hydrocarbon  Vision  for  North  East 2030  as  of  2021, including the details of investments made State-wise as on date;
- (b) the details of refineries in the North East region including respective refining capacities and production rates during last five years, State-wise;
- (c) the data on the quantum of oil refined and produced by said refineries including by-products and profit/loss incurred by them during the said period, year-wise;
- (d) whether there has been any initiative towards transferring ONGC's assets to OIL;
- (e) if so, the details thereof including the current status of the same; and
- (f) the  details  of  the  current  status  of  implementation  of  the  Guwahati-Barauni  pipeline including estimated date of completion?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

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

## (a) :

The Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North East was released by the Government on 9th February, 2016 in Guwahati, Assam. In the said Vision, the key action points identified for  improving  the  infrastructure  in  the  NER  comprise  of  sectors  viz.,  Upstream, Midstream-Downstream & Gas pipeline. The following is the status of implementation for each sector:

## Upstream:

Presently  Oil  &  Gas  E&P  activities  in  North-East  are  concentrated  in  the  States  of Assam,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Tripura  and  Mizoram.  Assam,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  and Tripura contribute 13% (approx.) of Oil production and 16% (approx.) of Gas production in the country as of 2021. Details of Oil & Gas Production & investment are provided at Annexure-I .

## Midstream:

The details  of  the  status  of  implementation  of  the  Hydrocarbon  Vision  for  North  East 2030 as of 2021, including details of investments made, project-wise in the midstream sector are provided at Annexure-II .

## Downstream

The details  of  the  status  of  implementation  of  the  Hydrocarbon  Vision  for  North  East 2030 as of 2021, including details of investments made, project-wise in the downstream sector are provided at Annexure-III .

## Gas pipeline

The North East Gas Grid (NEGG) project was conceived in line with the Hydrocarbon Vision to supply Natural gas covering all the North Eastern states at an estimated cost of INR 9,265 crores. The 1656 Km long natural gas pipeline grid having capacity of 4.75 MMSCMD (million metric standard cubic meter per day) traverses through challenging terrains of the North East India and would connect Guwahati to capital / major cities of the region like Itanagar, Dimapur, Kohima, Imphal, Aizawl, Agartala, Shillong, Silchar, Gangtok and Numaligarh. NEGG project is scheduled to be completed by March 2024. The  state  wise  planned  and  actual  investments  made  in  the  project  are  provided  at Annexure-IV .

## (b) & (c) :

The  details  of  refineries  in  the  Northeast  region  i.e.  refining  capacities,  crude  oil processing, total products and profit/loss is provided at Annexure-V .

## (d) & (e) :

At present, there is no proposal to transfer ONGC's assets to OIL.

## (f) :

Total length of the Barauni- Guwahati Pipeline (BGPL) is 729 Kms which comprises of 540 Kms of Bihar & Assam Section and 189 Kms of West Bengal Section. As on date total of 413  KM  pipeline  has  been  laid.  The  anticipated  completion  date  for  Bihar  &  Assam Sections  is  January  2022  while  in  case  of  West  Bengal,  it  will  be  completed  within 12 months  from  the  availability  of  hindrance  free  RoU  by  the  State  Government  of  West Bengal.

