Petroleum and Natural Gas on Environment: Lok Sabha 2012-13

Q. No. Q. Type Date Ans by Ministry Members Title of the Questions Subject Political State Specific Party Representative 464 Unstarred 15.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Devji Demand and Supply Energy BJP Rajasthan Gas Mansingram Patel of Energy Studies 606 Unstarred 15.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Dr.(Smt.)Jhansi Study of Petrol Pumps Environmental INC Andhra Gas Lakshmi Botcha by TERI Education, Pradesh NGOs and Media Pollution *124 Starred 22.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Smt. Rama Devi Ethanol Blended Energy BJP Bihar Gas Petrol Studies Shri Sambandam Environmental INC Tamil Nadu Keerapalayam Conservation Alagiri *129 Starred 22.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Radha Mohan Oil Refineries Energy BJP Bihar Gas Singh Studies Shri Bharat Ram EIA INC Rajasthan Meghwal 1390 Unstarred 22.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Ponnam Exploration Work EIA INC Andhra Gas Prabhakar Pradesh 1481 Unstarred 22.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Sanjay Shamrao Wind Power Plants Alternative BJP Maharashtra Gas Dhotre Technologies Shri Mangani Lal Energy JD(U) Bihar Mandal Studies 2554 Unstarred 29.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri P.R.Natarajan Use of Bio-Fuel by Energy CPI(M) Tamil Nadu Gas Aviation Companies Studies Environmental Conservation 2628 Unstarred 29.03.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Sanjay Bhoi Pressure on Energy Energy INC Odisha Gas Security Studies Shri Anand Prakash SS Maharashtra Paranjpe Shri Eknath INC Maharashtra Mahadeo Gaikwad Shri Bhaskarrao INC Maharashtra

Bapurao Patil 3622 Unstarred 26.04.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Suvendu Production of Bio- Energy AITC West Bengal Gas Adhikari Diesel Studies Environmental Conservation 3659 Unstarred 26.04.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Adhir Ranjan Use of CNG Energy INC West Bengal Gas Chowdhury Studies Environmental Conservation 5574 Unstarred 10.05.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Kameshwar Tender for Cleaning Pollution JMM Jharkhand Gas Baitha Oil Spill in Kuwait Smt. Usha Verma SP Uttar Pradesh Smt. Sushila Saroj SP Uttar Pradesh Shri Maheshwar JD(U) Bihar Hazari Smt. Seema BSP Uttar Pradesh Upadhyay 5575 Unstarred 10.05.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Kameshwar Information Regarding EIA JMM Jharkhand Gas Baitha Environmental Clearance Smt. Usha Verma SP Uttar Pradesh Smt. Sushila Saroj SP Uttar Pradesh Shri Maheshwar JD(U) Bihar Hazari 5739 Unstarred 10.05.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Suresh Kumar Clearance for EIA INC Andhra Gas Shetkar Exploration of Oil Pradesh Blocks 6721 Unstarred 17.05.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Bhoopendra Leakage of Disaster BJP Madhya Gas Singh Inflammable Gas Management Pradesh 6754 Unstarred 17.05.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Satpal Maharaj Reducing Financial Alternative INC Uttarakhand Gas Burden Technologies Energy Studies 299 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Gajanan Babar Project Clearance Energy SS Maharashtra Gas Dharmshi Board Studies Dr. Ponnusamy AIADMK Tamil Nadu Venugopal Shri Anandrao Adsul SS Maharashtra

Shri Shivaji SS Maharashtra Adhalrao Patil Shri Dharmendra SP Uttar Pradesh Yadav 384 Unstarred 09.08.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Parvatagouda Production of Ethanol Energy BJP Karnataka Gas Chandanagouda Studies Gaddigoudar Shri Ashok Tanwar Environmental INC Haryana Conservation Pollution 932 Unstarred 16.08.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri E.G.Sugavanam Setting up of Power Alternative DMK Tamil Nadu Gas Plants by ONGC Technologies Energy Studies 941 Unstarred 16.08.2012 Petroleum and Natural Dr. Ponnusamy Diversifying of Alternative AIADMK Tamil Nadu Gas Venugopal Business by ONGC Technologies Energy Studies EIA *179 Starred 23.08.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Viswanathan Clearance under EIA INC Tamil Nadu Gas Perumal NELP 3186 Unstarred 30.08.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri C.Sivasami Diversifying of Alternative AIADMK Tamil Nadu Gas Activities by HPCL Technologies Shri Jayawant Energy INC Maharashtra Gangaram Awale Studies 4323 Unstarred 06.09.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Rayapati ONGC Pipeline Pollution INC Andhra Gas Sambasiva Rao Leakage Pradesh Health and Sanitation *366 Unstarred 09.09.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Chandre Safety of Oil and Gas Disaster BJP Karnataka Gas D.B.Gowda Installations Management Shri Abdul Rahman Health and DMK Tamil Nadu Sanitation 241 Unstarred 23.11.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Bhoopendra Damage of Crops near Agriculture BJP Madhya Gas Singh BORL Pradesh Energy Studies 374 Unstarred 23.11.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Bhaskarrao Leakage from ONGC Pollution INC Maharashtra

Gas Bapurao Patil Oil Well Shri Anand Prakash Health and SS Maharashtra Paranjpe Sanitation 1353 Unstarred 30.11.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Bhoopendra Leakage of Gas from Energy BJP Madhya Gas Singh BORL Studies Pradesh Pollution Health and Sanitation 2407 Unstarred 07.12.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Chandrakant Wind Energy Alternative SS Maharashtra Gas Bhaurao Khaire Technologies Energy Studies 2433 Unstarred 07.12.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Dharmendra Exploration in River Energy SP Uttar Pradesh Gas Yadav Basins Studies 3477 Unstarred 14.12.2012 Petroleum and Natural Shri Bhoopendra Accidents and Pollution BJP Madhya Gas Singh Inspection of BORL Pradesh Health and Sanitation 3573 Unstarred 14.12.2012 Petroleum and Natural Smt. Supriya Leakage from Energy NCP Maharashtra Gas Sadanand Sule Pipelines Studies Pollution

DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF ENERGY 15th March, 2012

LSQ 464

SHRI DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether there is huge gap between demand and supply of energy inspite of having sufficient energy resources in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the places in the country alongwith Rajasthan having energy resources; (d) whether any road map has been formulated for the use of energy resources in the country; and (e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R. P. N. SINGH)

(a)&(b) There exists a gap between energy demand and supply, which is being met through the imports of energy (including oil, coal and natural gas). As per the Approach Paper on 12th Plan, country had 36% energy import dependence in 2010-11. (c) `The majority of fossil fuel energy resources are held in the States of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam. (d)&(e) Government in December, 2008 has approved an Integrated Energy Policy (IEP) for the country. The IEP includes comprehensive development of all possible conventional and non-conventional energy resources. The implementation of IEP is being monitored by a monitoring committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary.

STUDY OF PETROL PUMPS BY TERI 15th March, 2012

LSQ 606

DR. (SMT.) JHANSI BOTCHA LAKSHMI

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether it is a fact that the study carried out by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) at 40 petrol pumps of Delhi has found that the level of toxic fumes containing pollutants like benzene, toluene and xylene is several thousand times higher than the permissible limits; (b) if so, the details of the report; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to meet the highest safety and occupational health standards at all petroleum storage points?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) & (b): Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), namely; Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have reported that they have not received any report/ study carried out by the Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) on Benzene, Toluene and Xylene contents in emissions at some petrol pumps in Delhi. (c): Public Sector OMCs are implementing the standards prescribed by the Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) and the recommendations of M.B. Lal Committee related to safety and health at the supply locations of petroleum products. Health monitoring of staff handling toxic products is carried out regularly and health records are maintained as per the laid down standards. Further, BPCL and HPCL have installed Vapour Recovery System (VRS) Stage-I at their supply locations i.e. Bijwasan, Delhi and Loni, Pune respectively. Further, some OMCs have also installed VRS Stage-II systems at some of their retail outlets including in Delhi. Such systems help to recover the fuel–vapours which get generated while fuelling a customer’s vehicle from under-ground storage tank.

ETHANOL BLENDED PETROL 22nd March, 2012

LSQ *124

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI SHRI SAMBANDAM KEERAPALAYAM ALAGIRI

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) the steps being taken by the Government for introduction of bio- fuels such as ethanol blended petrol and blended bio-diesel as a suitable alternative to petroleum products; (b) the details of achievements made in this regard as compared to other countries; (c) whether the efforts made by the Government in this regard have not yielded the desired results; and (d) If so, the reasons therefor and the steps being taken by the Government to improve the working of agencies involved therein?

