Lok Sabha Question No. 3258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Oil and Gas Reserves
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3258 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  AUGUST, 2021

## Oil and Gas Reserves

## 3258. SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

## पेोिलयम व ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

(a)  whether the Government has taken any special initiative to explore new oil and gas reserves;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  State-wise details of the domestic and foreign investment made in the oil and gas sector during the last three years?

## 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)  &  (b):  Hydrocarbon  Exploration  and  Licensing  Policy  was  launched  on  30 th March, 2016 to award exploration acreages. So far, 105 blocks have been awarded with an area of 1.57 lakh square kilometre. Further, the Government is facilitating exploration  by  generating  data  through  National  Seismic  Program,  launched  in 2017, and disseminating through National Data Repository.

(c)  State  wise  details  of  investment  made  in  oil  and  gas  sector  by  upstream companies are annexed.

Annexure (Rs in Crores) State wise details of investment made in oil and gas sector by upstream companies

*Investment  in  R&D,  telecommunications,  Start-up  funds,  training  &  manpower development for E&P operations

| Name of State      | Investment     |   2018-19 |   2019-20 | 2020-21       |
|--------------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
| Andaman            | Domestic       |      0.76 |      2    | 101.57        |
| Andhra Pradesh     | Foreign        |    133.12 |     83.28 |               |
| Andhra Pradesh     | Domestic       |   1657.78 |   1605.92 | 1208.47       |
| Arunanchal Pradesh | Foreign        |      5.81 |      0    |               |
| Arunanchal Pradesh | Domestic       |   1179.61 |   1640.39 | 1490.58       |
| Assam              | Foreign        |      4.2  |      0.59 |               |
| Assam              | Domestic       |   3530.92 |   4124.48 | 3618.73       |
| Delhi*             | Domestic       |     74.91 |     27.01 | 185.88        |
| Eastern Offshore   | Foreign        |   1351.22 |   2499.59 |               |
| Eastern Offshore   | Domestic       |   8337.74 |  16161.1  | 6252.02       |
| Goa*               | Domestic       |      7.55 |      2.76 | 3.73          |
| Gujarat            | Foreign        |      4.09 |      9.94 |               |
| Gujarat            | Domestic       |   3834.75 |   3513.93 | 4008.41       |
| Himachal Pradesh   | Domestic       |      2    |      3.91 | 35.45         |
| Jharkhand          | Domestic       |    308.03 |    258.79 | 190.61        |
| Kerela             | Domestic       |      0    |      0    | 38.21         |
| Karnataka*         | Domestic       |    146.99 |    430.37 | 1.71          |
| Madhya Pradesh     | Domestic       |    188.47 |    201.24 | 69.03         |
| Maharashtra        | Domestic       |    306.08 |    401.32 | 265.96        |
| Mizoram            | Domestic       |    135.34 |    280.07 | 55.67         |
| Odisha             | Domestic       |      6.47 |     14.62 | 178.35        |
| Rajasthan          | Foreign        |   2319.02 |   2971.55 |               |
| Rajasthan          | Domestic       |   2345.76 |   2833.43 | 623.85        |
| Tamil Nadu         | Foreign        |      0    |     -0.9  |               |
| Tamil Nadu         | Domestic       |    747.43 |    650.86 | 429.23        |
| Tripura            | Domestic       |    801.51 |    849.94 | 761.69        |
| Telangana*         | Domestic       |      0    |      0    | 1.50          |
| Uttar Pradesh*     | Domestic       |      0    |      0    | 3.50          |
| Uttrakhand*        | Domestic       |    592.04 |    395.67 | 377.23        |
| West Bengal        | Domestic       |    164.03 |     99.28 | 123.87        |
| Other States       | Domestic       |      5.24 |     12.23 | 1.50          |
| Western Offshore   | Foreign        |     71    |     95.4  |               |
| Western Offshore   | Domestic       |  14544    |  11675.2  | 10450.25      |
|                    | Foreign Total  |   3888.45 |   5659.46 | Not available |
|                    | Domestic Total |  38917.4  |  45184.5  | 30477.00**    |
| Grand Total        |                |  42805.8  |  50844    | 30477.00**    |