Question : DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF LPG



(a) the demand and supply of LPG in the country, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;

(b) the names of authorized dealers who supply LPG in Tamil Nadu;and

(c) the total number of customers registered for LPG connections, in Tamil Nadu?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a): At present, the indigenous production of LPG is inadequate to meet the domestic requirements. The shortfall in availability is met through imports.

Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have assessed the annual requirement/demand of domestic LPG /commercial LPG for the entire country for the current year 2010 as 13700 Thousand Metric Tonne (TMT) including 1150 TMT for the State of Tamil Nadu. The State-wise requirement/demand of LPG are available with Director (Marketing) of OMCs concerned.

(b) & (c): As on 01.10.2010, OMCs namely, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) were operating 710 LPG distributors in the State of Tamil Nadu. Through these distributors, OMCs are serving about 127.4 lakh registered customers in the State. The name of the LPG distributors are available with Director (MarKeting) of OMCs concerned.