GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO: 382

ANSWERED ON:30.07.2009

PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL GAS BY OIL COMPANIES

(a) the total capacity of oil and gas reserves in the country;

(b) the quantity of crude oil and gas produced by public sector oil companies during the last three years, company-wise and location-wise;

(c) the average cost of crude oil and gas produced by the said companies during each of the last three years; and

(d) the steps being taken to boost production by adopting cost-effective techniques?

ANSWER

 MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI MURLI DEORA)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.382 BY SHRI JAGDISH SHARMA AND SHRI ANANT KUMAR HEGDE TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.7.2009 REGARDING PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL/GAS BY OIL COMPANIES.

(a) Total quantity of Oil and Gas reserves in the country as on 1.4.2009 is 1840.07 Million Metric Tonnes of Oil Equivalent (MMTOE).

(b) The quantity of Crude Oil and Gas produced by public sector oil companies viz.,Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd. (OIL) during the last three years, company -wise and location- wise is at Annex.

(c) The average cost of crude oil and natural gas produced by ONGC and OIL during each of last three years are given below:

Company Oil/Gas 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 

ONGC Crude Oil 9235 10053 10328# (Rs./ MT)

 Natural Gas 3490 3426 4689# (Rs./thousand standard cubic metre SCM)

OIL Crude Oil 8026.21 9501.12 8854.90 (Rs./ MT)

 (d) The steps taken by ONGC and OIL to boost production inter alia include application of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) / Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) techniques for increasing recovery factor from existing fields, faster development of discovered reserves, etc.