## Annexure-I to the Reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.3143 for 16.12.2021

| STATE             | Cumulative Production from 2015 - 2021   | Cumulative Production from 2015 - 2021   | Cumulative Investment details from 2015 - 2021 (Rs in Crores)   | Cumulative Investment details from 2015 - 2021 (Rs in Crores)   | Cumulative Investment details from 2015 - 2021 (Rs in Crores)   | Cumulative Investment details from 2015 - 2021 (Rs in Crores)   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   | Oil (MMT)                                | Gas (BCM)                                | PSC                                                             | DSF                                                             | RSC                                                             | NSP                                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0.32                                     | 0.23                                     | 48.75                                                           | 0.00                                                            | 1.42                                                            | 45.46                                                           |
| Assam             | 25.02                                    | 18.80                                    | 288.75                                                          | 1.073                                                           | 65.58                                                           | 150.05                                                          |
| Manipur           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 2.25                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.85                                                            |
| Mizoram           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 612.75                                                          | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 30.74                                                           |
| Nagaland          | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 31.62                                                           | 0.00                                                            |
| Tripura           | 0.017                                    | 8.85                                     | 412.50                                                          | 1.973                                                           | 36.14                                                           | 5.76                                                            |
| Assam-AR          | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 179.27                                                          | 0.00                                                            |
| Assam-MZ          | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.29                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| Assam-NL          | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 57.47                                                           | 0.00                                                            |
| Total NER         | 25.36                                    | 27.88                                    | 1363.50                                                         | 3.05(approx)                                                    | 371.78                                                          | 232.86                                                          |

## Oil India Limited (OIL):

OIL has carried out following E&P activities in the north-eastern region during last fiveyear period:

| Activities                | Unit   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |    Total |
|---------------------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 2D Seismic Survey         | LKM    |   197     |   139     |    21     |   266     |   841     | 1464     |
| 3D Seismic Survey         | SKM    |   141     |   413     |   242     |   122     |   145     | 1063     |
| Exploratory wells drilled | Nos.   |    19     |    11     |    10     |     6     |    12     |   58     |
| Development wells drilled | Nos.   |    33     |    26     |    21     |    22     |    18     |  120     |
| Oil Production            | MMT    |     3.258 |     3.375 |     3.29  |     3.099 |     2.928 |   15.95  |
| Gas production            | BCM    |     2.705 |     2.67  |     2.494 |     2.417 |     2.292 |   12.578 |

The State wise investment in Hydrocarbon sector in North East Region made by OIL in last 5 years from FY 2016-17 to 2020-21 is given below:

| States                    | Investments (Rs. Crore)   |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Assam & Arunachal Pradesh | 13,586.14                 |
| Mizoram                   | 315.75                    |
| Nagaland                  | 39.03                     |
| Tripura                   | 10.09                     |
| Grand Total               | 13,951.01                 |

In addition, Rs. 8,677.27 crore was invested by OIL in strategic acquisition of additional 54.16% equity shares of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in FY 2020-21.

## Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC):

The State-wise investment made by ONGC in North-East Region is as under:

(Rs. In crore)

| State / Year   | Assam    |   Tripura | Total            |
|----------------|----------|-----------|------------------|
|                | 2,226.97 |    265.32 | 2014-15 2,492.29 |
|                | 2,049.47 |    175.03 | 2015-16 2,224.50 |
|                | 2,075.37 |    344.5  | 2016-17 2419.87  |
|                | 2,445.75 |    407.48 | 2017-18 2,853.23 |
|                | 2,713.09 |    404.95 | 2018-19 3,118.04 |
| 2019-20        | 2,910.54 |    392.17 | 3,302.71         |
| 2020-21        | 2,535.67 |    295.13 | 2,830.80         |

The  details  of  ONGC's  crude  oil  and  natural  gas  production  along  with  Oil  +  Oil Equivalent of Gas (O+OEG) in the State of Assam and Tripura during the years 2016-17 to 2020-21:-

## (oil in MMT, Gas in BCM & O+OEG in MMTOE )

| Year      | Assam#   | Assam#   | Tripura   | Tripura   | Total North East   | Total North East   | Total North East   |
|-----------|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|           | Oil      | Gas      | Oil       | Gas       | Oil                | Gas                | O+OEG              |
| 2016-2017 | 0.950    | 0.435    | 0.003     | 1.430     | 0.953              | 1.865              | 2.818              |
| 2017-2018 | 0.971    | 0.508    | 0.003     | 1.441     | 0.974              | 1.949              | 2.923              |
| 2018-2019 | 0.990    | 0.482    | 0.003     | 1.554     | 0.993              | 2.036              | 3.029              |
| 2019-2020 | 0.986    | 0.461    | 0.002     | 1.473     | 0.988              | 1.934              | 2.922              |
| 2020-2021 | 0.963    | 0.387    | 0.002     | 1.634     | 0.965              | 2.021              | 2.986              |