MINISTER of STATE for PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P. N. SINGH)

(a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.124 (4th Position) BY SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI AND SHRI S. ALAGIRI TO BE ANSWERED ON 22ND MARCH 2012 REGARDING ETHANOL BLENDED PETROL

(b) Some countries such as Brazil, which have had abundant production of Ethanol from sugarcane etc., are leaders in the use of Ethanol and Ethanol-blended Gasoline in motor engines. Of late, however, worldwide there is a debate on the issue of ‘food security vs. fuel security’ since the production of bio-fuels such as Ethanol from agricultural crops requires a shift away from food crops to cash crops, thus impacting a country’s food security. Even prior to the National Policy on Bio-fuels, Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme was implemented in the entire country with effect from 1.11.2006, except the north-eastern states, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshdweep. Presently, the programme is running in 13 States due to the insufficient availability of Ethanol and due to the restrictions imposed/non-issuance of the requisite licenses and clearances by some State Governments. As regards Bio-diesel, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas announced a Bio-diesel Purchase Policy effective from 1.1.2006 envisaging Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to purchase Bio-diesel for blending with High Speed Diesel (HSD) from identified purchase centres across the country. (c)&(d) On 16.08.2010, the Government has decided that the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) would purchase the entire quantity of Ethanol made available by domestic manufacturers of Ethanol at a price to be decided by the Government. In pursuance of this decision, OMCs are implementing the 5% EBP Programme by procuring the entire quantity of Ethanol made available by domestic suppliers at the adhoc ex-factory price of Rs.27/litre, as decided by the Government. However, due to restrictions imposed by some State Governments on inter-state movement of Ethanol and/or refusal to issue storage and blending licences/other clearances and taxation issues, the programme has faced constraints in the field. In order to help OMCs achieve their targets under the EBP Programme, State Governments have been requested to simplify procedures and expedite clearances related to the roll out of the EBP Programme.

OIL REFINERIES 22rd March, 2012

LSQ *129

SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH SHRI BHARAT RAM MEGHWAL

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) the number of oil refineries both in the Government and private sectors in the country along with their locations, company-wise and capacity-wise;

(b) the mechanism in place to monitor the refining capacity of the private refineries in the country;

(c) whether the Government proposes to set up more refineries in the country during the coming years and if so, the State/UT-wise details thereof;

(d) the assistance likely to be granted to the States for setting up of refineries including the Barmer refinery; and

(e) the status of setting up of Paradeep refinery in Odisha along with the reasons for the delay in completion of the project, if any, and the likely time frame stipulated for its completion?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.129 BY SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH AND SHRI BHARAT RAM MEGHWAL TO BE ANSWERED ON 22ND MARCH, 2012 REGARDING OIL REFINERIES

(a) The details are given as under: (Capacity in MMTPA)

Sl.No. Name of the company Location of the Present Refinery Capacity

(A) Public Sector

1. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Guwahati 1.00

2. IOCL Barauni 6.00

3. IOCL Koyali 13.70

4. IOCL Haldia 7.50

5. IOCL Mathura 8.00

6. IOCL Digboi 0.65

7. IOCL Panipat 15.00

8. IOCL Bongaigaon 2.35

9. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Mumbai 6.50

10. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Visakhapatnam 8.30

11. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Mumbai 12.00

12. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Kochi 9.50

13. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited Manali 10.50

14. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited Nagapattinam 1.00

15. Numaligarh Refinery Ltd Numaligarh 3.00

16. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited Mangalore 11.82

17. Tatipaka Refinery (ONGC) Andhra Pradesh 0.066

TOTAL(A) 116.886

(B) Joint Venture

18. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited & Bina 6.00 Oman Oil Company, a joint venture

TOTAL (B) 6.00

19. Reliance Industries Ltd.(Domestic) Mothikhavdi, 33.00 Jamnagar

20. Reliance Petroleum Ltd.(SEZ) Jamnagar 27.00

21. Essar Oil Limited Vadinar 10.50

TOTAL (C) 70.50

GRAND TOTAL(A+B+C) 193.386

(b) Consequent to de-licensing of the refinery sector since June, 1998 the Government does not monitor private sector refineries.

(c) Consequent to de-licensing of refinery sector since June, 1998, a refinery can be set up anywhere in India by a private or public sector company depending on its techno-commercial viability. A Joint Venture of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Mittal Energy Investments Pte. Ltd. is setting up a 9 MMTPA refineryat Bathinda, Punjab and Indian Oil Corporation Limited is setting up a 15 MMTPA refinery at Paradip, Odisha.

(d) The Central Government does not give direct assistance to the States for setting up refineries.

(e) As per IOCL, on 29.02.2012, approximately ` 13,743 crore expenditure has been incurred and total financial commitment of approximately ` 28,943 crore made for the Paradip Refinery Project. Overall progress of 76.6% has been achieved by IOCL. The anticipated commissioning of the project is delayed to September, 2013 dueto the following reasons:-

(i) Delay in Engineering and procurement activities by consultants. Subsequent to the investment approval in February, 2009 Joint Venture (JV) with Tata Power (for feeding dedicated power to PDRP) did not materialise due to uncertainties related to land acquisition, environment clearance and coal linkage. Subsequently, it was decided to have a Captive Power Plant (CPP) constructed through Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on a Lump Sum Turn Key contract (LSTK) basis, which was awarded one year after the commencement of the project.

(ii) Law and Order issues resulting in shortage of skilled man power at site.

(iii) Since July, 2011 High Court of Odisha had imposed an interim stay on construction at Hadia Patha Area on Mahanadi River, affecting construction activities of Raw water intake facility. Only recently, the Court hasgranted conditional vacation.

(iv) Non availability of timely clearance for the Right of Way for laying raw water lines from Mahanadi River at Cuttuck to Paradip site.

(v) Delay in start of work on South Jetty due to backing out of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) to build South Jetty.

(vi) Encroachment at Sandhkuda Basti affecting transportation of Over Dimensional Consignment ( ODC) from Paradip Port to refinery site, laying of pipelines from South Jetty to refinery and transportation of Pet Coke during refinery operation.

EXPLORATION WORK 22rd March, 2012

LSQ 1390

SHRI PONNAM PRABHAKAR

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has stalled exploration work on several offshore oil and gas fields which are critical to India’s energy security;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

Minister of state in the Ministry of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) to (c) The exploration work on several offshore oil and gas fields is stopped/ restricted at different stages on account of pendency of clearances from various Government agencies such as Ministry of Defence (MoD), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Department of Space (DoS) etc.

Under the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Regime, currently exploration activities in 6 Blocks in Eastern Offshore, 9 Blocks in Western Offshore and one Block in Andaman Offshore are affected due to non-availability of clearances from concerned Government agencies.

From time to time, the Ministry coordinates with other Government agencies to obtain necessary statutory clearances.

WIND POWER PLANTS 22nd March, 2012

LSQ 1481

SHRI SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE SHRI MANGANI LAL MANDAL

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of the Wind Power Plants set up by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in the country; (b) whether studies are being undertaken by the ONGC to set up more such Wind power plants in other parts of the country; (c)if so, the details thereof, State-wise; (d) the expenditure likely to be incurred in setting up such units; and (e) the power likely to be generated from each of such units?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. Singh)

(a): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has set up a 51 MW Wind Power Project in Gujarat (Village Jakhau, District Kutch, Gujarat) in 2008. (b): Yes, Madam. Study was undertaken for feasibility of setting up a 102 MW wind power project in state of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. (c): ONGC Board has approved to set up a 102 MW Wind Power Plant in the State of Rajasthan. The tender for the same is in process.

(d) The expenditure likely to be incurred in setting up such unit is `650 Crore. (e) Likely generation per annum is 2081 lac units.

USE OF BIO-FUEL BY AVIATION COMPANIES 29th March, 2012

LSQ 2554

SHRI P.R. NATARAJAN

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) Whether use of bio-fuel is being considered as an alternative to Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) for use in aviation industry; (b) If so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; (c) Whether the developed countries of the world including China have made considerable progress regarding use of Bio-fuel in their aviation industry; and (d) If so, the details thereof alongwith the success achieved by them?

MINISTER of STATE for PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P. N. SINGH)

(a) & (b) Department of Science & Technology (DST) has informed that in the year 2010, it has approved a project titled “Application of Bio fuels for Aviation” to establish bio-fuel processes and properties and to perform engine tests in this regard. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in association with Universal Oil Products (UOP)/Honeywell, Airbus, Kingfisher and feedstock suppliers is working towards flight trials with use of a fuel mix of 50% Biojet Green Jet Fuel (Bio-SPK) and 50% ATF. (c)&(d) As per information available in the public domain, M/s. Universal Oil Products (UOP) jointly with Petro China produced Bio-jet fuel and conducted a demonstration flight in October 2011.

PRESSURE ON ENERGY SECURITY 29th March, 2012

LSQ 2628

SHRI SANJAY BHOI SHRI ANAND PRAKASH PARANJPE SHRI EKNATH MAHADEO GAIKWAD SHRI BHASKARRAO BAPURAO PATIL

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the energy security of the country is under severe pressure: (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore; and (c) the details of the measures being taken by the Government to relieve this sector from undue pressure?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N.SINGH)

(a) (b) & (c). Globally, net oil importing countries with high growth rates are faced with energy security challenges, inter-alia, due to the finite nature of hydrocarbon production, the lack of adequate spare capacity in the world’s oil production, the high international oil prices with excessive volatility due to geopolitical factors and exchange rate variation. To strengthen the country’s energy security, following steps are being taken: (i) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas keeps in close touch with oil and gas producing countries, and imports crude oil from more than 30 countries spread over different continents. (ii) To reduce / minimize the effect of various uncertainities our PSUs endeavour to procure crude oil and gas on long-term supply contracts. (iii) Oil PSUs are being encouraged to adopt a global vision in their pursuit of raw materials and raw material- producing assets abroad. Currently, Indian PSUs have oil and gas assets in 22 countries.

