Minister of State in the Ministry of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) The details of quantity of production of crude oil in the country during the
last three years and current year is placed at Annexure. Oil is being produced
from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Eastern Offshore and Western Offshore.
(b) The estimated indigenous production of oil during next five years is as under:
(in MMT)
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
38.03 41.64 44.14 39.14 36.90
(c) The details of production by public sector undertakings and private sector
during the last three years and current year is placed at Annexure.
(d) Several measures have been taken by the Government to accelerate the
production of crude oil in the country, which includes the following:
(i.) Carving out more and more areas for exploration for offer under various
rounds of New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) and Coal Bed Methane Policy
(CBM).
(ii.) Quicker development of discovered reserves for enabling commencement
of production.
(iii.) Use of stimulation techniques for increasing production from existing
fields.
(iv.) Application of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)/Improved Oil Recovery (IOR)
techniques for increasing recovery factor from existing fields.
(v.) Arresting decline from ageing fields.
