The Minister of
Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri S. Jaipal Reddy informed in the Lok
Sabha in a reply today that the total balance
recoverable reserves of crude oil are about 756.766 million metric tonne (MMT) as on 1.4.2011. Of this 552.610 MMT are with
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), 81.160 MMT with Oil India
Limited (OIL) and 122.996 MMT with Private/Joint Venture companies. The
state-wise and company-wise details of crude oil reserves are provided below: -
State-Wise and company-wise details of crude oil
reserves
|
|
ONGC
|
OIL
|
Private/JV
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
MMT
|
MMT
|
MMT
|
MMT
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
5.220
|
|
|
5.220
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
--
|
0.890
|
2.501
|
3.391
|
|
Assam
|
89.070
|
80.270
|
0.357
|
169.697
|
|
Gujarat
|
130.230
|
|
7.202
|
137.432
|
|
Nagaland
|
2.690
|
|
|
2.690
|
|
Rajasthan
|
0.000
|
|
75.334
|
75.334
|
|
Tamilnadu
|
8.480
|
|
|
8.480
|
|
Tripura
|
0.080
|
|
|
0.080
|
|
ONLAND Total
|
235.770
|
81.160
|
85.394
|
402.324
|
|
West Coast
|
307.630
|
|
20.630
|
328.260
|
|
East Coast
|
9.210
|
|
16.972
|
26.182
|
|
Offshore-total
|
316.840
|
|
37.602
|
354.442
|
|
Total
|
552.610
|
81.160
|
122.996
|
756.766
|
Note: * In Tripura, mostly gas
reserves are available however small quantity of condensate is produced.
The
Minister also informed that currently, hydrocarbon exploration is in progress
in the Indian sedimentary basins, which are: Andaman-Nicobar, Assam-Arakan, Assam Shelf, Bengal.
Cambay, Cauvery, Deccan Syneclise, Ganga, Himalayan Foreland, Kerala-Konkan,
Krishna-Godavari, Kutch, Mahanadi-Nort East Coast,
Mumbai Offshore, Pranhita-Godavari, Rajasthan, Satpura-Rewa, Saurashtra, and Vindhyan.
Shri
Reddy further said that, in order to discover hydrocarbon in the sedimentary
basins, companies are caring out gravity, magnetic, electro-magnetic,
geochemical and seismic surveys in Indian sedimentary basins. Replying to
supplementary questions, the Minister said that, for increasing domestic oil
and gas production, the Minister said that the
Government has given around
as 235 blocks until 8th
round of awarding exploration blocks under New exploration Licensing Policy
(NELP). Out of these, as many as 103 discoveries have been so far as
and 6 of those have been put into
production. He also said that the proposal of India becoming members of
IEA is under consideration, however a view has not
been taken so far. Regarding a supplementary query on reported delay in KaKinada-Tuticorin pipeline, the Minister said that the
concerned Regulatory Authority/Board will be asked to took
into it.
In
reply to another query, Srhi Jaipal
Reddy informed that the strategic oil reserves of 5.33 MMT have been planned at
3 locations viz., Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and one each in Mangalore
& Padur in Karnataka. The break-up of strategic
oil reserves capacity is as under:
|
Sl. No.
|
Location
|
Capacity (MMT)
|
|
1
|
Vishakhapatnam
|
1.33
|
|
2
|
Mangalore
|
1.50
|
|
3
|
Padur
|
2.50
|
In
addition, he informed, feasibility study for about 12.5 MMT
strategic oil reserves is in progress in the states of Karnataka, Gujarat,
Rajasthan and Orissa.
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