MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) Yes, Madam. Domestic production of crude oil/natural gas is not adequate to meet the domestic demand of
petroleum products. The dependency on import in the year 2009-10 for crude oil and natural gas was 77.2 %
and 20 % respectively.
(b) During 2009-10, the total expenditure incurred on import of 159.2 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of crude
oil was US$ 79,552 million. The country-wise details of crude oil imports during 2009-10 is given in the
Annexure. For the same period, the total expenditure incurred on import of 8.83 MMT of Liquified Natural
Gas (LNG) was US$ 2140.01 million. 7.43 MMT LNG was imported by Petronet LNG Ltd. (PLL) from Qatar, Malaysia,
Russian Federation, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Australia, Oman, Algeria, Nigeria, and 1.40 MMT LNG was imported by
Hazira LNG Pvt. Ltd (HLPL) from Algeria, Guinea, Indonesia, Nigeria, Qatar, Russian Federation, UAE, Western
Australia and West Indies.
(c) The total indigenous production of crude oil/natural gas during the last five years is as under:
Year Crude oil indigenous Natural gas production (MMSOVT) production including condensate (MMT)
2005-06 32.2 32202
2006-07 33.973 31747
2007-08 34.115 32417
2008-09 33.325 32849
2009-10 33.398 47512
MMT - Million Metric Tonnes
AMMSCM - Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter
(d) & (e): Several measures have been taken to accelerate hydrocarbons explorations and production activities
to increase production of crude oil/natural gas in the country and to lower the dependency, which include the
followings:-
i) Carving out more and more areas of exploration for offer under various rounds of New Exploration
Licensing Policy (NELP) / Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Policy,
ii) Application of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) / Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) techniques for increasing
recovery factor from existing fields.
iii) Acquisition of exploration acreages and producing properties overseas to bring in equity oil.
iv) Arresting decline from ageing fields,
v) Substitution of oil through use of alternative/ non-conventional sources of energy such as Bio-Diesel,
Ethanol-blended Petrol, extraction of gas from Gas Hydrates under the National Gas Hydrates Programmes
(NGHP), etc.
