(a) whether any programme has been prepared by the Government to modernise the oil and natural gas fields in Assam and North Eastern States to increase its productivity;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the total amount of revenue that is annually collected by the Union Government and oil producing States from crude oil and natural gas, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DINSHA PATEL)
(a) & (b) In Assam, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and Oil India Limited have undertaken plans for upgradation / addition of surface facilities, pipeline network, drilling of hi-tech wells and work over operations for augmenting oil and gas production.
In Tripura, ONGC plans to construct three new Gas Collecting Stations and drill development wells to meet the requirement of gas supply to a proposed 750 MW Power Plant at Tripura.
(c) Total amount of revenue collected in 2004-05 by Union Government (on account of cess and offshore Royalty) and State Governments (on account of Royalty, Sales Tax and Octroi, etc.) from crude oil and natural gas sale is as under:-
State Rs. in crore
Andhra Pradesh 197.45 Arunachal Pradesh 10.75 Assam 1128.66 Gujarat 1516.45 Rajasthan 6.05 Tamil Nadu 141.28 Tripura 16.52 Union Government 9015.61