(iv) To boost the domestic production of oil & gas, India is intensifying the exploratory efforts in the Indian sedimentary basin through the New Exploration License Policy which provides for a stable fiscal and contract framework for exploration & production of hydrocarbons. (v) The Government has also initiated steps for development of alternate sources of hydrocarbons in the unconventional areas like Shale Gas, Coal Bed Methane, Gas Hydrates etc. (vi) The Government is pursuing transnational pipeline project such as Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline project, which envisages transporting gas from Turkmenistan to India. (vii) The country is building strategic crude oil reserves of 5.5 million metric tonnes capacity.

PRODUCTION OF BIO-DIESEL 26th April, 2012

LSQ 3622

SHRI ADHIKARI SUVENDU

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has started production of Bio-diesel in the country; and (b) if so, how much it is cost effective for marketing?

MINISTER of STATE for PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P. N. SINGH)

(a) No, Madam. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has not started production of Bio-diesel in the country. (b) Does not arise.

USE OF CNG 26th April, 2012

LSQ 3659

SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government is contemplating to popularise use of CNG with a view to protect the environment; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government proposes to reduce the existing cost of CNG; and (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N SINGH)

(a) & (b): The Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) established under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act 2006, grants authorization for City and Local Area Natural Gas Distribution Networks in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and the PNGRB (Authorizing Entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Network) Regulations, 2008. As per information provided by PNGRB, presently there are 42 Geographical Areas (GAs), with CNG dispensing facilities. Further, PNGRB has envisaged a roll out plan of CGD network development (CNG/PNG) in more than 300 possible geographical areas, on the basis of Expressions of Interest (EOI) submitted to the Board and on suo moto basis. The development of City Gas Distribution network in a geographical area is based on the availability of natural gas through transmission pipelines in its vicinity. CNG filling stations are part of CGD network. Setting up of CNG stations within the authorized geographical area is undertaken by the authorized entity based on techno-economic feasibility. (c) & (d): The retail price of CNG in any city is fixed by the concerned City Gas Distribution Company. The CGD entities use a varying mix of domestic gas, Long-term RLNG and spot RLNG. The price of CNG is a function of the weighted, average of the price of the gas (domestic gas/ RLNG/ Spot LNG), operating expenses, various Central, State and local taxes and levies.

TENDER FOR CLEANING OIL SPILL IN KUWAIT 10th May, 2012

LSQ 5574

SHRI KAMESHWAR BAITHA SMT. SUSHILA SAROJ SMT. USHA VERMA SMT. SEEMA UPADHYAY SHRI MAHESHWAR HAZARI

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Joint Venture company of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC-Teri Biotech Limited(OTBL) had bid for tenders for cleaning the crude oil spill in Kuwait; (b) if so, the names of the companies which had participated in the said tender process alongwith the name of the company which got the said tender; (c) whether one person had submitted two separate bids in the name of two different companies for the said tender and bagged the said tender; and (d) if so, whether there has been any violation of rules in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) TERI Biotech Ltd.(OTBL) did not bid for the tender for cleaning the crude oil spill in Kuwait. (b) to (d): Do not arise in view of (a) above.

INFORMATION REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE 10th May, 2012

LSQ 5575

SHRI KAMESHWAR BAITHA SMT. SUSHILA SAROJ SMT. USHA VERMA SHRI MAHESHWAR HAZARI

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the public sector oil companies have not uploaded the information regarding environmental clearance on their websites; (b) if so, the names of such companies alongwith the action taken by the Government against them; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that all the public sector oil companies follow the guidelines in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R. P. N. SINGH)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Environment & Forests vide their Circular No. J-11013/41/2006-IA.II(I) dated 30th June 2009 has issued guidelines making thereby mandatory for the companies to upload the information about environment clearance on their website. The five major oil Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), namely, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Oil India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Gas Authority of India Limited have reported that they have uploaded the information regarding environmental clearances on their official websites. Another major oil PSUs namely Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has informed that no environment clearance certificate has been received by the company subsequent to the issue of aforementioned circular.

CLEARANCE FOR EXPLORATION OF OIL BLOCKS 10th May, 2012

LSQ 5739

SHRI SURESH KUMAR SHETKAR

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the exploration in about eighty oil and gas blocks with an investment of Rupees 13.5 billion was held up for many years due to the non-availability of clearances; (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the reasons therefor; and (c) the steps being taken to avoid such situation in future?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N.SINGH)

(a) and (b). Under the Production Sharing Contract(PSC) regime, exploration and development activities in 80 blocks in onland and offshore areas have been affected due to non availability of clearances from various agencies such as Ministry of Defence (MoD), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Department of Space (DoS), State Government etc.. The investments already incurred by the Contractor(s) in the affected blocks for carrying out various exploration activities works out to the tune of US$ 13.5 Billion as on 31.03.2011. The area-wise/State-wise details of affected blocks are as under:

Area/State No of Blocks Affected Eastern Offshore 50 Western Offshore 16 Andaman Offshore 7 Rajasthan 2 Assam 1 Nagaland 3 Gujarat 1 Total 80

(c) The issue has been taken up by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP & NG) with the concerned authorities. Out of the above 80 blocks, clearance in respect of 14 blocks (11 in Eastern offshore and 3 in Andaman Offshore) has been accorded by DRDO in April, 2012. Further, clearance in respect of 1 block in Andaman Offshore has been accorded by DoS.

LEAKAGE OF INFLAMMABLE GAS 17th May, 2012

LSQ 6721

SHRI BHUPENDRA SINGH

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government is aware that leakage of inflammable natural gas is going on from dry borewells in Sagar and Damoh areas of Madhya Pradesh; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has conducted study in this regard by deep excavation on the above sites; and (d) if so, the reasons for leakage of inflammable natural gas therefrom?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) and (b): Yes, Madam. Cases of leakage of gas from tubewells reported were investigated by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) from the localities of Jarwas(Tahsil Khurai), Tiwari Dhaba and Mirkhedi(Tahsil Garhakota) in District Sagar and localities Mariyado, Menguwa, Devlai, Kainkhera and Himmatpati(Tahsil Hatta) in District Damoh. (c) and (d): ONGC has drilled six deep wells in the past, viz. Damoh#1(3501m), Jabera#1 (3597.7m), Jabera#2(5324m), Nohta#1(4395m) and Nohta#2 (1811m) (all in District Damoh) and Khaarkhari#1(3825m)

(District Katni) in the surrounding areas. The recently drilled wells Nohta#1 and Nohta#2 in nomination Petroleum Exploration Licence(PEL) Damoh-Jabera-Katni are gas bearing and their potential in under assessment. ONGC currently does not have Petroleum Exploration Licence in District Sagar. The gas samples collected from these bore wells were analyzed at ONGC labs. The gases were found to be mainly methane of bacterial as well as thermogenic origin and are released to the surface through natural conduits as a natural process.

REDUCING FINANCIAL BURDEN 17th May, 2012

LSQ 6754

SHRI SATPAL MAHARAJ

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether any concrete scheme has been formulated to reduce the rising financial burden due to the import of petroleum in the country on the lines of China;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL (SHRI R. P. N. SINGH)

(a) & (b): India is importing more than 80% of its requirement of crude oil. The price of crude oil has generally been rising in the international market. However, several measures have been taken to accelerate hydrocarbons exploration and production activities to meet the increasing demand of fuel, which include the following:-

(i) Carving out 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) Substitution of oil through use of alternate/ non-conventional sources of energy such as Bio-Diesel, Ethanol- blended Petrol.

(c): No, Madam.

(d): Does not arise.

PROJECT CLEARANCE BOARD 9th August, 2012

LSQ 299

SHRI GAJANAN BABAR DHARMSHI DR. PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL SHRI SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has decided to set up a Project Clearance Board (PCB) to facilitate time-bound approvals for investment proposals in energy and infrastructure sectors; (b) if so, the details thereof in this regard; (c) the composition of the aforesaid board; and (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure speedy implementation of the projects?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N.SINGH)

(a) to (d) An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) has been constituted on 26th July, 2012 under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary to accord all necessary clearances for blocks in which exploration, development and production activities have to be carried out. The composition of the IMC is as under: (i) Cabinet Secretary Chairman (ii) Home Secretary Member (iii) Foreign Secretary Member (iv) Defence Secretary Member (v) Secretary, D/o Research &Development (MoD) Member (vi) Secretary, Department of Space Member (vii) Secretary, M/o Forests & Environment Member (viii) Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs Member (ix) Secretary, M/o Coal Member (ix) Secretary, M/o Petroleum and Natural Gas Member Convenor (xi) Director General, Directorate Special Invitee General of Hydrocarbons

The IMC may co-opt any other functionary, if considered necessary. IMC will be serviced by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas which will function as its Secretariat and will convene its meetings from time to time as per requirements. IMC will make comprehensive recommendations to ensure that there are no delays in actual execution of work on account of clearances by Government agencies.

PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL 9th August, 2012

LSQ 384

SHRI PARVATAGOUDA CHANDANAGOUDA GADDIGOUDAR SHRI ASHOK TANWAR

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) the steps being taken by the Government to promote the usage of Ethanol Blended Petrol and Bio-diesel on large scale; and (b) the availability of ethanol for Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) and the total budgetary allocation for bio- diesel during the last three years alongwith the total quantity of ethanol and bio-diesel produced during the said period?

