Lok Sabha Question No. 226 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Theft of Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.226 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  JULY, 2016

## THEFT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

## 226.   SHRI RAMDAS C.TADAS:

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether the Government has taken note of theft/pilferage of crude oil/gas from pipelines, refineries and depots etc. in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such cases reported/noticed by the  Government  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  Oil Marketing Company (OMC)-wise and State/UT-wise including Haryana;
- (c) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government  against the persons/officials found involved therein; and
- (d)  the  corrective  measures  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to prevent oil/gas theft/pilferage in the country?

## ANSWER

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) & (b): Details of cases of theft/pilferage of crude oil/gas from pipelines, refineries and depots etc. in the country as reported/noticed by three Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) namely Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation  Limited  (BPCL)  &  Hindustan  Petroleum  Corporation  Limited  (HPCL) during last three years and current year, is given in Annexure.
- (c)  FIRs  are  lodged  with  respective  police  stations  in  cases  of  theft/pilferage  of oil/gas  from  pipelines  which  have  taken  place  in  different  States.  The  cases  are pursued by the concerned OMCs with the State Administration and Police Authorities at different levels.
- (d) :- Following steps have been taken by the Oil PSUs to prevent theft/pilferage of crude oil/gas from pipelines, refineries and depots etc:-
- i. Round the clock monitoring of Pipeline flow and pressure through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) for pipelines.
- ii. Daily foot patrolling by Line Patrolmen (LPM).
- iii. Continuous interaction & sensitizing of villagers along pipeline Right of Way (ROW).
- iv. Continuous  monitoring  of  Repeater  cum  Cathodic  Protection  System  (RCP) through CCTV based surveillance system.
- v. Issue of pilferages is being taken up at various levels of the police in all the States. Also regular interaction maintained with civil administration.
- vi. Electronic Surveillance ; and
- vii. Patrolling by local police.

Besides,  Government  has  amended  the  Petroleum  and  Minerals  Pipelines (Acquisition  of  Right  of  User  in  Land)  Act,  1962  to  make  it  more  stringent  with provision of deterrent punishment  for  offenders  engaged  in  pilferage  and sabotage of petroleum and gas pipelines.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.226 to be answered on 18.07.2016

Details of cases of theft/pilferage of crude oil/gas from pipelines, refineries and depots  etc.  in  the  country  as  reported/noticed  by  Oil  Marketing  Companies (OMCs) during last three years and current year.

## Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)

| S.No.   | State          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (April, 2016 to 09 th July,2016) |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Gujarat        |         5 |         3 |         7 |                                          0 |
| 2.      | Rajasthan      |         6 |         9 |         3 |                                          0 |
| 3.      | Haryana        |         8 |        10 |         9 |                                          3 |
| 4.      | Uttar Pradesh  |         4 |        11 |        10 |                                          1 |
| 5.      | Uttrakhand     |         0 |         0 |         1 |                                          0 |
| 6.      | Delhi          |         2 |         1 |         1 |                                          0 |
| 7.      | Bihar          |        10 |         6 |         1 |                                          0 |
| 8.      | West Bengal    |         4 |         6 |         4 |                                          0 |
| 9.      | Punjab         |         2 |         2 |         0 |                                          0 |
| 10.     | Jharkhand      |         3 |        13 |         6 |                                          0 |
| 11.     | Andhra Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                          1 |
| 12.     | Assam (AOD)    |         2 |         3 |         2 |                                          0 |
|         | Total:         |        46 |        64 |        44 |                                          5 |

## Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

| S.No.   | State          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (April, 2016 to June,2016) |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Maharashtra    |         4 |         1 |         3 |                                    2 |
| 2.      | Madhya Pradesh |         0 |         2 |         0 |                                    1 |
| 3.      | Rajasthan      |         0 |         1 |         1 |                                    0 |
| 4.      | Uttar Pradesh  |         1 |         1 |         1 |                                    0 |
| 5.      | Haryana        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                    0 |
| 6.      | Andhra Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         1 |                                    0 |
|         | Total:         |         5 |         5 |         6 |                                    3 |

## Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

There are no cases of crude oil / gas theft/pilferage at HPCL during the last 3 years and current year.

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