Lok Sabha Question No. 1856 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Domestic Crude Oil Production
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1856

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST  JULY, 2025

## Domestic Crude Oil Production

1856. Dr. Shashi Tharoor:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

- (a) the details of crude oil production during the last five years;
- (b) whether it is true that the domestic crude oil production declined by approximately 2.9 percent  during  the  Financial  Year  2024-25  and  saw  a  corresponding  increase  in imported crude oil by a significant 6.4% and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is taking any steps to decrease dependency on volatile global markets for the import of crude oil; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũालय मŐ राǛमंũी ( ŵी सुरे श गोपी )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

- (a): Crude Oil production for the last five years is as below:
- (b):  Crude  Oil  Production  has  declined  by  2.23%  and  Crude  Oil  imports  have  seen  an increase by 3.8% in the last financial year 2024-25.
- (c)  &  (d):  To  ensure  security  of  crude  supplies  and  to  mitigate  the  risk  of  dependence  on crude oil from a single region, Indian Oil Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have diversified their  crude  basket  and  are  procuring  crude  from  countries  located  at  various  geographical locations viz. Middle East, Africa, North America, South America etc.

|                 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Crude Oil (MMT) |      30.5 |      29.7 |      29.2 |      29.4 |      28.7 |

Source : Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC), Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH)

Government has taken various steps to reduce import dependency which inter alia include demand substitution by promoting usage of natural gas as fuel/feedstock across the country towards  increasing  the  share  of  natural  gas  in  economy  and  moving  towards  gas-based economy, promotion of renewable and alternate fuels like ethanol, second generation ethanol, compressed  bio  gas  and  biodiesel,  refinery  process  improvements,  promoting  energy efficiency and conservation, etc. The Government has been promoting blending of ethanol in petrol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme. Blending percentage has reached approximately 19.92% during the month of June 2025. It has resulted in approximately forex savings of Rs. 1.09 Lakh Crores from ESY 2013-14 to ESY 2023-24. For promoting the use of  Compressed  Bio  Gas  (CBG)  as  automotive  fuel,  Sustainable  Alternative  Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative has also been launched.

Further, Government has taken the following measures to reduce the dependency on imported crude oil:

- a) Policy under Production Sharing Contract (PSC) regime for early monetization of Hydrocarbon discoveries, 2014;
- b) Discovered Small Field Policy, 2015;
- c) Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), 2016
- d) Policy for Extension of PSCs, 2016 and 2017;
- e) Policy for early monetization of Coal Bed Methane, 2017;
- f) Setting up of National Data Repository, 2017;
- g) Approval  of  Un-appraised  areas  in  Sedimentary  Basins  under  National  Seismic Programme, 2017;
- h) Policy frameworks for extension of Production Sharing Contracts 2016 &2017;
- i) Policy to Promote/Incentivize Enhanced Recovery Methods of Oil/Gas 2018;
- j) Policy Framework for exploration and exploitation of Unconventional Hydrocarbons  under  Existing  Production  Sharing  Contracts  (PSCs),  Coal  Bed Methane (CBM) Contracts and Nomination Fields, 2018;
- k) Natural Gas Marketing Reforms, 2020;
- l) Lower  Royalty  Rates,  Zero  Revenue  Share  (till  Windfall  Gain)  and  no  drilling commitment in Phase-I in OALP Blocks under Category II and III basins to attract bidders;
- m) Release of about 1 Million Sq. Km. (SKM) 'No-Go' area in offshore which were earlier blocked for exploration for decades.

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