Lok Sabha Question No. 315 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Oil and Gas Exploration
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL, SRIRAM MALYADRI

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*315

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  DECEMBER, 2015

## OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

## *315.     DR. SANJAY JAISWAL: SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM:

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)    the  details  of  oil  and  gas  explorations  made  under  the  New  Exploration  and Licensing Policy by public/private sector companies including ONGC and Oil India Limited  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  along  with  the  status  of production from these oil and gas blocks, State/UT/company-wise;

(b) the targets fixed and achieved by public/private sector companies in exploration of oil and natural gas reserve during the above period, State/UT/company-wise;

(c)   whether the Government has explored deep water and ultra-deep water oil and gas resources with the prospect of increasing domestic oil production and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

- (d)    The  details  of  incentives  given  by  the  Government  to  the  private  and  public sector  companies which are engaged in exploration and production on deep/ultradeep water oil/gas wells in the country, company-wise?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( प्रन्त्ारस् रिभत्र ( ) प्रेारस्ेमधभनस्धी )

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (I/C)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PETROLEUM  &  NATURAL GAS

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the table of the house.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED QUESTION No.  315  BY  Dr.  SANJAY  JAISWAL  AND  SHRI MALYADRI  SRIRAM:  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.12.2015  REGARDING  'OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION'.

(a) Details of exploratory work carried out by operators which include PSUs, Private & JV companies for the  blocks  awarded under the NELP for the year  2012-13 to 2014-15 & 2015-16 (April- September)   is placed at Annexure-I. So far a total of 145 hydrocarbon discoveries (53 oil and 92 gas) have been made under  the  NELP  regime  in  48  exploration  blocks.  Oil  and  gas  production  are  currently being  realized  from  16  (11  oil  &  5  gas)  discoveries  in  9  blocks.  Though  Oil  &  gas production  had  commenced in  18  (11  oil  &  7  gas)  discoveries  in  10  blocks,  production from  two  gas  discoveries  of  block  CB-ONN-2000/2  has  stopped.    The  status  of commercial production is at Annexure-II. ( b) Details of oil and natural gas reserves (2P) accreted  by operators which include PSUs, Private & JV companies for the  blocks  awarded under the NELP for the year  2012-13 to 2014-15)  is placed at Annexure-III. (c)  81  nos.  of  deep  water/  ultra-deep  water  exploration  blocks  covering  an  area  of 9,22,519  Square KM  has been awarded to  PSUs, Private & JV companies under the nine NELP Bidding Rounds concluded so far. As a result of exploration activities carried so far in  these  blocks    2D  seismic  survey  of  2,61,242  LKM,  3D  seismic  Survey  of  1,81,890 SKM and drilling of 143 exploratory wells  have been completed ( up to 30.09.2015) and 48 hydrocarbon discoveries  ( 8 Oil & 40 Gas)  have been made. At present, one oil and two gas discoveries of deepwater block KG-DWN-98/3 are on production.

(d) As an incentive measure royalty is charged at half of the prevailing rate for deep water areas  beyond  400  m  bathymetry  for  the  first  7  years  after  commencement  of  commercial production. These incentives are applicable to all the companies.

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## Annexure-I

Details of exploratory work carried out by operators which include PSUs, Private & JV companies for the blocks awarded under the NELP for the year 2012-13 to 2014-15 & 2015-16 (April- September)