# Production from Assam Asset, Jorhat Asset and Assam Arakan Fold Belt Exploration (AAFBE) Asset, Silchar

## Annexure-II to the Reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.3143 for 16.12.2021

## Pipeline

|   S No | Project/Item                                                        | Physical Progress (in %)   | Expenditure/ Funds released (Rs in Cr)   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Barauni-Bongaigaon pipeline by OIL                                  | 94.70%                     | Rs 485.05 Cr                             |
|      2 | Paradip-Siliguri- Numaligarh Imported crude oil pipeline (1640 Km)  | 16.04%                     | Rs. 838 Cr                               |
|      3 | Numaligarh-Siliguri Product Pipeline (capacity enhancement) by OIL  | 2.00%                      | Rs 2.0 Crores                            |
|      4 | Siliguri-Parbatipur (Bangladesh) product pipeline Capacity: 1 MMTPA | 81.30%                     | Rs. 231 crore                            |

## POL Products

|   S No | Project/Item                                                                                                                                               |   Physical Progress (in %) | Expenditure/ Funds released (Rs in Cr)   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Tankages for POL products at Malom, Imphal, Manipur (Cap: 21.9 TKL)                                                                                        |                        100 | Rs 127 Cr                                |
|      2 | Conversion of existing MG rail Siding to BG at Dharmanagar (Tripura) tankage 5.8 TKL and Ramnagar (Silchar) Depotstankage 18.7 TKL - Discontinuation of MG |                        100 | Rs 54 Cr                                 |
|      3 | ATF handling facilities at Lumding Assam, Terminal ATF availability to AFS - supply reliability & strategic requirement                                    |                        100 | Rs 8 Cr                                  |
|      4 | Digboi Marketing Terminal (Golai) Digboi (Tinsukia Resitement) with Rail handling facilities (HSD 13.1 TKL, MS-                                            |                        100 | Rs 273 Cr                                |

| S No   | Project/Item                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Physical Progress (in %)   | Expenditure/ Funds released (Rs in Cr)   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|        | 8.7 TKL, SKO/ATF- 6.6 TKL, FO-6.6 TKL)                                                                                                                                                                                  |                            |                                          |
| 5      | Tankages for POL products at Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh (with Rail handling facilities) Tankage enhancement from 6.7 TKL to 21.5 TKL. Conversion from road fed to rail fed improving product availability & reliability | 100                        | Rs 248 Cr                                |
| 6      | Tankages (30 TKL) for POL products at Moinarband, Silchar (with Rail handling facilities)                                                                                                                               | 98.85%                     | Rs 444.3 Cr                              |

## Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Bottling Plant (BP) & Storage

|   S No | Project/Item                                                                                           |   Physical Progress (in %) | Expenditure/ Funds released (Rs in Cr)   |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|      1 | 2 x 150 MT additional storage of LPG at BP Dimapur (Nagaland)                                          |                        100 | Rs 12 Cr                                 |
|      2 | Augmentation of Gopanari BP from 30 TMTPA to 60 TMTPA                                                  |                        100 | Rs 9.0 Cr                                |
|      3 | Augmentation of Silchar BP from 60 TMTPA to 120 TMTPA by installation of additional 1x24 pt. Carousel. |                        100 | Rs 23 Cr                                 |
|      4 | 2x600 MT Additional LPG Storage Project at North Guwahati                                              |                        100 | Rs 28 Cr                                 |
|      5 | North Guwahati LPG BP capacity augmentation(120 to 180 TMTPA)                                          |                        100 | Rs 17 Cr                                 |
|      6 | New BP of 120 TMTPA at Bodhjungnagar, Agartala, Tripura                                                |                        100 | Rs 159 Cr                                |

