Question : PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL

(a) the latest position of availability of oil and natural gas in the country and the prospects of making new discoveries;

(b) the total demand of oil and natural gas in the country at present being met by internal sources;

(c) the total quantity of oil and natural gas imported during each of the last three years till date to meet the shortfall in internal production, country â€“wise ; and

(d) the total expenditure incurred on such imports during the last three years and current year?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) Details of crude oil and gas produced by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Oil India Limited (OIL) and Private / Joint Venture (JV) Companies is as under:

Companies	Crude	Gas Production
For 2009-10	Production	(in BCM)
(upto 30.9.2009)	(in MMT)
ONGC	12.372	11.603
OIL	1.781	1.205
Private/	2.44	8.51
JV Companies:

MMT: Million Metric Tonne
BCM: Billion Cubic Metres

(b) In the current financial year 2009-10 ( April to September 2009), the total demand of crude oil ( without condensate) in the country, met through internal sources, was 16.4 Million Metric Tonne (MMT). Working Group on Petroleum and Natural Gas sector for the XI plan has projected a demand of 225.52 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day (MMSCMD). The present indigenous production available for consumption is around 117 Million Metric Standard Cubic Metre Per Day (MMSCMD).

(c) Country wise details crude oil imported during last three years and current financial year (upto September 2009) are annexed . Total Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imported during the year 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 ( till date) is 348.97 TBTU, 422.09 TBTU, 413.52 TBTU and 312.37 TBTU respectively.

(d) The total expenditure incurred on crude oil imports and LNG during the last three years and the current year ( upto September 2009) is as under:

Year	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	in crore	in crore	(Apr- Sept)	in crore
Crude oil	Rs219029	Rs272699	Rs341887	Rs65381	crore	crore	crore	crore

LNG	Rs 4851	Rs 5447	Rs 7703	Rs 6483
(expenditure	crore	crore	crore	crore
incurred /	+ US $	+ US $	+ US $	+ US $
forex spent	479.7	1061.5	1210.8	296.7
on import)	Million	Million	Million	Million

TBTU- Trillion British Thermal Unit

Question : PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL

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