MINISTER of STATE for PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P. N. SINGH)

(a) A National Policy on Bio-fuels has been notified by the Government in December 2009, to bring about accelerated development and promotion of the cultivation, production and use of bio-fuels to increasingly substitute Petrol and Diesel for transport and for use in stationary and other applications. (b) Procurement of ethanol by Oil Marketing Companies during the last three years is as under : 2009-10 : 6.3 crore litres 2010-11 : 36.25 crore litres 2011-12 : 24.01 crore litres (till 15.07.2012) Production of Ethanol during the last three years (in crore litres) : 2008-09 226.48 2009-10 176.72 2010-11 204.65 Bio-diesel industry is still at nascent stage. Presently, there is no commercial production of bio-diesel.

SETTING UP OF POWER PLANTS BY ONGC 16th August, 2012

LSQ 932

SHRI E.G. SUGAVANAM

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has any proposal to set up solar, fertilizer, wind and nuclear plants in the country; (b) if so, the details of estimated capacity and the locations identified for setting up of the same; and (c) the time frame by which the aforesaid plants are likely to be set up?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRIR.P.N. SINGH)

(a) to (c): The details of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)`s plans to set up solar, fertilizer, wind and nuclear plants in the country are given as under: Solar: ONGC is carrying out feasibility study for setting up canal top solar Photo-voltaic plant (upto 5 Mega Watt(MW) on Indira Gandhi canal in Rajasthan. Based on the successful outcome of study, decision will be taken for establishing the exact capacity, quantum and time frame for investment. Fertilizer: For early monetization of new gas discovery from IChubal in Tripura, ONGC is considering setting up of a Natural Gas based Urea Fertilizer plant in Tripura. The project is intended to be taken up in Joint Venture(JV) mode by roping in a Fertilizer Domain Company for which an Expression of Interest (Eol) was invited from interest parties for strategic alliance. ONGC plans to take up a feasibility study to ascertain viability, realistic timelines, investment requirements, attendant risks and mitigation measures for approx 1.3 million metric tone per annum capacity urea based fertilizer plant. Wind: ONGC has already set up 51 MW wind farm in Gujarat which is operational since 2008. ONGC Board had accorded approval for setting up another 102 MW wind farm at Rajaslhan, which is in advance stage of tender finalization. As per tender terms, the project is to be commissioned within 14 months of the date of award. Nuclear: ONGC is in preliminary discussions with Nuclear Power Corporation Limited (NPC1L) for exploring the possibility of formation of XV for setting up Nuclear plants in the country. Pursuant to successful outcome, decision would be taken for capacity, identification

DIVERSIFYING OF BUSINESS BY ONGC 16th August, 2012

LSQ 941

DR. PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has sought to diversify its business portfolio and venture into new and challenging areas;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) also needs to have substantial presence in the gas market to make up for the loss in liquid fuel business and to maintain its leadership in the oil and gas market; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps being taken by the IOC in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRIR.F.N. SINGH)

(a) and (b): Details pertaining to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited(ONGC) plan`s and initiatives to expand its business portfolio into new and challenging areas of hydrocarbon and related business are given as under:

(i) ONGC has identified challenging areas like `High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) wells, basement drilling, Shale and tight gas, Coal Bed Methane(CBM), Deep water etc. for its future growth through alliances and partnership route.

(ii) ONGC is already present in Refinery and Liquefied Natural Gas(LNG) segment of business through Manglore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited(MRPL) and Petronel LNO Limited(PLL) respectively. As integration project ONGC is implementing projects in power, petrochemicals at Tripura. Dahej and Mangalore through Joint Venture route.

(iii) ONGC has identified Alternate Energy and Renewable energy sources like Wind and Solar including Nuclear power generation as focus areas for green energy development which has potential to provide stable and sustained cash-flow to its balance sheet with effective insulation against business cyclicalily. (iv) Other areas under focus and consideration are:

# i ,NG re-gasification and city Gas Distribution

# Monetize stranded gas through Fertilizer plant.

# Focus on non-conventional energy sources like Underground Coal Gasification (UCG).

# Pursue commercial exploitation of off-shore wind potential.

# Pursue and examine Research and Development R&D) Investment in emerging energy related business like Geothermal. Tidal, Run of river hydro electric power stations. Energy efficient lighting.

The above investment plans are subject to viability of individual project and envisages capturing value down the hydro-carbon chain as well as increase green energy foot-print: however, ONGCs main focus remains on core upstream business.

(c) and (d): Yes. Madam. In order to make up for the loss in liquid fuel business and to have substantial presence in the gas market. Indian Oil Corporation Limited(IOCE) has taken the following steps:

(i) IOCL, being a promoter of PLL is entitled to market one third of the long term LNG being imported by PLL as an off taker.

(ii) IOCL has pioneered the supplies of LNG by road to customers who are not connected to Natural gas pipelines or customers seeking only LNG for their operations.

(iii) IOC, in partnership with GAIL(India) Limited has been operating a Joint Venture(JV) for two City Gas Distribution(CGD) networks viz. Agra and Lucknow.

(iv) The demand for `Natural Gas is driven by availability, infrastructure and affordability to various customers. IOCL is in process of setting up a 5 Million Metric Tonne Per Annum(MMTPA) LNG storage and re-gasification terminal at Ennore near Chennai.

CLEARANCE UNDER NELP 23rd August, 2012

LSQ *179

SHRI P. VISWANATHAN

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) the number of oil and gas blocks pending for clearance under New Exploration and Licensing Policy (NELP), company-wise along with the reasons therefor;

(b) the total amount of investment made by the Indian and foreign companies in these blocks;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI S.JAIPAL REDDY)

(a) to (d). A Statement is laid on the Table of the House,

A Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 179 asked by Shri P.Viswanathan to be answered on 23.08.2012 regarding clearance under NELP.

(a). Presently, 52 blocks awarded under various rounds of New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) bidding are pending for clearance by different organizations such as Ministry of Defence (MoD), Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and State Governments.

Operator -wise breakup of the 52 blocks is as under:

Sr. No. Operator No. of NELP Blocks Awaiting Clearances

1 Oil and Natural gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) 22 2 Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) 15 3 BHP Billiton 5 4 Cairn Energy India Pty. Ltd. (CEIL) 3 5 Santos International 2 6 British Gas Exploration and Production India 1 Ltd. (BGEPIL) 7 BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd. 1 8 Focus Energy Ltd. 1 9 ENI 1 10 Jubilant Oil & Gas Pvt. Ltd. 1 Total 52

Out of 52 blocks, clearances are pending in respect of 43 blocks from MOD due to defence related issues, 3 blocks from MOEF due to environmental issues, 2 from MEA due to maritime boundary issues and 4 from State Governments(Nagaland and Gujarat).

(b). The total investment made by Indian and foreign companies in the above 52 NELP blocks as on 31.03.2012 is about US $ 12.4 Billion for exploration and development activities.

(c) and (d). In -principle clearances for larger areas from which these blocks are carved out are always obtained from the concerned Ministries/Departments prior to offering of the exploration blocks under the bidding rounds of NELP. However, various agencies such as MoD, MoEF, and concerned State Governments have subsequently asked for additional clearances to be obtained by the Contractors in the above 52 affected blocks for commencing/resuming/continuing exploration and production activities.

DIVERSIFYING OF ACTIVITIES BY HPCL 30th August, 2012

LSQ 3186

SHRI C. SIVASAMI SHRI JAYWANT GANGARAM AWALE

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is diversifying its activities in other fields such as acquisition of exploration and production assets, developing gas business, establishment of a new Greenfield refinery along the coast of Maharashtra and aviation sector;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of jobs likely to be created with the setting up of new refinery and the details of financing of the refinery project;

(d) the total number of petroleum outlets and LPG distributors of HPCL in Maharashtra at present along with those proposed to be opened during the next three years;

(e) whether the HPCL is also considering to acquire ten City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R P N SINGH)

(a) & (b) HPCL has been in Exploration & Production (E&P) business since 1998 through Joint Venture (JV) company, “Prize Petroleum”. HPCL has started investment in E&P independently since 2004. Presently, HPCL is handling the E&P business through Prize Petroleum (a wholly own subsidiary of HPCL).

In order to meet the marketing demand of the petroleum products, HPCL has plans to set up a 9 MMTPA capacity Greenfield refinery in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra. Detailed Feasibility Study has been carried out and land acquisition activities have been initiated. HPCL has also submitted application for Terms of Reference (ToR) to Ministry of Environment & Forests for environment clearance. However, the Ratnagiri District is under environmental moratorium till December, 2012. The feasibility of the project will therefore depend on lifting of environmental moratorium.

(c) As per the detailed feasibility report of Maharashtra Refinery Project (MRP), direct employment for 600 has been envisaged. The incentive package required from the Government of Maharashtra is yet to be finalized and financing of the proposed project will be worked out subsequently.

(d) There are 1227 Retail Outlets (ROs) of HPCL in Maharashtra and there is a proposal to set up approximately 220 additional ROs in the next three years. HPCL has 492 Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) distributorships (Regular 430 + 62 Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitran Yojna (RGGLVY)) in the State of Maharashtra. HPCL has also advertised 93 locations for LPG distributorships including RGGLVY and these are likely to be commissioned during the next three years.

(e) & (f) HPCL is considering to enter the City Gas Distribution (CGD) Network on its own or through a Joint Venture Company. Apart from existing business, HPCL is actively participating in Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) bidding rounds for CGD Network for authorization in various cities.