## Annexure-III to the Reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.3143 for 16.12.2021

|   S No | Project/Item                                                                      | Physical Progress (in %)   | Expenditure/ Funds released (Rs in Cr)   |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Expansion of NRL's refining capacity                                              | 7.56%                      | Rs. 681 Cr                               |
|      2 | Expansion of refining capacity 1 to 1.2 MMTPA- Guwahati                           | 5.01%                      | Rs 24 Cr                                 |
|      3 | New Catalytic Reforming Unit at Guwahati Refinery capacity -90 TMTPA.             | 5.01%                      | Rs 24 Cr                                 |
|      4 | Enhancement of LPG production in refineries using INDMAX technology               | 100%                       | Rs. 2167 Cr                              |
|      5 | Petcoke fired Boiler at Guwahati Refinery (Capacity 80 MT/h)                      | 83.60%                     | Rs 122 Cr                                |
|      6 | Fuel quality upgradation Project at Guwahati Refinery                             | 98%                        | Rs 557 Cr                                |
|      7 | Fuel quality upgradation Project at Digboi refinery                               | 100%                       | Rs 54 Cr                                 |
|      8 | Fuel quality upgradation Project at Bongaigaon refinery                           | 100%                       | Rs 1222 Cr                               |
|      9 | Guwahati Refinery: Indadept-G unit (35 TMTPA )                                    | 100%                       | Rs 164 Cr                                |
|     10 | Digboi Refinery: Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) / Hybrid Bitumen (25 TMTPA) | 100%                       | Rs 10.5 Cr                               |
|     11 | Bio-ethanol through Bio refinery of NRL                                           | 52.50%                     | Rs. 923 Cr                               |

## Annexure-IV to the Reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.3143 for 16.12.2021

| State             |   Planned Investment (in Rs. Crore) |   Investment made till 31.10.21 (in Rs. Crore) |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Assam             |                                5142 |                                         566    |
| Meghalaya         |                                 959 |                                          44    |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                  66 |                                           3.34 |
| Tripura           |                                1198 |                                          62.79 |
| Mizoram           |                                 511 |                                          27.69 |
| Nagaland          |                                 426 |                                          22.25 |
| Manipur           |                                 404 |                                          22.25 |
| Sikkim            |                                  78 |                                           7.42 |
| West Bengal       |                                 481 |                                          23.24 |
| Total             |                                9265 |                                         779    |

## Annexure-V to the Reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred

## Question No.3143 for 16.12.2021

Refining capacity and Oil Refined (TMTPA):

| Refinery       | Refining Capacity   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| IOC Guwahati   | 1000                |      1006 |       904 |       864 |      1024 |       863 |       892 |       849 |
| IOC Digboi     | 650                 |       591 |       562 |       533 |       666 |       676 |       664 |       605 |
| IOC Bongaigaon | 2350*               |      2403 |      2442 |      2486 |      2402 |      2513 |      2045 |      2450 |
| NRL Numaligarh | 3000                |      2777 |      2520 |      2683 |      2809 |      2900 |      2383 |      2707 |

*2700 TMTPA w.e.f. Oct'2020 after Indmax commissioning.

Total Product (TMTPA):

| Refinery       |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| IOC Guwahati   |       884 |       787 |       760 |       912 |       784 |       801 |       759 |
| IOC Digboi     |       577 |       547 |       519 |       648 |       659 |       648 |       591 |
| IOC Bongaigaon |      2186 |      2233 |      2278 |      2190 |      2303 |      1866 |      2172 |
| NRL Numaligarh |      2608 |      2361 |      2488 |      2617 |      2729 |      2131 |      2539 |

Profit/Loss:

Profit After Tax (Rs. Crores)

:

| Refinery       |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| IOC Guwahati   |       -58 |       285 |       483 |       479 |        86 |        15 |       627 |
| IOC Digboi     |      -121 |       -21 |       101 |       173 |        89 |        26 |       290 |
| IOC Bongaigaon |      -878 |       597 |      1821 |      1430 |      1164 |       184 |      2718 |
| NRL Numaligarh |       718 |      1209 |      2101 |      2045 |      1968 |      1381 |      3036 |