Lok Sabha Question No. 79 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Supply of Natural Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ramesh Chand Bind, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 79 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  July, 2022 Supply of Natural Gas

- *79. SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND: SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the details of supply of natural gas in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the supply is as per the demand of the States and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether there is any additional demand for supply of natural gas from any State/UT and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has also received requests for supply of natural gas from electricity producing companies and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to set up any new natural gas based power stations in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म मंी ( ी हरदप संह पुर )

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI HARDEEP S PURI)

- (a) to (e)  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *79 ASKED BY SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND AND SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL, MPs TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  JULY, 2022.

The  total  Natural  Gas  consumption  in  the  Country  has  been  increasing  over  the  years.  It  has increased from 128.6Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter per Day (MMSCMD) in FY 2014-15 to 163.06 MMSCMD in FY 2021-22. Natural Gas is consumed mainly in City Gas Distribution (CGD), Fertilizer, Power and other industrial sectors. Natural Gas is either domestically sourced or  imported  as  Liquefied  Natural  Gas  (LNG).  Domestic  gas  is  priced  as  per  the  Government guidelines  or  competitive  prices,  whereas,  prices  of  Regasified  LNG  is  commercially  agreed upon  between  buyer  and  seller  in  the  international  market.    Due  to  declining  production  of domestic  administered  price  gas  in  the  Country,  the  allocation  is  being  made  as  per  the Government policy which places CNG (Transport) and PNG (Domestic) segment of CGD sector as top priority followed by Fertilizer, LPG and Power. The State/U.T. wise supply/ consumption of Natural Gas in the Country is at Annexure.

Requests  for  additional  allocation  of  gas  have  been  received  from  various  States  including Assam, Uttarakhand and NCT of Delhi. As domestic production is not adequate, the allocation has been carried out for sector/industry as per the order of priority in line with extant policy and guidelines of Government.

No Proposal for setting up any new natural gas based power station is under consideration of the Government.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  79  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.07.2022  REGARDING SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS ASKED BY SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND AND SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL.

State/U.T. wise supply/consumption of natural gas in major sectors in the Country (Figures in MMSCMD)

| State                                         |   CNG (T) | PNG (D)   | Power   | Fertilizer   |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|--------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                                |    0.093  | 0.032     | 1.004   | 1.45         |
| Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu      |    0.001  |           |         |              |
| Assam                                         |    0.0003 | 0.035     | 2.725   | 0.83         |
| Bihar                                         |    0.077  | 0.00003   |         |              |
| Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab &Himachal Pradesh |    0.114  | 0.009     |         |              |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli                           |    0.612  | 0.002     |         |              |
| Daman and Diu                                 |    0.012  | 0.001     |         |              |
| Delhi                                         |    4.401  | 0.365     | 2.716   |              |
| Goa                                           |    0.007  |           |         | 1.11         |
| Gujarat                                       |    3.268  | 1.281     | 2.064   | 7.08         |
| Gujarat &UTof Daman and Diu                   |    0.018  |           |         |              |
| Haryana                                       |    1.306  | 0.034     | 0.01    | 0.70         |
| Haryana &Himachal Pradesh                     |    0.005  |           |         |              |
| Haryana &Punjab                               |    0.024  |           |         |              |
| Himachal Pradesh                              |    0.001  | 0.0002    |         |              |
| JHARKHAND                                     |    0.021  | 0.0003    |         |              |
| Karnataka                                     |    0.089  | 0.034     |         | 0.86         |
| Kerala                                        |    0.065  | 0.002     |         |              |
| Kerala &Puducherry                            |    0.002  |           |         |              |
| Madhya Pradesh                                |    0.361  | 0.046     |         | 4.06         |
| Madhya Pradesh &Rajasthan                     |    0.016  |           |         |              |
| Maharashtra                                   |    3.524  | 0.577     | 3.405   | 4.63         |
| Maharashtra &Gujarat                          |    0.028  |           |         |              |
| Odisha                                        |    0.017  |           |         |              |
| Puducherry (UT) &Tamil Nadu                   |    0.0002 |           | 0.168   |              |
| Punjab                                        |    0.205  | 0.008     |         | 2.04         |
| Rajasthan                                     |    0.264  | 0.002     | 1.102   | 6.41         |
| Tamil Nadu                                    |    0.017  |           | 1.310   | 1.68         |
| Telangana                                     |    0.085  | 0.025     |         | 1.40         |
| Tripura                                       |    0.087  | 0.048     | 4.446   |              |
| Uttar Pradesh                                 |    2.903  | 0.290     | 0.357   | 13.83        |
| Uttar Pradesh &Uttarakhand                    |    0.013  |           |         |              |
| Uttar Pradesh &Madhya Pradesh                 |    0.009  |           |         |              |
| Uttrakhand                                    |    0.068  | 0.019     |         |              |
| West Bengal                                   |    0.017  |           |         | 2.40         |
| Grand Total                                   |   17.729  | 2.811     | 19.306  | 48.47        |

Remark -  Average consumption figures are for the period Oct 2021 until March 2022.

For Fertilizer sector, GCV considered for conversion is 9389 Kcal/SCM (Source: GAIL/ONGC/OIL)

Under Fertilizer Sector, for  BVFCL and SPIC, Average consumption of FY 21-22 has been considered for the period.