Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Imported Crude Oil
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th  December 2022

## Imported Crude Oil

## 433. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

(a) whether the Government has laid down a road map for reducing country's dependency on imported crude oil;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the action plan prepared and timeline for achieving this target;

(c) the steps taken to adequately increase the exploration and production of indigenous crude oil by companies like Oil India Ltd., ONGC etc.;

(d) the quantum of crude oil imported by the Government and expenditure incurred hereon during the last five years, exporting country and year-wise;

(e) the share of country's domestic requirement met by the imported crude oil during the last five years, year-wise; and

(f) the expected time by which the country's requirement of crude oil is likely to be fully met from indigenous sources?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामे वर तेल )

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

(a)  to  (f)  Yes  Sir,  Government  has  adopted  five-pronged  strategy  comprising  increasing domestic production of oil and gas, promoting energy efficiency and conservation measures, giving thrust on demand  substitution, promoting biofuels and other alternate fuels/ renewables, and refinery process improvements for reducing the county's oil dependency on imported crude oil.

Various  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  production  of  domestic crude oil and bring down imports. These inter-alia include Discovered Small Field  Policy,  Reforms  in  Hydrocarbon  Exploration  and  Licensing  Policy  for  enhancing domestic  exploration  and  production  of  Oil  &  Gas  2019,  Natural  Gas  Marketing  Reforms 2020,  Policy  to  promote  and  incentivize  enhanced  recovery  methods  for  Oil  and  Gas, Redevelopment of existing matured fields and development of new/marginal fields, Revival of  Sick  Wells,  improving  recovery  factors  through  the  implementation  of  Improved  Oil Recovery  (IOR)  and  Enhanced  Oil  Recovery  (EOR)  techniques,  etc.  Government  has  also provided  functional  freedom  to  national  Oil  Companies  and  promoted  wider  private  sector participation by streamlining approval processes through electronic single window mechanism.

The country imports oil and gas from various geographical regions including countries from the Middle-East, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and South-East Asia. The year-wise imports of crude oil and its dependency on country's domestic requirement   during last 5 years as under: -

| Year    |   Quantity of Import of Crude Oil (in MMT) |   Value of Import of Crude Oil (in ₹ Crore) |   Import Dependence of Crude Oil (in %) |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                                      220.4 |                                      566450 |                                    82.9 |
| 2018-19 |                                      226.5 |                                      783183 |                                    83.8 |
| 2019-20 |                                      227   |                                      717001 |                                    85   |
| 2020-21 |                                      196.5 |                                      459779 |                                    84.4 |
| 2021-22 |                                      212.4 |                                      901262 |                                    85.6 |

Government has already resolved to make India energy independent before the completion of 100 years of Independence.

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