Lok Sabha Question No. 107 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Import of Crude Oil
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION  NO. 107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## Import of Crude Oil

*107.  SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

पेट्रोलियम और प्राकलतिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the quantum of crude oil imported from various countries including Saudi Arabia during last three years and the current year and the foreign exchange spent thereon during the said period, country-wise;
- (b) the quantum of crude oil produced in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken to reduce dependence on import of crude oil in the country?

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लतक गैस मंत्रािय में राज  ् य मंत्री ( स ् वतंत्र प्रभार )

( श्री धमेन ् द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.107  BY  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD  TO  BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015 REGARDING 'IMPORT OF CRUDE OIL'.

- (a)  : The details of quantum of crude oil imports from various countries including Saudi  Arabia  from  2012-13  to  2015-16  (April-September)  and  foreign  exchange spent thereon are given in Annexure I & II respectively.
- (b): The quantity of crude oil produced in the country, State/UT-wise is given in Annexure-III.
- (c): 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:
- i. Government  has  approved  Marginal  Field  Policy  for  monetisation  of  69 discoveries.
- ii. Appraisal  of  about  1.5  million  sq.  km  un-appraised  area  of  the  Indian Sedimentary Basins.
- iii. Re-assessment of Hydrocarbon Resources.
- iv. Setting up of National Data Repository.
- v. Policy  for  exploration  and  exploitation  of  Shale  Gas/Shale  Oil  resources  by NOCs under the Nomination Regime.
- vi. Policy  for  exploration  in  the  Mining  Lease  (ML)  areas  after  the  expiry  of exploration period.
- vii. Offering of exploration blocks through bidding round.
- viii. Policy  on  Non-exclusive  Multi-client  Speculative  Survey  for  assessment  of unexplored sedimentary basins.
- ix. Policy frame work for relaxations, extensions and  clarifications at the development and production stage under the PSC  regime for early monetisation of hydrocarbon discoveries.

Also, Petroleum Conservation Research  Association (PCRA), under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, promotes conservation of petroleum products in the major sectors of economy like transport, industry, households and agriculture. This  includes  conservation  of    energy  sources,  development,  evaluation  and commercialization  of  efficient  equipment  and  additives,  popularizing  production  of bio-fuels, environment protection etc.

The  Government,  though  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs),  has  also  been implementing  Ethanol  Blended  Petrol  (EBP)  Programme.    Under  this  programme, OMCs sell ethanol blended petrol with percentage of ethanol upto 10% as per BIS specification.  On 10 th August, 2015, the Government also issued notification to allow the direct sale of Bio-diesel (B100)   by private manufacturers to bulk consumers with objective of promoting bio-diesel blending in HSD.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)    OF  LOK  SABHA  QUESTION NO.107  BY  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  07.12.2015  REGARDING 'IMPORT OF CRUDE OIL'.

Import of Crude country-wise for 2012-13 to 2015-16 (April-September) (Provisional)

