The Minister of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Shri S. Jaipal Reddy informed in the Lok
Sabha in a written reply today that with the efforts of
his Ministry, all-round progress has been made in the petroleum sector. The
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is mandated to take measures for
exploitation of petroleum resources including natural gas, coal bed methane,
and distribution, marketing and pricing of petroleum products. The details of
growth in upstream, midstream and downstream sectors during the last three
years and next 03 years are as under:
|
S.
No.
|
Item
|
Last 03 years
|
Expected in Next 3 years
|
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
|
1
|
Production of
oil (MMT)
|
33.50
|
33.50
|
37.68
|
38.18
|
42.30
|
45.57
|
|
2
|
Production of
gas (BCM)
|
32.845
|
47.509
|
52.221
|
51.671
|
52.276
|
61.652
|
|
3
|
Refining
Capacity (MMTPA)
|
148.9
|
177.9
|
184.3
|
193.4
|
232.3
|
240.6
|
|
4
|
Number of
Retail Outlets
|
36971
|
37952
|
39430
|
42730
|
44130
|
45530
|
|
5
|
Number of LPG
consumers (Crore)
|
10.68
|
11.63
|
12.69
|
13.59
|
14.64
|
15.58
|
“There are no regulatory
bottlenecks in the growth of oil and gas production”, he added
.
He
also said that in order to increase the production of oil and gas and increase
in refining capacity, the following steps have been taken by the Government:-
A. Production
of oil and gas
- Implementation of New exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) – 8 rounds of NELP have
already been completed. Through these rounds, 235 exploration blocks have
been awarded and 103 oil and gas discoveries have been made. The bidding
of 9th round of NELP has also been completed in which 74 bids
have been received for 33 exploration blocks against the 34 blocks
offered.
- Coal Bed Methane (CBM)- Coal Bed Methane is an
environment friendly clean fuel similar to Natural Gas. 33 CBM contracts
have been signed for exploration of CBM. As of now, 250 BCM reserves have
been established in 5 CBM blocks. At present CBM gas production is about
2.3 lakh cubic meters per day.
- Implementation of Oil Recovery Scheme- To increase the oil and
gas production in the country, the oil companies are implementing Improved
Oil Recovery (IOR) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Schemes.
B. Refining Sector
In order to give boost to
refining capacity in the country, Refining Sector has been delicensed
since 1998. Refineries can now be established by any public or private sector
entity based on techno commercial feasibility.
After delicensing
of the sector
in 1998, the refining capacity in the country increased from 62 MMTPA in 1998
to 148.96 in 2008-09 and to 193.386 MMTPA in 2011. Further, Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL) has recently commissioned a 6.0 MMTPA refinery at Bina, Madhya Pradesh in Joint venture with Oman Oil
Company, Oman and enhanced the capacity of its Kochi Refinery from 7.5 MMTPA to
9.5 MMTPA. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is setting up a 9.0
MMTPA refinery at Bhatinda, Punjab in joint venture
with Mittal Energy Investment Pvt. Ltd. and has
commissioned a study on pre-project activities for 9.0 MMTPA grassroots
refinery at Ratnagiri district in the State of
Maharashtra. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is also setting up a 15.0
MMTPA refinery at Paradip, Odisha.
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