Lok Sabha Question No. 2520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN, NEELAM SONKER, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, RAM CHARITRA, AJAY NISHAD, G. HARI, RAMA KISHORE SINGH, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2520 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14th December, 2015

## Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production

†2520. SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K., SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER, SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL, SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD, SHRI AJAY NISHAD, SHRI G. HARI, SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH, SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO, SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN.

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

- (a)  whether the production of crude oil and natural gas is lagging behind the requirement in the country and if so, the details thereof  for  the  last  three  years  along  with  plan  prepared  to  deal  with  the  said  problem  by  oil  companies  including  signed  a Memorandum of Understanding with State Governments;
- (b) whether the oil, natural gas and petroleum products demand expected to triple by 2050, as analysed by International Energy Agency  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  any  plans  chalked  out  by  the  Government  to  enhance  investment  in  oil  and  gas exploration in order to boost domestic production to meet rising demand of oil, gas and other petroleum products in future;
- (c) whether the Government has prepared a road map for marketing of petroleum products in a competitive environment to ensure energy security and make India self-reliant in the exploration and production of oil and gas and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is decline in domestic production of crude oil and natural gas produced by upstream/private companies during the last three years and shows little sign of improvement during the current year and if so, the details thereof, private/public sector company/year-wise; and

(e) the details of domestic production and consumption of petroleum products including crude oil and natural gas produced by public  and  private  sector  companies  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  Oil  Marketing  Companies (OMCs)/upstream companies/productwise including kerosene?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): In  2014-15, import dependency  on crude oil and natural gas was 78.6% and 31.7% respectively. Exploration and production companies do not sign Memorandum of Understanding about crude oil and natural gas production with the State Government.  Crude oil and natural gas production during last 3 years and current year is given in Annexure-I.

Demand for petroleum products and natural gas depends on a number of factors including economic growth rate, share of oil and gas in energy basket etc. With higher GDP growth rate, demand for petroleum products and natural gas is also expected to go up.

In order to accelerate the pace of exploration and production of oil and gas in the country, the Government has taken various policy initiatives which are as under:

-  Government has approved Marginal Field Policy for monetisation of 69 discoveries.
-  Appraisal of about 1.5 million sq. km un-appraised area of the Indian Sedimentary Basins.
-  Re-assessment of Hydrocarbon Resources.
-  Setting up of National Data Repository.
-  Policy for exploration and exploitation of Shale Gas/Shale Oil resources by NOCs under the Nomination Regime.
-  Policy for exploration in the Mining Lease (ML) areas after the expiry of exploration period.
-  Offering of exploration blocks through bidding round.
-  Policy on Non-exclusive Multi-client Speculative Survey for assessment of unexplored sedimentary basins.
-  Policy frame work for relaxations, extensions and clarifications at the development and production stage under the PSC regime for early monetisation of hydrocarbon discoveries.

Most  of  the  petroleum  productions  including  petrol  and  diesel  have  been  de-regulated  and  Oil  Marketing  Companies  have chalked out their own strategies to market their products in a competitive environment.

(e) :    The  details  of  domestic  production  and  consumption  of  petroleum  products  produced  by  public  and  private  sector companies during each of the last three years and the current year are given in the Annexure-II.

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## Crude oil Production ( Million Metric Tonnes)

| Year              |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (April-Oct) |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
| ONGC (Nomination) |     22.56 |     22.24 |     22.26 |                 13.15 |
| OIL (Nomination)  |      3.66 |      3.47 |      3.41 |                  1.92 |
| PSC Regime        |     11.64 |     12.08 |     11.78 |                  6.77 |
| Total             |     37.86 |     37.79 |     37.46 |                 21.83 |

## Natural Gas Production  ( Billion Cubic Meters)

| Year              |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (April-Oct) |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
| ONGC (Nomination) |     23.55 |     23.28 |     22.02 |                 12.68 |
| OIL (Nomination)  |      2.64 |      2.63 |      2.72 |                  1.6  |
| PSC Regime        |     14.49 |      9.5  |      8.91 |                  4.97 |
| Total             |     40.68 |     35.41 |     33.65 |                 19.24 |

