Lok Sabha Question No. 2426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Development of Hydrocarbon Resources
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH, SAKUNTALA LAGURI, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2426

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  December, 2015 DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROCARBON RESOURCES

2426.  SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH: SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI: SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether the Government proposes to introduce new Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Policy;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof along with salient features of the said policy;
- (c)   whether the Government has fixed any target for production of CBM gas and if so, the details thereof along with efforts made by the Government to achieve the target fixed during the last three years;
- (d)      whether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop  alternate  energy  sources  of  gas  like Hydrocarbon resources and Gas Hydrates;
- (e)        if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  names  of  the  places  where  hydrocarbon/Gas Hydrates are found and the time by which the commercial production likely to be started, State/block/ company-wise; and
- (f)    the number of CBM blocks awarded to public/private/foreign companies so far along with gas produced from these blocks, State/block/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):      Government  of  India  formulated  CBM  Policy  in  1997.  The  policy  provided  for award of CBM blocks through open global competitive bidding under the policy, the bidders were required to bid for ad-valorem Production Level Payments (PLP).
- (c):  Projected CBM production for next three years are given as under:

| All figures are in MMSCM*   | All figures are in MMSCM*   | All figures are in MMSCM*   | All figures are in MMSCMD   | All figures are in MMSCMD   | All figures are in MMSCMD   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Projected                   | Projected                   | Projected                   | Projected                   | Projected                   | Projected                   |
| FY 2015-16                  | FY 2016- 17                 | FY 2017- 18                 | FY 2015-16                  | FY 2016-17                  | FY 2017-18                  |
| 618.01                      | 1449.85                     | 2106.26                     | 1.69                        | 3.97                        | 5.77                        |

*Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter

Government is making efforts to remove all impediments in CBM production from awarded blocks viz. delay in grant of statutory clearances, grant of PEL/ML from state Government and  overlapping  of  CBM  blocks  with  Coal  blocks  etc.    Recently,  the  Government  has allowed Coal India Limited (CIL) & its subsidiaries to explore CBM in the Coal Mining Lease area held by them. (d)  &  (e):  Government  has  taken  various  measures  in  order  to  exploit  unconventional hydrocarbon apart from CBM viz. Shale Gas and Gas Hydrate. Details are as under: i.   Shale Gas : Government has announced, on 14 th October, 2013 the policy guidelines for exploration  and  exploitation  of  Shale  Gas  and  oil by National Oil Companies (ONGC and OIL) in their onland Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) / Petroleum Mining Lease (PML) areas      awarded  under  the  nomination  regimes.  In  pursuance  of  this  Policy,  ONGC  has started shale gas and oil   exploration activities in 50 PEL/PML areas in Cambay, Cauvery, Krishna-Godavari  and  Assam  and  Arakan  Basins.  OIL  has  started  shale  gas  exploration activities in 6 PEL/PML areas in Assam and Rajasthan basins.

In  India,  Shale  gas  Blocks  are  still  in  exploration  stage.  The  production  potential  of  the blocks  will  be  ascertained  after  the  completion  of  exploration,  appraisal  and  establishing commerciality. Currently, there is no commercial production of shale gas in the country ii.  Gas  Hydrate: The  technology for Gas Hydrate exploration and extraction is still  in  the R&D stage throughout the world. The presence of Gas Hydrates has been established in the basins  of  Krishna  Godavari,  Mahanadi  and  Andaman  deep  waters  offshore.  As  such commercial production of Gas Hydrates has not commenced anywhere in the world so far.

(f): Details are at annexure-I

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## Annexure of Lok Sabha USQ 2426 to be answered on 14.12.2014

