Lok Sabha Question No. 2519 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Marginal Oil Fields Policy
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SULTAN  AHMED, POONAM  MAHAJAN, RAM CHARITRA, ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2519 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  December, 2015

## MARGINAL OIL FIELDS POLICY

## 2519.  SHRI SULTAN AHMED: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)   whether the Government proposes to formulate new oil policy and if so, the salient features of the  same  along  with  any  study  if  conducted  to  assess  the  impact  of  new  oil  policy  on  the consumers;
- (b)    whether  the  Government  proposes  to  auction  small  and  marginal  oil  fields  under  Oil  and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and Oil India Limited (OIL);
- (c)  if so, the aims and objectives and modalities of the said policy along with number of such fields likely to be opened for competitive bidding under this framework and the quantum of crude oil and gas reserves estimated to be found in these oilfields, oilfields/company-wise; and
- (d)   the time by which the said oil and gas blocks are likely to be awarded to the private/foreign companies and the extent to which domestic production of various petroleum products likely to be increased on implementation of new policy, oil and gas blocks/company-wise?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( प्राार रन्त्िवत्र ( ) प्रााप्र ामेवध ीी )

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

- (a) & (b) The Government has notified Marginal Field Policy (MFP) with the objective to bring unmonetised marginal fields of ONGC and OIL to the production at the earliest. The salient features of MFP are as under:-
- i. Single license for conventional and non-conventional hydrocarbons
- ii. Bids on a Revenue Sharing Contract (RSC) Model.
- iii. Freedom to sell the crude oil exclusively in domestic market through a transparent bidding process on arms length basis.
- iv. Freedom for pricing  and  allocation  of  gas  produced  from  a  cluster  /  field  /  discovery  on arms length basis.
- v. Royalty rates applicable under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) regime. No cess on crude oil. vi. Exemption from custom duty on all machinery, plants, equipments, materials and supplies related to petroleum operations as applicable in NELP. vii. Up to 100% participation by foreign companies, joint ventures will be allowed.

(c) & (d): The Government has made this policy with sole objective to bring un-monetised marginal fields  of  ONGC  and  OIL  to  the  production  at  the  earliest.  In-place  reserves  in  these  identified discoveries/fields constitute about 1.0%(88 MMT) of the total in-place reserves (8657 MMT) of Oil and Oil Equivalent Gas (O+OEG) held by ONGC and OIL as on 01.04.2014. The details are at Annexure-I .