## Annexure-I

| Table-1: Production of Petroleum Products during last three years and current year (TMT)   |
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|                | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2012-13        | 2012-13                              | 2012-13     | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2013-14        | 2013-14                              | 2014-15     | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2014-15        | 2014-15                               | 2014-15     |       |                          |                                       |             |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|---------------------------------------|-------------|-------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------|
|                | PSU       | Private   | Refinery Total | Fractionators/ Gas processing Plants | Grand Total | PSU       | Private   | Refinery Total | Fractionators/ Gas processing Plants | Grand Total | PSU       | Private   | Refinery Total | Fractionat ors/ Gas processing Plants | Grand Total | PSU   | Priva te Refiner y Total | Fractionat ors/ Gas processing Plants | Grand Total |
| PRODUCTS       |           |           |                |                                      |             |           |           |                |                                      |             |           |           |                |                                       |             |       |                          |                                       |             |
| LPG            | 5190      | 2511      | 7701           | 2130                                 | 9830        | 5437      | 2455      | 7892           | 2140                                 | 10032       | 5630      | 2032      | 7662           | 2178                                  | 9840        | 3109  | 908 4017                 | 983                                   | 5001        |
| NAPHTHA        | 9045      | 8132      | 17177          | 1674                                 | 18851       | 9230      | 7809      | 17039          | 1468                                 | 18507       | 7979      | 8241      | 16220          | 1246                                  | 17466       | 3990  | 4061 8051                | 568                                   | 8619        |
| MS             | 14792     | 15327     | 30120          |                                      | 30120       | 15915     | 14360     | 30275          |                                      | 30275       | 17455     | 14778     | 32233          |                                       | 32233       | 9172  | 7661 16832               |                                       | 16832       |
| ATF            | 6705      | 3372      | 10077          | 11                                   | 10089       | 7207      | 3993      | 11200          | 10                                   | 11210       | 6553      | 4521      | 11074          | 11                                    | 11086       | 3186  | 2241 5427                | 2                                     | 5429        |
| SKO            | 7390      | 563       | 7953           | 103                                  | 8056        | 6975      | 375       | 7351           | 80                                   | 7431        | 7181      | 381       | 7562           | 72                                    | 7634        | 3584  | 116 3699                 | 37                                    | 3737        |
| HSD            | 55002     | 36070     | 91072          | 18                                   | 91090       | 57205     | 36562     | 93767          | 16                                   | 93783       | 59278     | 35051     | 94328          | 9                                     | 94337       | 30735 | 17104 47839              | 4                                     | 47843       |
| LDO            | 400       | 0         | 400            |                                      | 400         | 423       | 0         | 423            |                                      | 423         | 351       | 0         | 351            |                                       | 351         | 209   | 0 209                    |                                       | 209         |
| LUBES          | 937       | 0         | 937            |                                      | 937         | 941       | 0         | 941            |                                      | 941         | 887       | 0         | 887            |                                       | 887         | 503   | 0 503                    |                                       | 503         |
| FUEL OIL       | 10449     | 4064      | 14514          |                                      | 14514       | 10683     | 2271      | 12953          |                                      | 12953       | 9148      | 2335      | 11482          |                                       | 11482       | 3960  | 1328 5288                |                                       | 5288        |
| LSHS / HPS     | 1290      | 0         | 1290           |                                      | 1290        | 507       | 0         | 507            |                                      | 507         | 694       | 0         | 694            |                                       | 694         | 263   | 0 263                    |                                       | 263         |
| BITUMEN        | 4486      | 184       | 4670           |                                      | 4670        | 4509      | 265       | 4774           |                                      | 4774        | 4415      | 275       | 4690           |                                       | 4690        | 2095  | 119 2214                 |                                       | 2214        |
| OTHER          | 6959      | 20862     | 27821          | 154                                  | 27975       | 7308      | 22012     | 29320          | 158                                  | 29478       | 7516      | 22383     | 29899          | 141                                   | 30041       | 4411  | 11309 15719              | 70                                    | 15789       |
| TOTAL PRODUCTS | 122647    | 91085     | 213732         | 4089                                 | 217821      | 126338    | 90103     | 216441         | 3872                                 | 220313      | 127086    | 89997     | 217083         | 3657                                  | 220740      | 65216 | 44846 110062             | 1664                                  | 111726      |

Annexure-II

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ivate consumption includes private imports also urce: Oil Companies