ONGC PIPELINE LEAKAGE 06th September, 2012

LSQ 4323

SHRI SAMBASIVA RAYAPATI RAO

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether leakage from pipelines of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been noticed in Andhra Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details of such leakage noticed during the last three years;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps being taken to avoid such incidents in future?

Minister of state in the Ministry of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) to (e) No major leakage from the pipelines in the operational areas of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in Rajahmundry Asset (Andhra Pradesh) has occurred during the last three years. However, ONGC is taking following steps to prevent leakages:

# Monitoring of onland pipelines.

# Intelligent pigging of trunk lines carried out to monitor the health of pipelines.

# Improved 3 Layer Polyethylene (LPE) coating for pipelines for better resistance to corrosion.

# Replacement of oil pipelines are taken up based on condition monitoring.

# Technologies like Cathodic Protection, 3 LPE pipelines, Glass Fibre Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) lines are adopted for better pipeline protection.

# Biotechnologies like Paraffin Degrading Bacteria (PDB), Chemical Injection, are used to protect pipelines.

In addition to above for preventing such incidents, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) has developed following standards and guideline which are being implemented by the Industry:-

S.No. OISD Standard No. Details of the Standard 1. OISD-Std-141 Design Construction and Inspection requirements for cross country pipelines

2. OISD-Std-214 Cross Country LPG Pipelines

3. OISD-Std-226 Natural Gas Transmission pipelines and City Gas Distribution Networks.

Apart from the above, OISD has developed guidelines for inspection of onland non-piggable pipelines including well flow lines and water injection pipelines in exploration and production sector which are being implemented by the industry.

SAFETY OF OIL AND GAS INSTALLATIONS 9th September, 2012

LSQ *366

SHRI D.B. CHANDRE GOWDA SHRI ABDUL RAHMAN

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether safety audits of the country’s vital oil and gas installations/ pipelines are being conducted at regular intervals; (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year, year-wise and installation-wise; (c) the details of such oil and gas installations where serious lapses/ shortcomings has been noticed during the audits; and (d) the remedial measures taken by the Government in this regard along with the action taken to fix responsibility of the officials concerned ? MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY) (a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 366 BY SHRI D.B.CHANRE GOWDA AND SHRI ABDUL RAHMAN TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 REGARDING “SAFETY AUDIT OF OIL AND GAS INSTALLATIONS”.

(a) Yes, Madam. Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD), a technical directorate under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) has been conducting safety audits of oil and gas

installations which includes oil/gas pipelines also. Safety audits conducted by OISD are of three types; Pre- commissioning Safety Audit, External Safety Audit (ESA) and Surprise Safety Audit (SSA). (b) The details of safety audits carried out by OISD during the last three years i.e. 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011- 12 and the current year (2012-13) , year wise and installation- wise are given at Annexure I. (c) The details of oil and gas installations, where serious lapses/ shortcomings were noticed during audits are given at Annexure II. (d) OISD has forwarded the audit findings and recommendations to Heads of oil companies for immediate action and submission of Action Taken Report to OISD on a quarterly basis. OISD has also reported that operations at 32 facilities have been suspended where serious lapses/ shortcomings were detected. OISD regularly monitors the compliance/ action taken by oil companies on its recommendations/findings.

Annexure of starred question No. 366 dated 06.09.2012 [ Referred to in reply to part (b) of the question ]

Details of such audits in Last 3 Years i.e 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 are as follows: I. External Safety Audits : Areas 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Exploration and Production Offshore Onshore 10 10 09 62 64 62 Refinery & Gas Processing Plant (Nos.) 6 6 8 Cross Country Pipeline ( Kms) 2160 2098 2893

Marketing operations (Nos.) - 12 13

II. Pre- Commissioning Safety Audit for Down Stream sector Areas 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Refinery & Gas Processing Plant (Nos.) 14 16 15 Cross Country Pipeline ( Kms) 922 1002 1905 Marketing operations ( Nos.) 4 9 18

III. Surprise Safety Audit Areas 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Exploration and Production Onshore(Nos.) 5 3 5 Refinery & Gas Processing Plant (Nos.) 7 8 8 Marketing operations 16 12 17 ( Nos.)

IV. For the current year i.e. 2012-13, OISD has the following plan :

External safety Audits (ESA) Refineries 6 Nos. Gas Processing Plants 2 Nos. Exploration & Production- Onshore 55 Nos. Exploration & Production- Off shore 8 Nos. Marketing Installations 60 Nos. Cross Country Pipelines 2500 Kms. SurpriseSafety Audits (SSA) Refineries & Gas Processing Plants 7 Nos. Pipeline Tanks Farms 2 Nos. Construction Safety Audits of Refineries & Petrochemical Complex 2 Nos.

Installation wise, year wise details of Safety Audits carried out by OISD in Last 3 Years UPSTREAM SECTOR 2009-10 External Safety Audit : Offshore – 10 Nos. & Onshore – 62 Nos. Sl. Onland Installation Sl. Offshore Installations No. No. 1. DR-CW-04 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 1. PI-SagarLaxmi, ONGC 2. DR-LC-1-1000 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 2. PI-MNW Complex, ONGC 3. DR-John-8 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 3. DR- Sagar Shakti, ONGC 4. WOR-CW-50-V (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 4. DR- Aban III, ONGC 5. WOR-VR-30-1 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 5. DR- Pride Pensylvania, ONGC 6. PI-GGS-CTF (S.Kadi) (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 6. DR- SagarUday, ONGC 7. PI-CTF-Kalol (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 7. Drillship Deep Water Expedition, ONGC 8. PI-GGS-Dholka (JTI) 8. PI-SH Complex, ONGC 9. PI-EPS-Navel (JTI) 9. DR- SagarGaurav, ONGC 10. WOR (JTI) 10. DR- Great Drill Chitra, ONGC 11. PI-EPS-Sangarpur (HRD) 12. WOR-John Energy#19 (OILEX) 13. PI-EPS-Sabarmati (OILEX) 14. PI-Cambay-64 WHI (OILEX) 15. PI-Allora WHI (Heramec) 16. PI-Dolasan-EPS (Heramec) 17. PI-Kanwara GGS (Heamec) 18. PI-North Kathana – WHI (Heramec) 19. DR-SVUL-200-05 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 20. DR-SVUL-2000-04 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 21. WOR-Deep-100-08 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 22. PI-GGS-03 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 23. PI-GCS-Olpad (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 24. DR-E-3000 (S-8) (OIL-Duliajan) 25. DR-CH-3 ZJ50D(Jaybee) (OIL-Duliajan) 26. WOR-Cardwell-C (OIL-Duliajan) 27. WOR-C4-ZY20 (Shiv-vani) (OIL-Duliajan) 28. PI-OCS-Makum (OIL-Duliajan) 29. PI-EPS-Baghjan (OIL-Duliajan) 30. DR-IPS-V (ONGC-Mehsana) 31. WOR-UPET-6 (ONGC-Mehsana) 32. WOR-Deep-2 (ONGC-Mehsana) 33. PI-ETP-Sabhasan (ONGC-Mehsana) 34. PI-Balol-GGS-1 (ONGC-Mehsana) 35. PI-NK-GGS-4 (ONGC-Mehsana) 36. DR-E-1400-17 (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 37. WOR-Shiv-vani-180 (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 38. PI-GCS, Narsapur (ONGC-Rajahmundry)

39. PI-GGS,Kesanpalli (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 40. PI-GCS (Ponnamanda) (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 41. PI-EPS, Mandepeta (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 42. DR-Shivani-29 (ONGC-Assam) 43. DR-E-2000-07 (ONGC-Assam) 44. WOR-ROM-100-03 (ONGC-Assam) 45. WOR-GTC-150-1 (ONGC-Assam) 46. PI-GGS-01,Geleki (ONGC-Assam) 47. PI-GCS – Charali (ONGC-Assam) 48. DR-E760-16 (ONGC-Cauvery Asset) 49. DR-John Energy#20 (ONGC-Cauvery Asset) 50. WOR XJ-550 (SRE) (ONGC-Cauvery Asset) 51. PI-GGS-AKM (ONGC-Cauvery Asset) 52. PI-GCS-Ramnad (ONGC-Cauvery Asset) 53. DR-CH-Wafa Star-6 (ONGC-Agartala) 54. DR-E-1400-10 (ONGC-Agartala) 55. PI-GCS-Konaban (ONGC-Agartala) 56. PI-GCS-Rokhia (ONGC-Agartala) 57. PI-GCS-Baramura (ONGC-Agartala) 58. PI-GCS-Agartala dome (ONGC-Agartala) 59. DR-Shiv vani-7 (ONGC CBM Project) 60. DR-Shiv vani-9 (ONGC CBM Project) 61. DR-M-750-I (ONGC CBM Project) 62. PI-EPS-1 (ONGC CBM Project)

Surprise Safety Audit : 5 Nos. Sl.No. Onland Installation 1. PI-OCS-Tengakhat(OIL-Duliajan) 2. PI-CTF-Ankleshwar (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 3. PI-GCP-Ankleshwar (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 4. PI-ETP-Kesanpalli (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 5. WOR-CW-08 (ONGC-Cauvery)

