Minister of State in the Ministry of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) The State-wise total quantity of natural gas produced indigenously alongwith
the details of the source of production during the last three years is placed at annexure.
(b) & (c) The present sector wise supply of natural gas in the country is given below.
After supplying the said quantity of over 169 mmscmd, the present additional demand in
the country is estimated at over 35 mmscmd as follows:
Sector Present Supply Present additional Demand (mmscmd) (mmscmd)
Power 71.99 8.22
Fertilisers 40.84 1.11
Refineries 12.78 22.6
Petrochemicals 8.48 0.95
Steel 8.35 1.48
City or Local Natural Gas 9.67 1.47
Distribution Network
Internal consumption - 2.08
pipeline system
Shrinkage for Liquid extraction - 7.18
LPG etc
Others 7.66
Total 169.03 35.83
(d) In order to enhance availability of natural gas in the country, Government
has adopted a multi pronged strategy consisting, inter alia of the following:-
(i) Intensification of domestic Exploration & Production (E&P) activities through
New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) rounds,
(ii) Coal Bed Methane (CBM),
(iii) Underground Coal Gasification,
(iv) Shale Gas Exploration,
(v) Import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG),
(vi) Transnational natural gas pipelines, viz., Turkmenistan-Afganistan-Pakistan-
India (TAPI) pipeline and Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline.
(e) The total quantity of LNG imported during 2010 is 11,398 Million Standard
Cubic Meters (mmscm). The country wise details are as below:
Country`s name Qty Imported in mmscm
Qatar 10115.75
Nigeria 86.05
Egypt 84.83
Other countries 1112
Total 11398.63
(f) & (g) The demand of Natural Gas in country is more than the indigenous
production and it is likely to remain so. However, to meet our maximum requirement
from indigenous sources Government has been carving out more areas for exploration
for offer under various rounds of New Exploration Licensing Policy and Coal Bed
Methane Policy.
(h) The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to consider and decide issues of
commercial utilization of gas under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) has
allocated KG D6 gas to the following priority sectors:-
Sector Firm Fallback Grand Total allocations allocations (mmscmd)
Fertilizers 15.708 15.708
Power 32.677 12 44.677
CGD 1.222 2 3.222
LPG 2.594 2.594
Steel 4.19 4.19
Petrochemicals 1.918 1.918
Refineries 5 6 11
Captive Power 10 10
Total 63.309 30 93.309
