Leakage in Cylinders
Leakage in Cylinders
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that strict instructions have been issued to all distributors to carry out pre-delivery inspection at customers premise at the time of refill delivery. However, in case any subsequent leakage emergency, a multi-lingual emergency helpline 1906 has been publicized on which the customer can contact in emergency.
In order to ensure the quality of LPG cylinders, the following quality checks are carried out:-
a. LPG cylinders bottled at Plants are checked and only sound cylinders are sent for filling. After filling, the cylinders are despatched to the distributors after passing for quality checks for leaks.
b. Statistical quality checks are conducted for the cylinders at bottling plants before despatch to distributors.
c. LPG cylinders are periodically tested for safety as per norms of the Chief controller of Explosives, PESO.
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Targets of Production of Oil/Gas
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that the targets as fixed by upstream Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) of oil and gas sector and actual achievements in production of crude oil and natural gas during the Twelfth Plan period is as under:
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Year
|
Crude Oil
(Million Metric Tonne)
|
Natural Gas
(Billion Cubic Metre)
|
||
|
Target
|
Actual Achievements
|
Target
|
Actual Achievements
|
|
|
2012-13 to 2015-16
(upto Feb.,2016) *
|
152.10
|
147.00
|
148.61
|
139.46
|
* Provisional
The lower production of crude oil in the country is attributed to various reasons, including inter-alia, decline in production from the major producing fields of the country, particularly in Western offshore and onshore fields in Gujarat and North-Eastern region, which are quite old and ageing, no major discoveries made in the recent past and challenges experienced in development of marginal and deep water fields in transfer of technology, logistics, isolated structures and viability thereof. Some of the important factors responsible for shortfall in production of natural gas are sharp decline in production in KG deep-water block operated by RIL, natural decline in major gas producing fields like Bassein and M&S Tapti, delay in commencement of production from eastern offshore fields, fire incident in Tatipaka gas pipeline of GAIL and lower gas upliftment by consumers, particularly in Tripura, Assam and Cauvery basin.
Production targets are being regularly monitored, both by Government and CPSEs. Some of the important measures taken by the CPSEs to achieve the targets fixed for the production of crude oil and natural gas include inter-alia, implementation of various enhanced oil recovery / improved oil recovery schemes, field re-development projects, development of marginal fields on cluster concept, monetization of small and marginal discoveries in onshore areas through service contracts or outsourcing, expeditious development of new discoveries, developing new and marginal fields on fast track, use of modern technology for maximizing production from mature fields and enhancing well productivity, prioritisation of wells with high potential and drilling campaigns for non-associated gas.
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High Sulphur Content in Petroleum Coke
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that as per information available, the sulphur contents in Petroleum Coke, Coal and Fuel Oil are as following:
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Petroleum Coke
|
Coal
|
Fuel Oil
|
|
|
Produced from
low sulphur crude
|
Produced from
high sulphur crude
|
|
|
|
0.6 to 1.5%*
|
6 to 7%*
|
0.2 to 4.5%#
|
3.5 to 4.5%#
|
* Source IOCL
# Source MRPL
Petroleum Coke is generally used as industry fuel by Cement, Steel, Graphite, Aluminium (etc) industry as per techno-economic considerations. However, the industry is required to adhere to stipulated emission standards.
IOCL has informed that the domestic Petcoke may be consumed even with higher sulphur content to sustain refinery production/viability as the same gets produced due to introduction of BS-4/BS-5 fuels to reduce pollution and protect our environment. As per information given by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Petroleum Coke import in the country in the last 3 years and current year is given in the Table-I of the annexure.
The details of the Petroleum Coke produced in the country in the last three years and the current year as provided by the Refineries producing the same is given in the Table –II of the annexure.
