GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 5220

ANSWERED ON:26.04.2013

SHIFTING OF OIL DEPOTS

RAJIV RANJAN (LALAN) SINGH

(a) the total number of oil depots of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) functioning in the country along with their storage capacity, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to shift any oil depot including the depot at Bijwasan, New Delhi to any other place to protect the people from the incidents of fire;

(c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the time by which oil depot are likely to be shifted and the places where these are proposed to be shifted, State/UT-wise?

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GASbe pleased to state:-

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

(SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI) 

 (a): State/UT-wise details of oil depots of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) functioning in the country along with their tankages, are annexed as Annexure –I.

(b) to (d) : The Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies have reported that they are shifting 33 oil depots including Bijwasan, New Delhi to different locations. The details including time-frame of shifting are annexed as Annexure-II.