Question : Import of Oil and Petroleum Products

(a) whether the Government proposes to develop integrated petroleum and oil and gas zones in the country and if so, the details thereof along with number of such zones created during the last three years and the current year;
(b) whether the Government has chalked out any comprehensive strategy to make India self-reliant in the oil, gas and petroleum sector and to reduce import of oil and other petroleum products and if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the quantum of petroleum products and crude oil imported and total expenditure incurred thereon in terms of rupee and dollar during the last three years and the current year, product/country-wise including United States of America and Middle East Countries?

MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) ONGC has got conducted a feasibility study for examining the possibility of establishment of Petroleum Economic Zone (PEZ) in the country.
(b) The roadmap for reduction of import of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas dependence broadly comprises five-pronged strategy:
I. Increasing production of oil and gas;
II. Promoting energy efficiency and conservation measures;
III. Giving thrust on demand substitution;
IV. Capitalizing untapped potential in biofuels and other alternate fuels/ renewables and;
V. Implementing measures for refinery process improvements.
(c) Details of the quantum of petroleum products and crude oil imported and total expenditure incurred in terms of rupees crore and billion dollar during the last three years and the current year 2014-15 to 2016-17 and 2017-18 (April to October) are given in Table-1 of Annexure.
The details of country-wise petroleum products and region-wise/ country-wise crude oil imports during 2014-15 to 2016-17 and 2017-18 (April to October) are given in Table-2 and Table-3 of Annexure.