2010-11 External Safety Audit : Offshore – 10 Nos. & Onshore – 64 Nos. Sl. Onland Installation Sl. Offshore Installations No. No. 1. DR- CW-08 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 1. PI-Infill Complex (ONGC) 2. WOR-CW-100-05 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 2. PI-Tapti Complex (BG) 3. WOR-GTC-100-01 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 3. PI-FPSO-Dhirubhai-1 (RIL) 4. WOR-R-50-02 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 4. PI-CRP (RIL) 5. PI-GGS-08 Kalol (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 5. DR-SagarJyoti (ONGC) 6. PI- GGS-05-Kalol (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 6. DR-CE Thornton (ONGC) 7. PI-GCS-Kalol (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 7. PI-FPU-Tahara (Hardy) 8. PI-GCP-Kalol (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 8. PI-Sun Platform (HOEC)

9. DR-CH-6 (OIL-Duliajan) 9. PI-SBM (ONGC) 10. WOR-CW-B (OIL-Duliajan) 10. DR-Energy Driller (ONGC) 11. WOR-BHEL-IR-B (OIL-Duliajan) 12. PI- NHK-OCS-6 (OIL-Duliajan) 13. PI – WI#21 (OIL-Duliajan) 14. PI-QPS-Kusijan (OIL-Duliajan) 15. WOR-Udipta (Geoenpro-Kharsang) 16. PI-CTF (Geoenpro-Kharsang) 17. DR – M750-2 (ONGC-Mehsana) 18. DR-E-760-XI (ONGC-Mehsana) 19. WOR-A-50-03 (ONGC-Mehsana) 20. WOR-John-50-5 (ONGC-Mehsana) 21. PI-GGS-1-Bacharjee (ONGC-Mehsana) 22. PI – GGS-2 - Balol (ONGC-Mehsana) 23. PI-GCP-Borhola (ONGC-Jorhat) 24. DR--E-760-09 (ONGC-Jorhat) 25. WOR – CW-100-XI(ONGC-Jorhat) 26. PI-GGS-Borhola(ONGC-Jorhat) 27. PI-GGS-1-Koraghat (ONGC-Jorhat) 28. PI-GGS-2 -Koraghat (ONGC-Jorhat) 29. DR-E-1400-VI (ONGC-Nazira) 30. DR-Shiv Vani-30 (ONGC-Nazira) 31. WOR-SEALL-150-1 (ONGC-Nazira) 32. WOR-DRIPL-3 (ONGC-Nazira) 33. PI-GGS-3-Geleki (ONGC-Nazira) 34. PI – CTF-Geleki (ONGC-Nazira) 35. PI-GGS-1-RDS (ONGC-Nazira) 36. PI GGS-7-Lakwa (ONGC-Nazira) 37. DR-QUIPPO (ONGC-Cambay) 38. DR-CW-IX (ONGC-Cambay) 39. WOR-TW-50 (ONGC-Cambay) 40. WOR-A50-XIII (ONGC-Cambay) 41. PI GGS-Padra (ONGC-Cambay) 42. PI- EPS-Chaklasi (ONGC-Cambay) 43. PI-GGS-Kathana (ONGC-Cambay) 44. PI-EPS-Tarapur (GSPC-CB-ON-2) 45. PI- PPN (HOEC) 46. DR-E-1400-19 (ONGC-Cauvery) 47. DR-E-760-15 (ONGC-Cauvery) 48. WOR-CW-8 (ONGC-Cauvery) 49. PI-GGS-Narimanan (ONGC-Cauvery) 50. PI-EPS-Bhuvangiri (ONGC-Cauvery) 51. PI-EPS-Nannilam (ONGC-Cauvery)

52. CBM-Sohagpur (RIL) 53. CBM (Essar) 54. CBM (GEECL) 55. DR-R-100-11 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 56. DR-E-1400-7 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 57. WOR-E-760-17 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 58. WOR-SUVL-180-37 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 59. WOR-GTC-100-11 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 60. PI GGS-2 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 61. PI GGS-North Gandhar (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 62. DR-ZJ-40-LC (Focus-Rajasthan) 63. DR-RG-70 LDB (Focus-Rajasthan) 64. PI – GCS-SGL-1 (Focus-Rajasthan)

Surprise Safety Audit :3 Nos. Sl.No. Onland Installation 1. PI-GGS-Wasna (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 2. PI-GGS-04 (OIL-Duliajan) 3. PI-GGS-04 – Gandhar (ONGC-Ankleshwar)

2011-12 External Safety Audit : Offshore – 9 Nos. & Onshore – 62 Nos. Sl. Onland Installation Sl. Offshore Installations No. No. 1. DR-Weather Ford-807 (Cairn) 1. DR-DS Fortune, ONGC 2. WOR-John-21 (Cairn) 2. PI-BHS Complex , ONGC 3. PI-ManglaProce.Terminal (Cairn) 3. DR- Trident II, ONGC 4. PI-Rageshwari Gas Terminal (Cairn) 4. DR- Platinum Explorer, ONGC 5. DR-Quippo-5 (Interlink Petroleum) 5. DR- SagarBhushan, ONGC 6. DR-LK-1-1100 (DRPL-10 (Selan) 6. PI-BPB Complex , ONGC 7. DR-Quippo-R-2 (Naftogaz) 7. Nhava Supply Base, ONGC 8. WOR-Caradwell-K-600 (OIL) 8. DR- Kedarnath 9. WOR-RG-C (OIL) 9. Platform Rig P-16, ONGC 10. PI-CTF-Duliajan (OIL) 11. DR- E-1400 (S3) (OIL) 12. PI-OCS-Jorajan (OIL) 13. PI-EPS-Chobua (OIL) 14. PI-GCS-Nagajan (OIL) 15. DR- E-1400 (S5) (OIL) 16. DR-E-760-3 (ONGC-Cauvery) 17. PI-ETP-Narimanam (ONGC-Cauvery) 18. PI-EPS-Kamlapuram(ONGC-Cauvery) 19. PI-GCS-Kovikalapal(ONGC-Cauvery) 20. DR-E-4900-01 (ONGC-Nazira) 21. DR-E-2000-06 (ONGC-Nazira)

22. DR-Shiv Vani-31(ONGC-Nazira) 23. WOR-SK-160-1(ONGC-Nazira) 24. WOR-IR-500-12(ONGC-Nazira) 25. PI-ETP-2 Lakwa(ONGC-Nazira) 26. PI-GGS-2 Geleki(ONGC-Nazira) 27. PI-GGS-DML-1(ONGC-Nazira) 28. DR-John-1000-19 (ONGC-Mehsana) 29. WOR-A-50V (ONGC-Mehsana) 30. WOR-GTC-100(ONGC-Mehsana) 31. WOR-CW-50-IV(ONGC-Mehsana) 32. PI-GGS-Jotana(ONGC-Mehsana) 33. PI-GGS-Balol-III(ONGC-Mehsana) 34. PI-GGS-Lynch(ONGC-Mehsana) 35. DR-E-3050-02 (ONGC-Ahmedabad) 36. WOR-CW-50-06(ONGC-Ahmedabad) 37. WOR-John-50 I(ONGC-Ahmedabad) 38. WOR-A-50-VIII(ONGC-Ahmedabad) 39. PI-GGS-Ramol(ONGC-Ahmedabad) 40. PI-GGS-I-Nawagam(ONGC-Ahmedabad) 41. PI-GGS-Viraj(ONGC-Ahmedabad) 42. PI-GGS-2-Limbodra(ONGC-Ahmedabad) 43. DR-John-29 (GAIL) 44. PI-GPC-Dandewala (OIL-Rajasthan) 45. DR-E-760-XIII (ONGC-Rajasthan) 46. PI-GCS-Gamnewala (ONGC-Rajasthan) 47. DR-JaybeeSher-III (Geoenpro) 48. DR-Quippo-4(Geoenpro) 49. DR-E-2000-03 (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 50. DR-SVUL-27 (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 51. DR-6100-03 (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 52. WOR-Sitaram-100-T(ONGC-Rajahmundry) 53. PI-GCS-Gopavaram(ONGC-Rajahmundry) 54. PI-GCS-8-Abiapalem(ONGC-Rajahmundry) 55. PI-GCS-3 Mandepeta(ONGC-Rajahmundry) 56. DR-CW-10(ONGC-Ankleshwar) 57. DR-M-450-1(ONGC-Ankleshwar) 58. WOR-50-7(ONGC-Ankleshwar) 59. WOR-CW-100-07 (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 60. WOR-SVUL180-38(ONGC-Ankleshwar) 61. PI-GGS-4-Ankleshwar (ONGC-Ankleshwar) 62. PI-GGS-3-Gandhar (ONGC-Ankleshwar)

Surprise Safety Audit :5 Nos. Sl. Onland Installation No. 1. WOR-CW-8 (ONGC-Cauvery) 2. WOR-ROM-50 -IX(ONGC-Cauvery) 3. PI-GGS-Narimanan(ONGC-Cauvery) 4. PI-EPS-Nalinam(ONGC-Cauvery) 5. PI-GGS-Nandasan (ONGC-Mehsana)

DOWN STREAM SECTOR I. Refineries and Gas Processing Plants. 2009-10 External Safety Audits : 6 Nos.

S.NO. Refinery / GPP Company 1 BPCL-KochiRefinery BPCL

2 HPCL-Mumbai Refinery HPCL Surp rise 3 IOCL-HALDIARefinery IOCL Safet 4 ONGC-TatipakaRefinery ONGC y 5 GAIL-Pata GAIL(I) Ltd. Audi 6 GAIL-Vijaipur GAIL(I) Ltd. ts : 7 Nos.