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## Annexure-I

## Combined List of Marginal Field-Unmonetised discoveries of ONGC and OIL

|                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         | Initial In-place                                                        | Initial In-place                                                        | Initial In-place                                                        | Ultimate Reserve                                                        | Ultimate Reserve                                                        | Ultimate Reserve                                                        |
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| S. No.                                                                  | Discovered By                                                           | Basin                                                                   | FIELDS                                                                  | Year of discovery                                                       | Oil                                                                     | Condensate                                                              | Gas (SG+FG)                                                             | Oil                                                                     | Condensate                                                              | Gas (SG+FG)                                                             |
|                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         | MMt                                                                     | MMt                                                                     | MMm3                                                                    | MMt                                                                     | MMt                                                                     |                                                                         |
|                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         | MMm3                                                                    |
| Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   | Marginal Fields with year of discovery less than 5yrs                   |
| Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                |
| 1                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | PER                                                                     | 2010-11                                                                 | 2.14                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 927.49                                                                  | 0.13                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 283.62                                                                  |
| 2                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | Krishna-Godavari                                                        | GS-KV-1                                                                 | 2010-11                                                                 |                                                                         | 0                                                                       | 790.66                                                                  |                                                                         | 0                                                                       | 474.40                                                                  |
| 3                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | Krishna-Godavari                                                        | GS-70-1                                                                 | 2011-12                                                                 | 0.40                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 459.19                                                                  | 0.06                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 68.88                                                                   |
| 4                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-127E-1                                                                | 2011-12                                                                 | 0.76                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 865.10                                                                  | 0.90                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 473.70                                                                  |
| 5                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | AAFB                                                                    | N.Patharia                                                              | 2011-12                                                                 |                                                                         | 0                                                                       | 136.90                                                                  |                                                                         | 0                                                                       | 80.00                                                                   |
| 6                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | Frontier Basin                                                          | Nahota-2                                                                | 2011-12                                                                 |                                                                         | 0                                                                       | 510.00                                                                  |                                                                         | 0                                                                       | 306.00                                                                  |
| 7                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | Krishna-Godavari                                                        | Koravaka                                                                | 2012-13                                                                 | 0.03                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 126.60                                                                  | 0.00                                                                    | 0                                                                       | 12.70                                                                   |
| Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years | Marginal Fields discoveries with year of discoveries between 5-10 years |
| Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                | Offshore                                                                |
| 8                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-9                                                                     | 2005-06                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 4488.00                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 1102.30                                                                 |
| 9                                                                       | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-7-2                                                                   | 2008-09                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 1970.00                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    |
| 10                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | Krishna-Godavari                                                        | GS-59-1A                                                                | 2008-09                                                                 | 0.16                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 55.07                                                                   | 0.02                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 8.26                                                                    |
| 11                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | Krishna-Godavari                                                        | YS-5-1A                                                                 | 2008-09                                                                 |                                                                         | 0.00                                                                    | 1690.70                                                                 |                                                                         | 0.00                                                                    | 207.57                                                                  |
| 12                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | Krishna-Godavari                                                        | GD-7                                                                    | 2010-11                                                                 |                                                                         | 0.00                                                                    | 34.1                                                                    |                                                                         | 0.00                                                                    | 20.2                                                                    |
| Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 | Onshore                                                                 |
| 13                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | Krishna-Godavari                                                        | Uppidi-1(UPAA)                                                          | 2007-08                                                                 |                                                                         | 0.00                                                                    | 17.62                                                                   |                                                                         | 0.00                                                                    | 10.57                                                                   |
| 14                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | Cauvery                                                                 | Neduvasal                                                               | 2008-09                                                                 | 0.38                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 35.21                                                                   | 0.01                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 15.26                                                                   |
| Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             | Marginal Fields with year of discoveries more than 10 years             |
| 15                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-37                                                                    | 1977-78                                                                 | 1.09                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 2204.20                                                                 | 0.11                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 1322.62                                                                 |
| 16                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-51                                                                    | 1978-79                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 680.40                                                                  | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 408.20                                                                  |
| 17                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | D-12                                                                    | 1981-82                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 617.80                                                                  | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 370.68                                                                  |
| 18                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | KUTCH                                                                   | KD                                                                      | 1984-85                                                                 | 2.61                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 54.91                                                                   | 0.26                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 32.90                                                                   |
| 19                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | D-18                                                                    | 1985-86                                                                 | 14.78                                                                   | 0.00                                                                    | 2061.70                                                                 | 1.37                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 876.40                                                                  |
| 20                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-174                                                                   | 1985-86                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 1480.40                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 888.20                                                                  |
| 21                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | CD                                                                      | 1986-87                                                                 | 0.05                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 45.70                                                                   | 0.01                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 15.00                                                                   |
| 22                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | CA                                                                      | 1986-87                                                                 | 1.93                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 3515.20                                                                 | 0.29                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 2105.60                                                                 |
| 23                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-80                                                                    | 1987-88                                                                 | 1.81                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 297.20                                                                  | 0.03                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 26.90                                                                   |
| 24                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | SD-4                                                                    | 1988-89                                                                 | 0.15                                                                    | 0.02                                                                    | 165.60                                                                  | 0.03                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 99.30                                                                   |
| 25                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | SD-14                                                                   | 1989-90                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 72.30                                                                   | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 43.40                                                                   |
| 26                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-163                                                                   | 1990-91                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 140.00                                                                  | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 84.00                                                                   |
| 27                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-183                                                                   | 1990-91                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 69.00                                                                   | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 41.00                                                                   |
| 28                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | C-37                                                                    | 1994-95                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 1279.88                                                                 | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    |
| 29                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-15                                                                    | 1994-95                                                                 | 0.27                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 44.60                                                                   | 0.03                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 26.80                                                                   |
|                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         | 1994-95                                                                 |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 30                                                                      | ONGC                                                                    | BOMBAY OFFSHORE                                                         | B-153                                                                   |                                                                         | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 207.24                                                                  | 0.00                                                                    | 0.00                                                                    | 124.00                                                                  |
| 31 32 33                                                                | ONGC ONGC ONGC                                                          | BOMBAY OFFSHORE BOMBAY OFFSHORE BOMBAY OFFSHORE                         | B-15A C-43 TP                                                           | 1995-96 1995-96 1999-00                                                 | 0.22 0.00 0.00                                                          | 0.00 0.00 0.00                                                          | 0.00 307.90 330.00                                                      | 0.03 0.00 0.00                                                          | 0.00 0.00 0.00                                                          | 0.00 184.00 198.00                                                      |