| Operator/Location                                   |   2D LKM |   3D SKM |   Exp. Wells Nos |
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|------------------|
| Bharat Petro Resources Ltd                          |       21 |      173 |                0 |
| Gujarat                                             |       21 |      173 |                0 |
| British Gas Exploration and Production (India) Ltd. |     1376 |        0 |                0 |
| Western Offshore                                    |     1376 |        0 |                0 |
| Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.                         |     3709 |     1524 |                0 |
| Western Offshore                                    |     2128 |        0 |                0 |
| Eastern Offshore                                    |     1581 |     1524 |                0 |
| Essar Oil Ltd.                                      |     1200 |      672 |                0 |
| Western Offshore                                    |     1200 |      603 |                0 |
| Assam                                               |        0 |       69 |                0 |
| Focus Energy Ltd.                                   |     4867 |     1344 |               23 |
| Western Offshore                                    |     4867 |     1126 |               10 |
| Rajasthan                                           |        0 |      218 |               13 |
| GAIL (India) Limited.                               |        0 |      340 |                0 |
| Tamil Nadu                                          |        0 |      340 |                0 |
| Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.            |        0 |        0 |                5 |
| Gujarat                                             |        0 |        0 |                1 |
| Rajasthan                                           |        0 |        0 |                3 |
| Andhra Pradesh                                      |        0 |        0 |                1 |
| Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited.          |        0 |      512 |                0 |
| Rajasthan                                           |        0 |      512 |                0 |
| Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                         |        0 |      103 |               11 |
| Gujarat                                             |        0 |      103 |               11 |
| Jay Polychem (India) Ltd.                           |        0 |        0 |                2 |
| Gujarat                                             |        0 |        0 |                2 |
| Jubilant Oil &Gas Private Limited.                  |      153 |        0 |                1 |
| Manipur                                             |      153 |        0 |                0 |
| Tripura                                             |        0 |        0 |                1 |
| Mercator Petroleum Private Limited.                 |        0 |        0 |                3 |
| Gujarat                                             |        0 |        0 |                3 |
| Naftogaz                                            |        0 |        0 |                1 |
| Gujarat                                             |        0 |        0 |                1 |
| National Thermal Power Corporation                  |      340 |      165 |                5 |
| Gujarat                                             |      340 |      165 |                5 |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.                |     1014 |    13020 |               91 |
| Western Offshore                                    |        0 |     4827 |               18 |
| Eastern Offshore                                    |        0 |     5962 |               30 |
| Andaman-Nicobar                                     |        0 |     1336 |                1 |
| Assam                                               |      146 |       34 |                0 |
| Gujarat                                             |      703 |      269 |               21 |
| Rajasthan                                           |      101 |        0 |                4 |
| West Bengal                                         |        0 |      579 |                3 |
| Andhra Pradesh                                      |        0 |        0 |                1 |

| Bihar                              |     0 |     0 |   2 |
|------------------------------------|-------|-------|-----|
| Mizoram                            |     0 |     0 |   1 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |     0 |     0 |   7 |
| Tripura                            |    64 |    14 |   2 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |     0 |     0 |   1 |
| Oil India Ltd.                     |   346 |  2452 |   7 |
| Assam                              |   312 |   214 |   0 |
| Rajasthan                          |     0 |  1491 |   4 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |    34 |   134 |   2 |
| Mizoram                            |     0 |   613 |   1 |
| Omkar Naturals Resources Pvt. Ltd. |   350 |    83 |   1 |
| Gujarat                            |   350 |    83 |   1 |
| Prize Petroleum Company Ltd.       |     0 |     0 |   2 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |     0 |     0 |   2 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd.           |     0 |  2081 |   9 |
| Eastern Offshore                   |     0 |  2081 |   9 |
| Sintex Oil &Gas Pvt. Ltd.          |     0 |   347 |   1 |
| Gujarat                            |     0 |   347 |   1 |
| Grand Total                        | 13377 | 22816 | 162 |

Details of hydrocarbon discoveries made by operators which include PSUs, Private & JV companies for the blocks  awarded under the NELP for the year  2012-13 to 2014-15 & 2015-16 (April- September)

| Operator                                   | State            | Oil   | Gas   |   Grand Total |
|--------------------------------------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------------|
| Focus Energy Ltd.                          | Western Offshore |       | 1     |             1 |
| Jay Polychem (India) Ltd.                  | Gujarat          | 1     |       |             1 |
| Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Limited.        | Tripura          |       | 1     |             1 |
| Mercator Petroleum Private Limited.        | Gujarat          | 2     |       |             2 |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.       | Western Offshore |       | 5     |             5 |
|                                            | Eastern Offshore | 4     | 5     |             9 |
|                                            | Gujarat          | 4     |       |             4 |
|                                            | Tamil Nadu       | 3     | 2     |             5 |
|                                            | Tripura          |       | 1     |             1 |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Total |                  | 11    | 13    |            24 |
| Oil India Ltd.                             | Rajasthan        | 1     |       |             1 |
|                                            | Andhra Pradesh   |       | 1     |             1 |
| Oil India Ltd. Total                       |                  | 1     | 1     |             2 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd.                   | Eastern Offshore |       | 2     |             2 |
| Grand Total                                |                  | 15    | 18    |            33 |