Table-I
Data for Petroleum coke imports into India in last 3 years:
|
Commodity
PETROLEUM
COKE
|
Import quantity (in MMT)
|
|||
|
2012-2013
|
2013-2014
|
2014-2015
|
2015-2016(Apr-Dec)
|
|
|
3.34
|
3.57
|
5.81
|
6.56
|
|
Source:
DGFT
Table-II
Refinery-wise the production of Petroleum Coke
during the last three years and the current year:
(Figures
in TMT)
|
S. No.
|
Refinery
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
|
2015-16
(upto Feb, 2016)
|
|
1.
|
IOC-Guwahati
|
55
|
61
|
60
|
52
|
|
2.
|
IOC-Barauni
|
142
|
124
|
132
|
125
|
|
3.
|
IOC-Koyali
|
606
|
681
|
761
|
665
|
|
4.
|
IOC-Digboi
|
40
|
35
|
35
|
28
|
|
5.
|
IOC-Panipat
|
886
|
978
|
870
|
766
|
|
6.
|
IOC-Bongaigaon
|
129
|
128
|
137
|
131
|
|
7.
|
NRL, Numaligarh
|
65.5
|
67.5
|
92.9
|
86.3
|
|
8.
|
MRPL, Mangalore
|
-
|
-
|
367
|
765
|
|
9.
|
RIL, Jamnagar
|
2837
|
2799
|
2844
|
|
|
10.
|
RIL, SEZ
|
3578
|
3849
|
3600
|
|
|
11.
|
EOL, Vadinar
|
1739
|
2112
|
2248
|
|
|
12.
|
BORL, Bina
|
409.6
|
438.5
|
530.0
|
433.9
|
|
13.
|
HMEL, Bhatinda
|
457
|
795
|
770
|
|
|
|
Total
|
10944.1
|
12068
|
12446.9
|
3052.2
|
Emission Norms
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that in an inter-ministerial meeting held on 06.01.2016 among Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, it was inter alia decided that the country will leap frog directly from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards and BS-VI fuel standards will be implemented across the country w.e.f 01.04.2020. This Ministry conveyed its readiness on 22.5.2015 to all Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and other stakeholders for switching-over directly from BS-IV to BS-VI autofuels w.e.f. 1.4.2020.
He also further stated that BS-IV autofuels was initially introduced in 13 cities on 01.04.2010 which was further expanded to 50 more cities by 15.3.2015 in following phases:-
(i) Year 2012 – 13 cities
(ii) Year 2013 - 7 cities
(iii) Year 2014 – 6 cities
(iv) Year 2015 - 24 cities
Presently, it has also been made available in whole of Northern India w.e.f. 1.4.2015 covering J&K (Except Leh/Kargil), Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and the bordering districts of and parts of Rajasthan (Bharatpur, Alwar, Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar) and Western Uttar Pradesh (Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshar, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Rampur, Moradabad, Aligarh, Badaun, Bareilly, Mathura, Mahamaya Nagar, Etah, Agra, Ferozabad, Etawah and Mainpuri).
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Exploration of Oil and Gas
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra
Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that Government
takes various policy & administrative initiatives to facilitate hydrocarbon
exploration in the country. Some of the policy decisions taken by the
Government in recent years to enhance Exploration and Production (E&P)
activities can be brought out as:
i. Policy to grant relaxation,
extension & classifications at development & production stage for early
monetization of hydrocarbon discoveries.
ii. Discovered Small Field
Policy.
iii. Unified Licensing Policy-
new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing policy.
iv. Policy for Grant of
Extension to small & medium sized discovered fields.
v. Policy for marketing
freedom for gas produced from Deepwater & Ultra Deepwater areas.
The level of exploration and production activities
depend on various factors including prospectivity of a region.
Exploration blocks are awarded through
International Competitive Bidding process in a transparent manner based on the
quantified Bid Evaluation Criteria. Investment decisions are taken by the
contracts keeping in view the provisions in the Production Sharing Contract
signed with the Government.
The details of exploratory work carried out by
ONGC, OIL and Pvt. JV companies since inception are as under:-
|
Company
|
2D(Line- Kilometer)
|
3D (Square- Kilometer)
|
|
OIL- Nomination
|
73948.67
|
14248.72
|
|
ONGC-Nomination
|
882315.89
|
112375.79
|
|
Pvt JV
(including ONGC/OIL)-Under PSC regime
|
375116
|
282310.4
|
|
Total
|
1331380.56
|
408934.91
|
Under
PSC regime, 282 exploration blocks have been awarded for exploration of oil and
gas so far. Production of Oil /Gas has commenced in 6 nos. of Pre-NELP
exploration blocks and 11 nos. of NELP blocks.
