Question : OIL AND NATURAL GAS FIELDS

(a) the total number of Oil and Natural Gas fields in different States of the country;

(b) the quantum of oil and natural gas produced by these fields in the country during the last three years; and

(c) the details of research work being done on the production of oil and natural gas available in the country?

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

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question NO. 2695 for answer on 6.12.2001 regarding Oil and Natural Gas fields

(a) As on 1.4.2001 the total number of major oil and gas fields in different States of the country is 218.

(b): The quantum of oil and gas produced from these fields by ONGC, OIL and Private/joint venture companies during the years from 1998-99 to 2000-01 is as under:-

OIL	GAS	(Million Metric Tonne) (Billion Cubic Metre)

1998-99	11.40 7.15
1999-2000 11.21 7.38
2000-01 11.74 7.70

(c): The research work being undertaken by ONGC and OIL include subjects pertaining to areas like development of oil and gas field, enhanced recovery methods, stimulation techniques, horizontal/multilateral completion techniques, drilling/workover fluids, water/gas shut-off, artificial lift mechanism, pipeline engineering, crude oil stablization, production system for high pour point crude, ultrasonic/electromagnetic treatments of paraffin deposition control and in-situ water separation.

Question : OIL AND NATURAL GAS FIELDS

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