## Annexure-II

The status of commercial production and quantum of crude oil and gas produced by PSUs , Private& JV companies for  blocks  awarded under the NELP for the year  2012-13 to 2014-15 & 2015-16 ( April- November)

|               |             |                  | Oil + Condensate (TMT)   | Oil + Condensate (TMT)   | Oil + Condensate (TMT)   | Oil + Condensate (TMT)   | GAS (MMSCM)   | GAS (MMSCM)   | GAS (MMSCM)   | GAS (MMSCM)            |
|---------------|-------------|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
| FIELD BLOCK   | Operator    | Location Area    | 12-13                    | 13-14                    | 14-15                    | 15-16 (April- November)  | 12-13         | 13-14         | 14-15         | 15-16 April- November) |
| CB-ONN-2000/1 | GSPC        | Gujarat          | 46.09                    | 48.05                    | 40.47                    | 25.76                    | 0.77          | 1.48          | 1.57          | 1.05                   |
| CB-ONN-2000/2 | NRL         | Gujarat          |                          |                          |                          |                          | 12.84         |               |               |                        |
| CB-ONN-2002/1 | ONGC        | Gujarat          |                          |                          |                          | 0.12                     |               |               |               |                        |
| CB-ONN-2002/3 | GSPC        | Gujarat          |                          | 0.13                     | 0.34                     | 0.01                     |               |               |               |                        |
| CB-ONN-2003/2 | GSPC        | Gujarat          |                          | 0.15                     | 1.63                     | 2.29                     |               | 0.01          | 0.06          | 0.09                   |
| CB-ONN-2004/1 | ONGC        | Gujarat          |                          |                          | 0.05                     | 0.39                     |               |               |               |                        |
| CB-ONN-2004/2 | ONGC        | Gujarat          |                          |                          | 0.06                     | 0.81                     |               |               |               |                        |
| KG-DWN-98/3   | RIL         | Eastern Offshore | 394.29                   | 274.34                   | 266.66                   | 147.97                   | 9516.53       | 5050.04       | 4461.91       | 2739.32                |
| KG-OSN-2001/3 | GSPC        | Eastern Offshore |                          |                          | 3.55                     | 2.80                     |               |               | 110.16        | 111.14                 |
| CB-ONN-2001/1 | ONGC        | Gujarat          |                          |                          |                          | 0.46                     |               |               |               | 0.00                   |
| Grand Total   | Grand Total | Grand Total      | 440                      | 323                      | 313                      | 181                      | 9530          | 5052          | 4574          | 2852                   |

TMT- Thousand Metric Tonnes

MMSCM- Million Standard Cubic Meters

## Annexure-III

Oil  and natural gas reserves (2P) accreted  by operators which include PSUs, Private & JV companies for the  blocks  awarded under the NELP for the year  2012-13 to 2014-15)  is placed at

O+OEG- Oil and Oil Equivalent of Gas

|                                          |   Oil +Condensate (MMT) |   Gas (BCM) |   O + OEG (MMT) |
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
| Western Offshore                         |                    0    |        3.54 |            3.54 |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.     |                    0    |        3.54 |            3.54 |
| Eastern Offshore                         |                  105.23 |       78.47 |          183.7  |
| Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. |                   -2.6  |        0    |           -2.6  |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.     |                  107.83 |       58.11 |          165.94 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd.                 |                    0    |       20.36 |           20.36 |
| Gujarat                                  |                   21.45 |       -1.01 |           20.44 |
| Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. |                    3.34 |        0.12 |            3.46 |
| Niko Resources Limited.                  |                    0    |       -1.13 |           -1.13 |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.     |                   15.88 |        0    |           15.88 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd.                 |                    2.23 |        0    |            2.23 |
| Andhra Pradesh                           |                   32.24 |        0    |           32.24 |
| Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.              |                   32.24 |        0    |           32.24 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |                    2.98 |        0    |            2.98 |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.     |                    2.98 |        0    |            2.98 |
| Tripura                                  |                    0    |       34.31 |           34.31 |
| Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Limited.      |                    0    |       34.31 |           34.31 |
| Grand Total                              |                  161.9  |      115.31 |          277.21 |