The
details of production of crude oil/gas from the hydrocarbon blocks awarded for
exploration are at Annexure-I.
The Ministry is monitoring projects costing Rs 100
crore and above. Out of these at present, the following projects are reported
to be stalled/kept on hold:
1.
GAIL: Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore Pipeline Phase-II: The matter is
sub-judice at Supreme Court of India.
2.
IOCL CBR-Trichy Pipeline: On hold as a direct fall out of above mentioned court
case.
3.
IOCL Ennore-Trichhy-Madurai LPG Pipeline: On hold as a direct fall out of above
mentioned court case.
4.
GAIL: Surat Paradip Pipeline Project: Due to delay in development of Gas
sources and absence of anchor gas customer along the pipeline route.
The Government has formulated a new Hydrocarbon
Exploration & Licensing Policy.
The prices of Petrol and Diesel have been
made market determined by the Government effective with 26th June,
2010 and 19th October, 2014 respectively. Since then, the
Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decision on
pricing of Petrol and Diesel in line with their international prices and other
market conditions.
In order to protect the consumers from the
fluctuations in the prices in the international market, the Government
continues to modulate the Retail Selling Price of Subsidized domestic LPG and
PDS Kerosene and their basic prices have not been revised after 25th June,
2011.
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Annexure-I
|
Bidding
Round
|
Exploration
Block
|
State
|
Operator
|
Year
of Commencement of Production
|
Cumulative Production since Inception
till February, 2016 from Exploration blocks awarded Under PSC regime
|
|
|
Oil+
Condensate (TMT)
|
GAS
(MSCM)
|
|||||
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2000/2
|
Gujarat
|
Niko
Resource Limited
|
2003-04
|
0
|
692560.74
|
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2000/1
|
Gujarat
|
Gujarat
State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPC)
|
2007-08
|
331.83
|
9161.02
|
|
NELP
|
KG-DWN-98/3
|
Offshore
|
Reliance
Industries Limited
|
2008-09
|
3520.24
|
73874317.71
|
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2002/3
|
Gujarat
|
GSPC
|
2012-13
|
0.49
|
0
|
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2003/2
|
Gujarat
|
GSPC
|
2012-13
|
4.88
|
194.2
|
|
NELP
|
KG-OSN-2001/3
|
Offshore
|
GSPC
|
2012-13
|
6.94
|
240416.8
|
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2002/1
|
Gujarat
|
ONGC
|
2013-14
|
0.13
|
0
|
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2004/1
|
Gujarat
|
ONGC
|
2014-15
|
0.83
|
0
|
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2004/2
|
Gujarat
|
ONGC
|
2014-15
|
1
|
0
|
|
NELP
|
CB-ONN-2001/1
|
Gujarat
|
ONGC
|
2015-16
|
0.67
|
0
|
|
NELP
|
CY-ONN-2002/2
|
Tamilnadu
|
ONGC
|
2015-16
|
5.66
|
500.45
|
|
Pre-NELP
|
CB-OS/2
|
Gujarat
|
Tata
Petrodyne Limited
|
2002-03
|
3118.1
|
6592525.57
|
|
Pre-NELP
|
CB-ON/7
|
Gujarat
|
Hindustan
Oil Exploration Company
|
2004-05
|
112.86
|
8701.06
|
|
Pre-NELP
|
RJ-ON-90/1
|
Rajasthan
|
Cairn
Energy Limited
|
2006-07
|
46656.13
|
2736993.81
|
|
Pre-NELP
|
CB-ON/3
|
Gujarat
|
Essar
Oil Limited
|
2007-08
|
12.6
|
437.23
|
|
Pre-NELP
|
CB-ON/2
|
Gujarat
|
GSPC
|
2009-10
|
44.06
|
33640.64
|
|
Pre-NELP
|
RJ-ON/6
|
Rajasthan
|
Focus
Energy Limited
|
2010-11
|
10.63
|
1148967.82
|
|
|
|
53827.04
|
85338417.06
|
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