MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) The project was approved on 30.12.1991. Crude Distillation Unit (CDU-II) was commissioned on 9.5.1995 and Delayed Cooking Unit (DCU-II) on 6.3.1996.
(b) At the time of approving Bongaigaon Refinery & Petro-Chemicals Ltd. expansion project, the crude oil production in North East region was projected to increase to 8.76 MMTPA in 1994-95 and further to 11.78 MMTPA in 1999-2000.
(c) The actual capacity utilization of Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. as a percent of crude throughput is given below:
Year % capacity utilization
1996-97 65.6
1997-98 73.1
1998-99 70.4
1999-2000 80.9
(anticipated)
(d) Reasons for shortfall in crude oil availability are as follows:
(i) Continuous bandhs/barricades and other environmental problems resulted in subdued activities of land acquisition, drilling well and field maintenance, construction, production and exploratory work.
(ii) Blow out in wells.
(iii) Adverse behavior of few reservoirs.
(iv) Inability to drill the targeted exploratory and development wells.
(e) Due to non-availability of crude oil as per requirement, refinery has not been able to run full capacity which has affected the overall financial performance of the Company.
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