| 34                | ONGC              | BOMBAY OFFSHORE   | D-31                   | 2000-01           | 3.78              | 0.00          | 535.60        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 35                | ONGC              | BOMBAY OFFSHORE   | B-14                   | 2000-01           | 0.00              | 0.00          | 79.00         | 0.00          | 0.00          | 47.00         |
| 36                | ONGC              | BOMBAY OFFSHORE   | BRC                    | 2000-01           | 0.01              | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 37                | ONGC              | BOMBAY OFFSHORE   | ED-4                   | 2000-01           | 0.03              | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.01          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 38                | ONGC              | BOMBAY OFFSHORE   | GK-39                  | 2000-01           | 0.00              | 0.00          | 57.00         | 0.00          | 0.00          | 34.00         |
| 39                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | KD-1                   | 2000-01           |                   | 0.00          | 50.3          |               | 0.00          | 32.0          |
| 40                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | GD-1                   | 2001-02           |                   | 0.00          | 39.0          |               | 0.00          | 20.0          |
| 41                | ONGC              | BOMBAY OFFSHORE   | NMT                    | 2003-04           | 0.00              | 0.00          | 5490.40       | 0.00          | 0.00          | 1194.50       |
| Onshore- ONGC     | Onshore- ONGC     | Onshore- ONGC     | Onshore- ONGC          | Onshore- ONGC     | Onshore- ONGC     | Onshore- ONGC | Onshore- ONGC | Onshore- ONGC | Onshore- ONGC | Onshore- ONGC |
| 42                | ONGC              | Cauvery           | Karaikal               | 1977-78           | 0.03              | 0.00          |               | 0.00          | 0.00          |               |
| 43                | ONGC              | ASSAM SHELF       | Charaideo              | 1981-82           | 2.45              | 0.00          | 614.5         | 0.03          | 0.00          | 11.9          |
| 44                | ONGC              | AAFB              | Barsilla               | 1982-83           | 2.46              | 0.00          | 655.11        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 45                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | Bhimanapalli           | 1983-84           |                   | 0.00          | 21.83         |               | 0.00          | 13.10         |
| 46                | ONGC              | AAFB              | Laxmijan               | 1985-86           | 3.09              | 0.00          | 624.0         | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 47                | ONGC              | ASSAM SHELF       | Bihubar                | 1985-86           | 0.45              | 0.00          | 127.0         | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.0           |
| 48                | ONGC              | ASSAM SHELF       | Chumukedema (Nagaland) | 1985-86           | 0.48              | 0.00          |               | 0.07          | 0.00          |               |
| 49                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | Palakollu              | 1986-87           |                   | 0.00          | 236.93        |               | 0.00          | 142.16        |
| 50                | ONGC              | AAFB              | Hilara                 | 1988-89           | 0.04              | 0.00          | 0.9           | 0.01          | 0.00          | 0.7           |
| 51                | ONGC              | CAMBAY            | Elao                   | 1988-89           |                   | 0.00          | 34.70         |               | 0.00          | 17.30         |
| 52                | ONGC              | ASSAM SHELF       | Tynyphe (Nagaland)     | 1989-90           | 0.69              | 0.00          | 74.6          | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.0           |
| 53                | ONGC              | CAMBAY            | West Bechraji          | 1989-90           | 0.74              | 0.00          | 9.40          | 0.07          | 0.00          |               |
| 54                | ONGC              | CAMBAY            | South Patan            | 1989-90           | 0.44              | 0.00          |               | 0.04          | 0.00          |               |
| 55                | ONGC              | Rajasthan         | Bakhri- Tibba          | 1990-91           |                   | 0.00          | 55.30         |               | 0.00          | 31.00         |
| 56                | ONGC              | CAMBAY            | Khambel                | 1992-93           | 0.07              | 0.01          |               | 0.01          | 0.00          |               |
| 57                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | Mummidavaram           | 1992-93           |                   | 0.00          | 58.73         |               | 0.00          | 35.24         |
| 58                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | Achanta                | 1993-94           |                   | 0.00          | 30.08         |               | 0.00          | 18.05         |
| 59                | ONGC              | AAFB              | Patharia               | 1994-95           |                   | 0.00          | 180.00        |               | 0.00          | 90.00         |
| 60                | ONGC              | CAMBAY            | Kamboi                 | 1995-96           | 0.13              | 0.00          |               | 0.01          | 0.00          |               |
| 61                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | Lankapalem             | 1995-96           |                   | 0.00          | 226.65        |               | 0.00          | 28.92         |
| 62                | ONGC              | Rajasthan         | Sadewala               | 1996-97           |                   | 0.00          | 40.10         |               | 0.00          | 24.10         |
| 63                | ONGC              | Krishna-Godavari  | Sanarudravaram         | 2001-02           |                   | 0.00          | 18.00         |               | 0.00          | 10.30         |
| Onshore- OIL      | Onshore- OIL      | Onshore- OIL      | Onshore- OIL           | Onshore- OIL      | Onshore- OIL      | Onshore- OIL  | Onshore- OIL  | Onshore- OIL  | Onshore- OIL  | Onshore- OIL  |
| 64                | OIL               | Upper Assam       | Duarmara               | 1970              | 0                 | 0.00          | 61.19         | 0             | 0.00          | 3             |
| 65                | OIL               | Upper Assam       | Dipling                | 1985              | 4.154             | 0.00          | 798.75        | 0.021         | 0.00          | 9             |
| 66                | OIL               | Upper Assam       | Kherem                 | 1992              | 0.409             | 0.00          | 480.51        | 0.015         | 0.00          | 94            |
| 67                | OIL               | Upper Assam       | Sarojini               | 1996              | 1.094             | 0.00          | 55.67         | 0.055         | 0.00          | 22            |
| 68                | OIL               | Upper Assam       | Jeraipathar            | 1997              | 0.09              | 0.00          | 12.73         | 0.006         | 0.00          | 1             |
| 69                | OIL               | Upper Assam       | Sapekhati              | 1997              | 1.793             | 0.00          | 2025.42       | 0.179         | 0.00          | 506           |
| Grand Total 49.22 | Grand Total 49.22 | Grand Total 49.22 | Grand Total 49.22      | Grand Total 49.22 | Grand Total 49.22 | 0.03          | 38374.16      | 3.00          | 0.00          | 12295.50      |