(a) whether rise in prices of crude oil has turned out to be highly profitable for the upstream players and bad for marketing companies;
(b) if so, the details in this regard;
(c) the average profit made per barrel by upstream companies despite subsidy payouts; and
(d) the gross refining margin of refiners during the second quota of financial year 2005 as compared to last year?
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS AND PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 124 BY SHRI SURESH KURUP TO BE ANSWERED ON 9TH DECEMBER 2004 REGARDING RISE IN CRUDE PRICES
(a) & (b): A comparison of profit after tax (PAT) of upstream and downstream oil PSUs for the period April – September 2004 with the corresponding period of the previous year is at Annex – I.
(c): It is not feasible to work out profit made per barrel since profit is combined profit from sale of crude oil, natural gas and value added products.
(d): A comparison of gross refining margins of PSU refineries during July-September 2004, with the corresponding period of the previous year, is at Annex-II.
Annex-I
(RS/CRS)
Sl.No. NAME OF THE COMPANY PROFIT AFTER TAX (APR-SEPT’04) PROFIT AFTER TAX (APR-SEPT’03)
UPSTREAM OIL COS
1 ONGC LTD 5,692.07 4,959.54 2 GAIL 795.09 852.21 3 OIL INDIA LTD 442.08 355.47
OIL MARKETING COMPANIES
4 IOCL 2,711.07 2,751.44 5 HPCL 541.61 601.18 6 BPCL 468.70 796.04 7 IBP CO LTD -69.54 81.87
OMC, PAT for April-September 2004 includes subsidy given by upstream companies, which is not included in the PAT for April-September 2003.
Annex-II
GROSS REFINERY MARGIN REFINERY WISE – July-Sept’04 vis-à -vis July-Sept’03
GRM GRM (Rs./MT of (Rs./MT of Th’put) Th’put)
July-Sept’04 July-Sept’03
Barauni 2128.82 1165.01 Gujarat 2474.27 1510.01 Haldia 1684.90 916.46 Mathura 5907.95 1464.36 Panipat 2661.87 738.26 Guwahati 4061.34 4925.00 Digboi 4043.13 7564.88 CPCL 2017.15 1149.70 BRPL 3250.08 1429.51
BPCL-Refinery 1737.15 1002.21 KRL, Cochin 1890.09 841.77 NRL 5952.72 2377.54
HPCL-Visakh 2105.82 1247.25 HPCL-Mumbai 1547.55 987.18 Average 2258.28 1284.49