2015-16

## Annexure-II

| Region        | Sl.No.   | Country           | 2012-13     | 2013-14     | 2014-15    | (Million Metric Tonne) 2015-16 (April-September) (P)   |
|---------------|----------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Middle East   | 1        | Iran              | 13.14       | 11.00       | 10.95      | 6.53                                                   |
| Middle East   | 2        | Iraq              | 24.04       | 24.63       | 24.51      | 17.01                                                  |
| Middle East   | 3        | Kuwait            | 18.90       | 20.35       | 17.85      | 5.31                                                   |
| Middle East   | 4        | Neutral Zone      | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
| Middle East   | 5        | Oman              | 0.66        | 2.07        | 0.77       | 0.00                                                   |
| Middle East   | 6        | Qatar             | 6.90        | 5.15        | 4.47       | 1.29                                                   |
| Middle East   | 7        | Saudi Arabia      | 36.69       | 38.18       | 34.99      | 19.56                                                  |
| Middle East   | 8        | Syria             | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
| Middle East   | 9        | UAE               | 14.47       | 13.98       | 16.11      | 7.48                                                   |
| Middle East   | 10       | Yemen             | 0.60        | 0.49        | 0.21       | 0                                                      |
|               |          | Sub Total         | 115.39      | 115.86      | 109.88     | 57.18                                                  |
|               | 11       | Algeria           | 0.26        | 0.52        | 0.39       | 0.26                                                   |
|               | 12       | Angola            | 8.74        | 8.18        | 7.13       | 4.53                                                   |
|               | 13       | Cameroon          | 0.35        | 0.69        | 1.33       | 0.58                                                   |
|               | 14       | Chad              | 0.49        | 0.00        | 0.28       | 0.82                                                   |
|               | 15       | Congo             | 0.53        | 0.00        | 0.59       | 0.12                                                   |
|               | 16       | Egypt             | 2.57        | 2.59        | 2.52       | 1.78                                                   |
|               | 17       | Equatorial Guinea | 1.74        | 0.35        | 1.44       | 0.71                                                   |
| Africa        | 18       | Kenya             | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0                                                      |
|               | 19       | Gabon             | 1.08        | 0.79        | 0.68       | 0.08                                                   |
|               | 20       | Ivory Coast       | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.15                                                   |
|               | 21       | Libya             | 1.66        | 0.27        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
|               | 22       | Nigeria           | 12.07       | 16.36       | 17.82      | 11.59                                                  |
|               | 23       | West Africa       | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
|               | 24       | Sudan             | 0.08        | 0.64        | 0.85       | 0.09                                                   |
| Asia          | 25       | Sub Total Brunei  | 29.57 1.32  | 30.39 1.06  | 33.05 1.28 | 20.72 0.72                                             |
| Asia          | 26       | China             | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
| Asia          | 27       | Malaysia          | 2.02        | 2.19        | 3.47       | 1.53                                                   |
| Asia          | 28       | Singapore         | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
| Asia          | 29       | South Korea       | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
| Asia          | 30       | Japan             | 0.00        | 0.15        | 0.00       | 0.32                                                   |
| Asia          | 31       | Pakistan          |             |             |            | 0.05                                                   |
| South America |          | Sub Total         | 3.34        | 3.39        | 4.75       | 2.61                                                   |
|               | 32       | Brazil            | 3.78        | 3.41        | 4.14       | 2.32                                                   |
|               | 33       | Columbia          | 2.80        | 6.31        | 4.16       | 0.73                                                   |
|               | 34       | Equador           | 1.28        | 0.28        | 1.61       | 1.46                                                   |
|               | 35       | Panama            | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
|               | 36       | Argentina         | 0.00        | 0.15        | 0.15       | 0.09                                                   |
|               | 37       | Venezuela         | 21.91       | 21.58       | 24.40      | 10.89                                                  |
|               |          | Sub Total         | 29.77       | 31.73       | 34.46      | 15.49                                                  |
| Eurasia       | 38       | Azerbaijan        | 2.20        | 1.39        | 1.09       | 0.27                                                   |
| Eurasia       | 39       | Kazakhstan        | 0.00        | 0.54        | 0.54       | 0.41                                                   |
| Eurasia       | 40       | Russia            | 0.15        | 0.13        | 0.27       | 0.28                                                   |
|               | 41       | Norway            | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0                                                      |
| North America |          | Sub Total         | 2.35        | 2.06        | 1.90 0.16  | 0.96 0.04                                              |
| North America | 42 43    | Canada Mexico     | 0.05 4.06   | 0.20 4.94   | 5.06       | 2.04                                                   |
| North America | 44       | Guatemala         | 0.00        | 0.04        | 0.00       | 0.00                                                   |
|               |          | Sub Total         | 4.11        | 5.17        | 5.22       | 2.08                                                   |
|               | 45       | Turkey            | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0                                                      |
|               | 46       | UK                | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0                                                      |
| Europe        | 47       | Albania           | 0.04        | 0.26        | 0.08       | 0                                                      |
|               |          | Sub Total         | 0.04        | 0.26        | 0.08       | 0                                                      |
|               |          |                   |             |             | 0.09       | 0.33                                                   |
| Australia     | 48       | Australia Total   | 0.23 184.80 | 0.37 189.24 | 189.44     | 99.36                                                  |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA  QUESTION NO.107  BY  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  07.12.2015  REGARDING 'IMPORT OF CRUDE OIL'.

## Import of crude oil and foreign exchange spent

|                         | Quantity      | Value         | Value        |
|-------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
| Year                    | Million tonne | US$ (Billion) | Rs. (Crores) |
| 2012-13                 | 184.80        | 144.3         | 784652       |
| 2013-14                 | 189.24        | 143.0         | 864875       |
| 2014-15                 | 189.44        | 112.7         | 687416       |
| April-September 2015(P) | 99.36         | 38.6          | 247341       |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA  QUESTION NO.107  BY  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  07.12.2015  REGARDING

'IMPORT OF CRUDE OIL'. The State-wise details of crude oil production from 2012-15 to 2015-16 (April - September, 2015) :

(in TMT)

| State/offshore    |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 April - September |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |       295 |       297 |       254 |                         151 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |       120 |       111 |        76 |                          27 |
| Assam             |      4863 |      4709 |      4467 |                        2132 |
| Gujarat           |      5332 |      5061 |      4653 |                        2199 |
| Rajasthan         |      8593 |      9180 |      8848 |                        4334 |
| Tamil Nadu        |       238 |       226 |       240 |                         130 |
| Offshore          |     18421 |     18204 |     18923 |                        9707 |
| Total             |     37862 |     37788 |     37461 |                       18681 |

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