Minister of PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (DR. M. VEERAPPA MOILY)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION
NO. 202 BY SHRI JOSEPH TOPPO AND SHRI RAMEN DEKA, MPs TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.08.2013
REGARDING EXPLORATION OF OIL AND GAS IN ASSAM
(a) Exploration works in terms of 2D Seismic Survey, 3D Seismic Survey and Exploratory Wells (Expl. Wells) by
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC), Oil India Ltd. (OIL) and Private/Joint Venture (Pvt/Jvs) Companies
during the last three years (2010-2011 to 2012-13) and the current year (2013-14) are given below:-
ONGC OIL Pvt/Jvs 2D 3D Expl. 2D 3D Expl. 2D 3D Expl. Seismic Seismic Wells Seismic Seismic Wells Seismic Seismic Wells (LKM) (SKM) (LKM) (SKM) (LKM) (SKM)
2010-11 0 162.41 15 664.17 369.21 11 158 73 4
2011-12 121.15 218.07 18 842.56 267.70 14 121 326 6
2012-13 229.15 91.60 14 419.98 108.31 17 214 160 3
2013-14 77.05 6.56 1 57.48 49.62 3 50 4 1
(as on 30.06.2013)
LKM-Line Kilo Metre
SKM - Square Kilo Metre
(b) The revenue earned by the State Government of Assam on account of Royalty, Sale tax, Duties
etc through
payment made by ONGC and OIL during 2012-13 is Rs. 540.18 crore and Rs. 1828.05 crore respectively.
In
addition, cess paid to Government of India by ONGC and OIL on crude oil production from the State
of Assam
was Rs. 530.06 crore and Rs. 1711.30 crore respectively.
(c) The company-wise details of expenditure on account of Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) in
the State of Assam in the year 2012-13 is given below:
Company Amount (in Crore)
ONGC 11.54
OIL 49.38
HPCL 0.32
NRL 5.51
GAIL 7.30
IOCL 13.55 (provisional)
(d) & (e) OIL and ONGC have projected exploration and production expenditure of Rs. 1398.36 crore and
Rs. 3433.15 crore respectively in 2013-14 as against Rs. 977.87 crore and Rs. 2825.88 crore in 2012-13.
In addition, in order to supplement E&P activities in the State of Assam, Government has awarded 19 Exploration
Blocks, one discovered field and one Coal Bed Methane (CBM) block through International Competitive bidding process.
So far, cumulative investment to the tune of US $283 Million has been made for exploration and development activities
in Assam under Production Sharing Contract (PSC) regime. As per the Annual Work Programme and Budget for
Financial Year 2013-14 proposed by the Contractors for the exploration blocks in Assam under the PSC regime,
about US $77 Million is to be spent for exploration activities. Investment is expected to increase after commercial
discoveries are made.
Further, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has planned a refinery expansion form 3.0 to 8.0/9.0 Million Metric Tonne Per.
Annurm (MMTPA), which is envisaged for processing of imported crude oil. Feasibility studies are in progress. Based on
preliminary estimates. investment in NRL`s refinery expansion and associated pipeline for transporting imported crude oil
is expected to be about Rs.15,000 crores.