S.NO. Refinery / GPP Company 1 IOCL-Barauni Refinery IOCL

2 IOCL-Gujarat Refinery IOCL

3 BPCL-Mumbai Refinery BPCL 4 IOCL-GuwahatI Refinery IOCL 5 IOCL-BRPL IOCL 6 GAIL-Lakwa GAIL(I) Ltd.

7 ONGC-Ankleshwar ONGC

Pre Commissioning Safety Audits : 14 Nos. S. No. Installation Unit Company CEMP Ph-II (CDU-II Revamp) & 1 BPCL-Kochi Refinery BPCL PRU IOCL – Haldia 2 HGU IOCL Refinery 3 Mumbai Refinery Mounded Bullets HPCL IOCL – Panipat 4 HGU IOCL Refinery HPCL-Visakhi 5 Mounded storage vessel HPCL Refinery. 6 IOCL – Panipat EPCC-1 facility in MSQUP project IOCL

Refinery Naphtha Isomerisation Unit, AAU, & HPCL-Visakhi 7 ARU & Continuous Film Contracting HPCL Refinery. and Sulphur Recovery Unit-III IOCL – Panipat IOCL 8 EPCC-2 facility of MSQUP project Refinery 9 IOCL – Haldia OHCU IOCL Refinery 10 IOCL – Panipat Naphtha Cracker Project & IOCL Refinery associated facilities like flare, tankages, utilities, substation, receipt & despatch facilities and control room 11 IOCL – Mathura Prime G unit and associated facilities IOCL Refinery 12 BPCL – Kochi New Captive Power Plant project BPCL Refinery 13 IOCL –PNCP Panipat Downstream Polymer units and IOCL Offsites facilities 14 IOCL – Gujarat DHDT, HGU, SRU and DHDT tank IOCL Refinery farm

2010-11 External Safety Audits : 6 Nos. S. No. Refinery/GP Company 1 IOCL-Mathura Refinery IOCL 2 IOCL- AOD Digboi Refinery IOCL 3 IOCL-CPCL, Manali Refinery IOCL 4 ONGC-Gandhar ONGC 5 ONGC - Ankleshwar ONGC 6 ONGC - Hazira ONGC

Surprise Safety Audits :8 Nos. Sl.No Refinery/GPP Company

1 IOCL-BGR IOCL 2 NRL NRL 3 HPCL - VISAKH Refinery HPCL 4 ONGC-MRPL ONGC-MRPL 5 GAIL-Gandhar GAIL(I) Ltd 6 GAIL-Vaghodia GAIL(I) Ltd 7 GAIL - Usar GAIL(I) Ltd 8 GAIL - Vijaipur GAIL(I) Ltd

Pre Commissioning Safety Audits : 16 Nos. S. No. Installation Unit Company 1 NRL – BPCL Numaligarh DQUP NRL 2 IOCL- Barauni Refinery HGU IOCL 3 CPCL-Manali Refinery. NHT/ISOM Unit (Euro-IV CPCL Project) 4 IOCL- AOD MSQUP IOCL 5 Kochi Refinery NHT/ CCR and associated BPCL facilities 6 IOCL-Haldia. New SRU (Unit-95)/ SWS IOCL (Unit-94) 7 IOCL Gujarat VGO HDT IOCL 8 IOCL- Hydrogen Generation Unit IOCL Bongaigaon Refinery 9 Kochi Refinery VGO – HDS, SRU & CCN BPCL Splitter 10 CPCL-Manali Refinery. DHDT hydrotreater CPCL 11 HPCL – Mumbai LOUP HPCL 12 ONGC-GPP Plant ONGC 13 IOCL-Gujarat refinery DCU IOCL 14 IOCL Panipat Refinery SRU IOCL 15 IOCL – Bongaigaon DHT IOCL 16 IOCL-Mathura SRU-IV IOCL

2011-12 External Safety Audits : 8 Nos. S. No. Refinery/GP Company 1 ESSAR/Refinery, Jamnagar Essar Oil Ltd. 2 IOCL- Gujarat Refinery IOCL 3 IOCL-CPCL, CBR, Nagapatinam CPCL 4 IOCL-Guwahati Refinery IOCL 5 OIL-Duliajan GP OIL 6 BPCL-Mumbai Refinery BPCL 7 GAIL-Vaghodia GP GAIL(I) Ltd 8 RIL/Refinery, Jamnagar RIL

Surprise Safety Audits : 8 Nos. S. No. Refinery/GP Company 1 IOCL - Panipat Refinery IOCL 2 IOCL-Haldia Refinery IOCL 3 HPCL-Mumbai Refinery HPCL 4 IOCL – Barauni Refinery IOCL 5 ONGC-Uran ONGC 6 ONGC-Gandhar ONGC 7 ONGC-Ankleshwar ONGC 8 IOCL – R & D IOCL

Pre Commissioning Safety Audits : 15 Nos. S. No. Installation Unit Company 1 IOCL - BGR SRU IOCL IOCL – BGR 2 MSQU IOCL

3 CDU/VDU, 4 Crude tank farm Area 5 HGU, HMEL - Bhatinda HMEL LPG Mounded Bullet 6 area/Tankage Area 7 SRU/SWSU/ARU/TGTU Mounded LPG storage & TT 8 BPCL. Refinery loading gantry 9 DHDT 10 HMEL - Bhatinda VGO HDT HMEL 11 MSQ Block CPCL-Manali 12 HGU (Euro-IV Project) CPCL Refinery. 13 HMEL - Bhatinda FCCU & PPU HMEL IOCL – Mathura 14 SRU - IV IOCL Refinery CDU/VDU and Associated MRPL 15 MRPL facilities

II. Cross Country Pipelines

2009-10 External Safety Audits S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length in Km Company 1 Gas & Crude oil pipeline network in Assam 237 ONGC Asset

2 Offshore Pipeline- South Bassein- Hazira 670 ONGC Pipeline 3 Hazira – Vijaipur section of HVJ Natural Gas 642 GAIL Pipeline 4 Dahej- Vijaipur Natural Gas Pipeline 611 GAIL TOTAL Length of pipeline 2160 Km

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length in Km Company 1 IOCL’s Rewari Intermediate Pump station Pump Station IOCL under Mundra – Panipat Crude oil Augmentation project. to enhance the pipeline capacity from 6 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA.

2 LPG Pipeline from BPCL’s Kochi Refinery to 3.173 HPCL HPCL’s LPG Bottling plant, Irumpanam, Cohin 3 SV-63 of GAIL’s existing Jamnagar- Loni LPG 19.7 GAIL pipeline to IOCL’s Bhondsi LPG Bottling plant . 4 Dadri to Bawana (36”) & Bawana Tap off to 38.358 GAIL PPCL, Bawana (20”) Natural Gas Pipelines. 55.757 5 Vijaipur- IP1 ( Kulwara) section of - 107 GAIL 48” Vijaipur- Dadri Natural Gas Pipeline . 6 IP1 ( Kulwara) to IP2 ( Kailaras) section of 120.70 GAIL Vijaipur- Dadri (48”) Natural Gas Pipeline. 7 IP2 (Kailaras) to IP 3 (Bajhera) section of 106.489 GAIL Vijaipur- Dadri Natural Gas Pipeline (48”). 8 Chennai- Bangalore product pipeline from 290 IOCL CPCL’s Manali Refinery, Chennai to Bangalore Terminal (IOCL) (14” /12”) . 9 Chainsa – Sultanpur (Jhajjar) Dadri Natural 71.60 GAIL Gas Pipelines ( 36”) . 10 Bijwasan – Panipat Naphtha pipeline (10”) 109.811 IOCL 11 Crude Blending facilities ( CEIL’s) at MPPL Pump station IOCL station Radhanpur. modification Total Pipeline Length in Km 922.588 km

2010-11 External Safety Audits S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length in Km Company 1 Mumbai – Pune – Solapur 508 HPCL 2 Dabhol- Panvel NG Pipeline 307 GAIL 3 Noonmati - Sonapur Crude oil pipeline 453 OIL 4 Delhi- Sonepat- Bahadurgrah 147 GAIL 5 Chennai – Trichi- Madurai Pipeline 683 IOCL Total Length of the Pipeline 2098 Km

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length (km) Company 1 GAIL’s Natural Gas Pipeline from Bajhera – 122.159 GAIL Chainsa section of Vijaipur- Dadri pipeline- 48” diameter.

