Lok Sabha Question No. 4563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Domestic Crude Oil Production and Import Dependence
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri G Kumar Naik

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4563

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  MARCH, 2026

## DOMESTIC CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION AND IMPORT DEPENDENCE

## 4563.   SHRI G KUMAR NAIK:

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

- (a) the details of country's domestic crude oil production during the last ten financial years, year-wise;
- (b) the total number of oil rigs/platforms, including offshore and onshore drilling units, that were operational and decommissioned or shut down during the said period, year-wise;
- (c) the details of major oil and gas blocks awarded under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP); and
- (d) the details of crude oil import dependence, Country-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## पेᮝोिलयम और ᮧाकृ ितक गैस मंᮢालय मᱶ रा᭔यमंᮢी ( ᮰ी सुरेश गोपी )

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

(a)  :  Details  of  domestic  crude  oil  production  during  the  last  ten  financial  years  are  as follows:

| Year    |   Crude Oil (MMT) |
|---------|-------------------|
| 2015-16 |              36.9 |
| 2016-17 |              36   |
| 2017-18 |              35.7 |
| 2018-19 |              34.2 |
| 2019-20 |              32.2 |
| 2020-21 |              30.5 |
| 2021-22 |              29.7 |
| 2022-23 |              29.2 |
| 2023-24 |              29.4 |
| 2024-25 |              28.7 |

Source: PPAC & DGH

MMT: Million Metric Tonnes

(b)  :  The  number  of  oil  rigs,  including  offshore  and  onshore  drilling  units,  that  were operational in the last ten financial years, financial year-wise are as follows:

(Source: - IPNG statistics published by MoPNG)

| FY      |   Onshore |   Offshore |   Total |
|---------|-----------|------------|---------|
| 2015-16 |       118 |         46 |     164 |
| 2016-17 |       111 |         45 |     156 |
| 2017-18 |       112 |         47 |     159 |
| 2018-19 |       131 |         49 |     180 |
| 2019-20 |       118 |         45 |     163 |
| 2020-21 |       105 |         44 |     149 |
| 2021-22 |       103 |         37 |     140 |
| 2022-23 |        90 |         35 |     125 |
| 2023-24 |        99 |         33 |     132 |
| 2024-25 |       102 |         34 |     136 |

Number  of  platforms  in  contractual  regimes  that  were  operational  and  decommissioned during last 10 years as follows:

| FY       | New Platform   |   Operational | Decommissioned   |
|----------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
| 2015-16  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2016-17  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2017-18  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2018-19  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2019-20  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2020-21  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2021-22  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2022-23  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2023-24  | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |
| 2024-25* | NIL            |            20 | NIL              |

(c)  :  Till  date,  172  exploration  blocks  (3,78,652  sq.  km  area)  have  been  awarded  in  nine bidding rounds under Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP). Details of oil and gas blocks awarded under OALP in terms of acreage awarded under OALP is given at Annexure-I .

(d) : Oil and Gas Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) are Board run entities which source crude oil  from  diverse  sources  depending  on  their  technical  and  commercial  considerations. Currently, these PSEs import crude oil from 41 countries including new suppliers like USA, Nigeria, Angola, Canada, Columbia, Brazil and Mexico in addition to traditional suppliers in the  Middle  East  such  as  Iraq,  Saudi  Arabia,  UAE,  Kuwait  and  Qatar.Year-wise  import dependence of crude oil is as follows:

| Financial Year   |   Percentage (%) of import dependence on crude oil |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16          |                                               80.6 |
| 2016-17          |                                               81.7 |
| 2017-18          |                                               82.9 |
| 2018-19          |                                               83.8 |
| 2019-20          |                                               85   |
| 2020-21          |                                               84.4 |
| 2021-22          |                                               85.5 |
| 2022-23          |                                               87.4 |
| 2023-24          |                                               87.8 |
| 2024-25          |                                               88.2 |

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ANNEXURE-I Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4563 asked by Shri G Kumar Naik for answer on 19.03.2026 regarding 'Domestic Crude Oil Production And Import Dependence'

| OALP   | Acreages Awarded (Blocks/Fields)   | Acreages Awarded (Blocks/Fields)   | Acreages Awarded (Blocks/Fields)   | Acreages Awarded (Blocks/Fields)   | Acreages Awarded (Blocks/Fields)   | Acreages Awarded (Blocks/Fields)   |
|--------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Rounds | Total Awarded                      | Total Awarded                      | Offshore                           | Offshore                           | Onshore                            | Onshore                            |
|        | No.                                | Area (Km2)                         | No.                                | Area (Km2)                         | No.                                | Area (Km2)                         |
| I      | 55                                 | 59,283                             | 9                                  | 20,796                             | 46                                 | 38,487                             |
| II     | 14                                 | 29,233                             | 6                                  | 15,500                             | 8                                  | 13,733                             |
| III    | 18                                 | 29,765                             | 4                                  | 11,947                             | 14                                 | 17,818                             |
| IV     | 7                                  | 18,510                             | -                                  | -                                  | 7                                  | 18,510                             |
| V      | 11                                 | 19,789                             | 3                                  | 7,732                              | 8                                  | 12,057                             |
| VI     | 21                                 | 35,346                             | 6                                  | 21,684                             | 15                                 | 13,662                             |
| VII    | 8                                  | 15,766                             | 3                                  | 9,705                              | 5                                  | 6,061                              |
| VIII   | 10                                 | 34,364                             | 8                                  | 32,118                             | 2                                  | 2,246                              |
| IX     | 28                                 | 1,36,596                           | 19                                 | 1,22,721                           | 9                                  | 13,875                             |
| Total  | 172                                | 3,78,652                           | 58                                 | 2,42,203                           | 114                                | 1,36,449                           |