Question : OIL PRODUCTION BY OIL & PRIVATE COMPANIES



(a) the oil produced by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Limited during the last three years alongwith their cost of productions separately;

(b) the number of employees working in ONGC and Oil India Limited as on January 31, 2000; and

(c) the efforts made to reduce the costing to effect economy in the market?

Answer given by the minister


Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar)


(a) to (c): The details are given in Statement annexed.


Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.5834 to be answered on 26.4.2001 regarding oil production by OIL & private companies

(a): Production of crude oil during 1997-98 to 1999-2000 and cost of production thereof:-

1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	Production ( million metric tonne)
ONGC@ 28.25 26.39 24.65 OIL$ 3.09 3.28 3.26
Cost of production + (Rs/metric tonne)
ONGC 3203 3261 4020 OIL 2340 2347 2793
+ Inclusive of statutory levies. @ Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. $ Oil India Ltd.
(b): The number of employees working in ONGC and OIL as on 31.1.2001: ONGC : 40,021 OIL : 10,082


(c): A number of measures have been/are being taken by ONGC and OIL to contain increase in cost of production of oil and gas, which amongst others include:.

1. ONGC

i) Improving overall productivity, thereby reducing per unit cost of production.

ii) Increasing the utilization of natural gas and output of value added products like LPG, NGL and Kerosene.

iii) Introduction of state-of-the-art technologies to increase individual well productivity as well as to improve ultimate recovery

iv) Adopting energy saving and conservation methods.

2. OIL

i)	Sharing of common services to the extent possible.	ii)	Re-siting of equipment from depleting wells or fields to new wells or fields.	iii)	Redeployment of manpower.	iv)	Saving on fuel consumption	v)	Adoption of new technology.