## Annexure-I

| Block-wise and Round-wise Status of awarded CBMBlocks (As on 31.10.2015)   | Block-wise and Round-wise Status of awarded CBMBlocks (As on 31.10.2015)   | Block-wise and Round-wise Status of awarded CBMBlocks (As on 31.10.2015)   | Block-wise and Round-wise Status of awarded CBMBlocks (As on 31.10.2015)   | Block-wise and Round-wise Status of awarded CBMBlocks (As on 31.10.2015)   | Block-wise and Round-wise Status of awarded CBMBlocks (As on 31.10.2015)   | Block-wise and Round-wise Status of awarded CBMBlocks (As on 31.10.2015)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                    | CBM Round / Manner of allotment                                            | Block                                                                      | State                                                                      | Area (Sq. Km.)                                                             | Contractor (PI%)                                                           | Present Status                                                             |
| 1                                                                          | Through FIPB route                                                         | Raniganj (South)                                                           | West Bengal                                                                | 210                                                                        | GEECL (100)                                                                | Production : 0.48 MMSCMD                                                   |
| 2                                                                          | Nomination Basis                                                           | Raniganj(North)                                                            | West Bengal                                                                | 350                                                                        | ONGC (74)- CIL (26)                                                        | Development Phase                                                          |
| 3                                                                          | Nomination Basis                                                           | Jharia                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                                  | 85                                                                         | ONGC (90)- CIL (10)                                                        | Development Phase Incidental CBM prod: 5962 SCMD                           |
| 4                                                                          | I                                                                          | RG(E)-CBM-2001/I                                                           | West Bengal                                                                | 500                                                                        | Essar Oil Ltd (100)                                                        | Development Phase Incidental CBM prod: 0.72 MMSCMD                         |
| 5                                                                          | I                                                                          | SP(E)-CBM-2001/I                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 495                                                                        | RIL (100)                                                                  | Development Phase                                                          |
| 6                                                                          | I                                                                          | SP(W)-CBM-2001/I                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 500                                                                        | RIL (100)                                                                  | Production Incidental CBM prod: 3474 SCMD                                  |
| 7                                                                          | I                                                                          | BK-CBM-2001/I                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                  | 95                                                                         | ONGC (80)- IOC (20)                                                        | Development Phase                                                          |
| 8                                                                          | I                                                                          | NK-CBM-2001/I                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                  | 340                                                                        | ONGC (80)- IOC (20)                                                        | Development Phase                                                          |
| 9                                                                          | II                                                                         | SH(N)-CBM-2003/II                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                               | 825                                                                        | RIL (100)                                                                  | Under Relinquishment                                                       |
| 10                                                                         | II                                                                         | BS(1)-CBM-2003/II                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                  | 1045                                                                       | RIL(100)                                                                   | Under relinquishment                                                       |
| 11                                                                         | II                                                                         | BS(2)-CBM-2003/II                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                  | 1020                                                                       | RIL (100)                                                                  | Under relinquishment                                                       |
| 12                                                                         | II                                                                         | SK-CBM-2003/II                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                  | 70                                                                         | ONGC (100)                                                                 | Under relinquishment                                                       |
| 13                                                                         | II                                                                         | NK(W)-CBM- 2003/II                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                  | 267                                                                        | ONGC (100)                                                                 | Under relinquishment                                                       |
| 14                                                                         | II                                                                         | ST-CBM-2003/II                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 714                                                                        | ONGC (100)                                                                 | Relinquished due to poor prospectivity                                     |
| 15                                                                         | II                                                                         | WD-CBM-2003/II                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                | 503                                                                        | ONGC (100)                                                                 | Relinquished due to poor prospectivity                                     |
| 16                                                                         | II                                                                         | BS(3)-CBM-2003/II                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                  | 790                                                                        | ONGC (74)- CIL (26)                                                        | Relinquished due to poor prospectivity                                     |
| 17                                                                         | III                                                                        | SP(N)-CBM- 2005/III                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 609                                                                        | REL (45)- RNRL (45)- Geopetrol (10)                                        | Exploration Phase                                                          |
| 18                                                                         | III                                                                        | SR-CBM-2005/III                                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 330                                                                        | DIL (90)- Coal Gas (10)                                                    | Exploration Phase                                                          |
| 19                                                                         | III                                                                        | RM-CBM-2005/III                                                            | Jharkhand                                                                  | 469                                                                        | Dart Energy (35)-GAIL (35)-EIG                                             | Under Relinquishment                                                       |

|    |     |                      |                              |      | (15)-TATA Power (15)                             |                                         |
|----|-----|----------------------|------------------------------|------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 20 | III | GV(N)-CBM- 2005/III  | Telangana                    |  386 | Coal Gas (10)-DIL (40)-Adinath (50)              | PEL not Granted. Contract Not Effective |
| 21 | III | BB-CBM-2005/III      | West Bengal                  |  248 | British Petroleum (100)                          | Under relinquishment                    |
| 22 | III | MR-CBM-2005/III      | Chhattisgarh                 |  634 | Arrow (35)- GAIL (35)- EIG (15)- TATA Power (15) | Under relinquishment                    |
| 23 | III | TR-CBM-2005/III      | Chhattisgarh                 |  458 | Arrow (35)- GAIL (35)- EIG (15)- TATA Power      | Under relinquishment                    |
| 24 | III | BS(4)-CBM- 2005/III  | Rajasthan                    | 1168 | REL (45)- RNRL (45)- Geopetrol (10)              | Under Relinquishment                    |
| 25 | III | BS(5)-CBM- 2005/III  | Rajasthan                    |  739 | REL (45)- RNRL (45)- Geopetrol (10)              | Under Relinquishment                    |
| 26 | III | KG(E )-CBM- 2005/III | Andhra Pradesh               |  750 | REL (45) - RNRL (45) - Geopetrol (10)            | Under Relinquishment                    |
| 27 | IV  | AS-CBM-2008/IV       | Assam                        |  113 | Dart Energy (10)-OIL (90)                        | Exploration Phase                       |
| 28 | IV  | MG-CBM-2008/IV       | Tamil Nadu                   |  667 | GEECL (100)                                      | Exploration Phase                       |
| 29 | IV  | RM(E)-CBM- 2008/IV   | Jharkhand                    | 1128 | EOL (100)                                        | Exploration Phase                       |
| 30 | IV  | TL-CBM-2008/IV       | Odisha                       |  557 | EOL (100)                                        | PEL not Granted. Contract Not Effective |
| 31 | IV  | IB-CBM-2008/IV       | Odisha                       |  209 | EOL (100)                                        | PEL not Granted. Contract Not Effective |
| 32 | IV  | SP(NE)-CBM- 2008/IV  | Madhya Pradesh& Chhattisgarh |  339 | EOL (100)                                        | Exploration Phase                       |
| 33 | IV  | ST-CBM-2008/IV       | Madhya Pradesh               |  714 | Dart Energy (80)-TATA Power (20)                 | Relinquished due to poor prospectivity  |