Lok Sabha Question No. 2904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Growing Energy Demand
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2904 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER 2024

## GROWING ENERGY DEMAND

## 2904. SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

- (a) whether any measures have been undertaken by the Ministry to meet the growing energy demands in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the Government has targeted any increase in the share of natural gas in energy sector by 2030, if so, the details thereof?

## 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) India's energy demand is increasing continuously due to sustained economic growth over the last few years through industrialisation, urbanisation, transportation needs, infrastructure development, rising income, improved standard of living, increased access to modern energy coupled with increase in private consumption and gross fixed capital formation, etc.

Government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to meet the growing energy demand in the energy 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,  creating  electric  vehicle charging  infrastructure,  refinery  process  improvements,  promoting  energy  efficiency  and conservation, efforts for increasing production of oil and natural gas through various policies initiatives, etc.

Alongside,  Government  has  been  taking  various  steps  to  boost  domestic  oil  and  gas production which, inter-alia, include:

- i. Policy under PSC regime for early monetization of hydrocarbon discoveries, 2014.
- ii. Discovered Small Field Policy, 2015.
- iii. Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), 2016.
- iv. Policy for Extension of PSCs, 2016 and 2017.
- v. Policy for early monetization of Coal Bed Methane, 2017.
- vi. Setting up of National Data Repository, 2017.

vii. Appraisal of Un-appraised areas in Sedimentary Basins under National Seismic Programme, 2017.

- viii.  Policy framework for extension of PSCs for Discovered Fields and Exploration Blocks under Pre-New Exploration Licensing Policy (Pre-NELP), 2016 and 2017.
- ix. Policy to Promote and Incentivize Enhanced Recovery Methods for Oil and Gas, 2018.
- x. Policy Framework for exploration and exploitation of Unconventional Hydrocarbons under Existing  Production  Sharing  Contracts  (PSCs),  Coal  Bed  Methane  (CBM)  Contracts  and Nomination Fields, 2018.
- xi. Natural Gas Marketing Reforms, 2020.
- xii. 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.
- xiii. Release of about 1 Million Sq. Km. (SKM) 'No-Go' area in offshore which were blocked for exploration for decades.
- xiv. Government is also acquiring seismic data in onland and offshore areas and supporting drilling of stratigraphic wells to make quality data of Indian Sedimentary Basins available to bidders. Government has approved acquisition of additional 2D Seismic data of 20,000 LKM in onland and 30,000 LKM in offshore beyond Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of India.

b) The Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15% in 2030. Various steps taken by the Government in this direction include expansion of National Gas Grid Pipeline, expansion of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network, setting up of Liquefied Natural  Gas  (LNG)  Terminals,  allocation  of  domestic  gas  to  Compressed  Natural  Gas (Transport) / Piped Natural Gas (Domestic) CNG(T)/PNG(D), allowing marketing and pricing freedom with a ceiling price to gas produced from high pressure/high temperature areas, deep water & ultra-deep water and from coal seams, Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative to promote Bio-CNG, etc.

With  the  aim  to  create  a  National  Gas  Grid  (One  Nation,  One  Gas  Grid)  and  increase  the availability  of  natural  gas  across  the  country,  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board (PNGRB) has authorised approximately 33,475 km natural  gas  pipeline  network across the country out of which 24,945 km natural gas pipeline including spur lines, tie-in connectivity, Sub-Transmission Pipelines (STPL) and dedicated pipelines are already operational and a total of 10,805 km length of pipelines is under various stages of construction.

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