Lok Sabha Question No. 139 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Import of Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  February, 2022

## Import of Petroleum Products

*139. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the details of the petroleum products imported and the total funds spent by the  Government  on  import  of  the  said  products  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year as on date;
- (b) whether the country depends on foreign countries for the import of crude oil;
- (c) if so, the current percentage of the imported oil out of the total demand of crude oil in the country;
- (d) whether there has been a shortage in the international and domestic supply of petroleum and natural gas after Covid-19 pandemic;
- (e) if so, the extent to which improvement has been made in this regard; and
- (f) the details of the progress made since 2014 till date, to minimise dependency of  the  country  on  oil  import  by  ten  percent  by  2022  as  compared  to  the  year 2015-16, year-wise?

## ANSWER पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी ( ी हरदीप सह पुरी ) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

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

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (f)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 139 asked by Shrimati Bhavana Pundalikrao Gawali and Shri Sanjay Jadhav to be answered on 10 th February, 2022 regarding 'Import of Petroleum Products'.

(a) The year-wise details of import of petroleum products (quantity as well as value) during the last three years and the current year are as below:-

| Financial Year                                              | Qty.                                                        | Value                                                       | Value                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Financial Year                                              | Million Tonne                                               | Billion US$                                                 | ₹ Crore                                                     |
| 2018-19                                                     | 33.3                                                        | 16.3                                                        | 113665                                                      |
| 2019-20                                                     | 43.8                                                        | 17.7                                                        | 125742                                                      |
| 2020-21                                                     | 43.2                                                        | 14.8                                                        | 109430                                                      |
| 2021-22 (Apr-Dec) (P)                                       | 30.4                                                        | 17.6                                                        | 131265                                                      |
| Source: Petroleum Planning &Analysis Cell, (P): Provisional | Source: Petroleum Planning &Analysis Cell, (P): Provisional | Source: Petroleum Planning &Analysis Cell, (P): Provisional | Source: Petroleum Planning &Analysis Cell, (P): Provisional |

(b) & (c) India  imports  crude  oil  from  various  geographical  regions  like Middle-East,  Africa,  Europe,  North  America,  South  America  and  South-East Asia.  The  import  dependency  (%)  of  crude  oil  based  on  consumption  of petroleum  products  during  the  current  year  financial  year  (April-Dec,21)  is 85.1%.

(d) & (e) No Sir. Does not arise.

(f) Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  works  in  collaboration  with various Central Government  Ministries/State Governments/stakeholders to make  efforts  to  achieve  reduction  in  import  dependency  on  oil.  Since  2014, Government has taken multiple steps to reduce country's oil import dependency through refinery  process  improvements and 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 bioCNG through Ethanol Blending, Bio-diesel blending and Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative respectively.

A Committee was constituted by the Government for 'Preparing a roadmap to reduce the dependency on  import in energy by 10% by  2021-22'.  The report submitted  by  Committee  was  accepted  by  the  Government  which  envisages five-pronged strategy  broadly  comprises  of  increasing domestic  production of oil  and  gas,  promoting  energy  efficiency  and  conservation  measures,  giving thrust  on  demand  substitution,  capitalizing  untapped  potential  in  biofuels  and other alternate fuels/ renewable and implementing measures for refinery process improvements.

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