2 Naphtha Tank and associated facility at Tank IOCL Bijwasan 3 Amod Hazira Product pipeline – 12.75” 93.378 IOCL diameter

4 Dadri- Panipat Natural gas pipeline -30” 131.818 IOCL diameter

5 Focus Energy Pipeline from Langtala to 86.207 GAIL Ramgarh power plant of RVUNL 6 SPM and associated offshore pipeline – 48” 4.054 + SPM HPCL diamater 7 Mehsana- Nawagam crude oil pipeline – 14” 77.09 ONGC diameter 8 Panipat pump station of Panipat- Tikrikalan Pump station IOCL product pipeline 9 Vijaipur Compressors Station . Comp. station GAIL 10 Jhabua Compressor Station Comp.station GAIL 11 Chainsa- Dadri section of Vinjaipur- Dadri 40.7 GAIL Pipeline- 48” Diameter. 12 Sanganer Pump station of Mundra – Panipat Pump station IOCL Pipeline 13 SPM and associated offshore pipeline of HMPL 16.374 Km + HMPL ( Hindustan- Mittal Pipeline Ltd.)- 48” diameter SPM 14 Kandla- samakhailai – LPG Pipeline – 10.75” 58.335 GAIL diameter 15 Natural Gas Pipeline from Duliajan- Numaligarh 192.60 DNPL Refinery- 16” diameter

16 Natural Gas Pipeline from IP 3 to IP 4 section of 90.6 GAIL Dhej- Vijaipur Pipeline – 48” diameter 17 Sultanpur- Nimrana natural gas pipeline- 18” / 89.0 GAIL 10” diameter Total Pipeline Length in Km onshore 1002.310 km

2011-12 External Safety Audits S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length in Km Company 1 Haldia – Barauni Crude oil Pipeline 943 IOCL 2 Ankleshwar –Baroda Natural Gas Pipeline 192 ONGC/ GAIL 3 Haldia – Mourigram- Rajbandh pipeline 269 IOCL &Haldia- Barauni 528 4 Guwahati- Siliguri Pipeline 435 IOCL 5 Mathura – Jallandhar Pipeline including branch 526 IOCL pipeline to Meerut &Najibabad. TOTAL Length of pipeline 2893

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length (km) Company 1 GAIL’s Natural Gas Pipeline 85.60 GAIL from IP6(Gorakpur) to RT Vijaipur –DVPL-II pipeline- 48” diameter.

2 GAIL’s Natural Gas Pipeline from IP3 (Jhabua) 83.70 GAIL to IP-4( Kacchi Baroda) & IP5 (Khera) to IP6( Gorakpur) –DVPL-II pipeline- 48” diameter. 82.60

3 Bina – Kota Product Pipeline- 18”OD 259.473 BPCL 4 Agra – Bajhera – 12 “Natural Gas Branch 53.20 GAIL Pipeline 5 Nekpur to Meerut Natural Gas branch Pipeline- 27 GAIL 10.75” OD 6 Construction Safety Audit of ISPRL, Padur ISPRL Location

7 LPG brach Pipeline IP01- Vedrupaka to HPCL’s 3.234 GAIL LPG bottling plant at Rajahmundry – 4.5 OD 8 Ramanmandi to Bhatinda- 10.75 product pipeline 30 HPCL Ramanmandi- Bhadurgarh – 18” OD 243 9 Dahej Terminal to IP-01 of DV PL-II- 48” 83.80 GAIL 10 Rajasthan Crude injection from CAIRN 2.5 Km IOCL Pipeline at Viramgam to IOCL terminal at Viramgam 10.75” OD 11 IP1 ( Vemar) to IP3 ( Jahubua) – DVPL-2- 48” 185 km GAIL 12 Construction Safety Audit of ISPRL’s Mangalore ISPRL Site 13 Auto LPG and Propylene Pipeline from HPCL’s 4.616 km HPCL Refinery at Vizag to HPCL’s Petro Park, 4.653 km Vishakhatanam – 6” NB- 7.1mm 14 Asanur Pump station of IOCL’s CTMPL - IOCL 15 North well Jetty Pipeline- Paradip IOCL

S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length (km) Company 15 Crude oil pipeline 20” between Karaikal port to 1.052 km CPCL COJ Jetty, Nagapattinam 16 Dhabol LNG Facility including jetty pipeline 1.89 km RGPPL 17 BawanaNangal NG Pipeline – section 3 &4 206 GAIL 18 Viramgam- Kandla product pipeline 231 IOCL 16 Tengakhat- shalmari Crude Oil pipeline of OIL 22 OIL 17 BawanaNangal NG Pipeline – section 1 &2 295 GAIL Total Pipeline Length in Km onshore 1905.318 km

III. Marketing Installations 2009-10 External Safety Audits : NIL Surprise Safety Audits : 16 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Hazira IOCL POL 1 Kochi IOCL LPG 2 Mathura HPCL POL 2 Amousi(Lucknow) IOCL LPG 3 Sabarmati IOCL POL 3 Dumad IOCL LPG 4 Bakania BPCL POL 4 Tikrikalan IOCL LPG 5 Bijwasan BPCL POL 5 Hariyala BPCL LPG 6 Bijwasan HPCL POL 6 Gandhinagar HPCL LPG 7 Rairu HPCL POL 7 Etawah IOCL LPG 8 Rairu IOCL POL 8 Pampore HPCL LPG

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits : 4 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Zewan IOCL POL 1 Irumpanam(Kochi) HPCL LPG 2 Dumad IOCL LPG 3 Bahadurgarh HPCL LPG

2010-11 External Safety Audits : 12 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Manmad IOCL POL 1 Ajmer HPCL LPG 2 Manmad HPCL POL 2 Ajmer BPCL LPG 3 Manmad BPCL POL 3 Gonda BPCL LPG 4 Gonda IOCL POL 4 Pitampur BPCL LPG 5 Gonda HPCL POL 5 Manmad IOCL LPG 6 Gonda BPCL POL 6 Raipur HPCL LPG

Surprise Safety Audits : 12 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Jhansi IOCL POL 1 MadanpurKhadar IOCL LPG 2 Kanpur BPCL POL 2 Vizag IOCL LPG 3 Lucknow IOCL POL 3 Pune BPCL LPG 4 Ajmer IOCL POL 4 Cherlapalli HPCL LPG 5 Durai(Ajmer) BPCL POL 5 Gumdipundi BPCL LPG 6 Mugalsarai BPCL POL 7 Panipat IOCL POL Pre- Commissioning safety Audits : 9 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Vizag HPCL POL(BOT) 1 Pitampur(Indore) BPCL LPG 2 Panipat IOCL TW Gantry 2 Pune BPCL LPG 3 Nasik BPCL LPG 4 Cherlapalli HPCL LPG 5 Devengonthi(Bangalore) BPCL LPG

6 Raipur HPCL LPG 7 Gumdipundi BPCL LPG

2011-12 External Safety Audits : 13 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Laru BPCL POL 1 Gurgaon IOCL LPG 2 Baitalpur BPCL POL 2 Baitalpur BPCL LPG 3 Baitalpur IOCL POL 3 Coimbatore IOCL LPG 4 Bahadurgarh HPCL POL 5 Ghatkesar HPCL POL 6 Mathura IOCL POL 7 Madurai IOCL POL 8 Karur BPCL POL 9 Agra IOCL 10 Hazira HPCL

Surprise Safety Audits : 17 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Jatni IOCL POL 1 Goa BPCL LPG 2 Ratlam IOCL POL 2 Rangpo IOCL LPG 3 Bijwasan IOCL POL 3 Mysore HPCL LPG 4 Ajmer BPCL POL 4 Dumad IOCL LPG 5 Ajmer IOCL POL 5 Uran BPCL LPG 6 Baitalpur HPCL POL 6 Kurnool BPCL LPG 7 Bhatinda HPCL POL 7 Mangalore BPCL LPG 8 Rajbandh IOCL POL 8 Nasik HPCL LPG 9 Jaipur HPCL MDPL

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits : 18 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type POL-rly 1 Ratlam IOCL gantry 1 Goa BPCL LPG 2 Bahadurgarh HPCL POL 2 Lalru BPCL LPG 3 Ghatkesar HPCL POL 3 Rangpo IOCL LPG POL 4 Jaipur HPCL (MDPL) 4 Dumad IOCL LPG 5 Purnia HPCL LPG 6 Dharwad BPCL LPG 7 Salempur BPCL LPG 8 Vizakhapatnam HPCL LPG 9 Ajmer HPCL LPG 10 Kurnool BPCL LPG 11 Uran BPCL LPG 12 Bhatinda HPCL LPG 13 Mangalore BPCL LPG 14 Nasik HPCL LPG

Installation wise, year wise details of Safety Audits carried out by OISD during current year 2012-13 UPSTREAM SECTOR : Exploration & Production Installations.- 30 Nos. Sl.No. Onland Installation Sl. No. Offshore Installations 1. DR-John-750-10 (ONGC-Mehsana) 1. DR- HG Hume (ONGC) 2. DR-John-750-23 (ONGC-Mehsana) 2. DR- DS Matdrill (ONGC) 3. WOR-John-50-06 (ONGC-Mehsana) 3. SPM & Well Platform-RD (Cairn) 4. WOR-CW-50-IX(ONGC-Mehsana) 4. DR- MASE 805 (GSPC) 5. PI-GGS-CTF-South Santhal(ONGC- 5. PI-GS-15-1 (ONGC) Mehsana) 6. PI-GGS-Lanwa-3 (ONGC-Mehsana) 7. PI-GGS-Becharaji-2 (ONGC-Mehsana) 8. PI-GGS-Sobhasan-2(ONGC-Mehsana) 9. PI-Ravva Onshore Terminal (Cairn) 10. PI-GCS-Pasaralapudi (ONGC- Rajahmundry) 11. PI-Kavittam (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 12. PI-GCS-GGS-Lingala(ONGC- Rajahmundry) 13. PI-EPS-Kaikarluru (ONGC-Rajahmundry) 14. PI- GCS-ADB (ONGC-Tripura) 15. DR-E-1400-14 (ONGC-Tripura) 16. DR-Armco (ONGC-Tripura) 17. DR-Shivani-32 (ONGC-Tripura) 18. WOR-CW-500-1 (ONGC-Tripura) 19. WOR-John-100-25 (ONGC-Tripura) 20. PI-OCS-Kathaloni (OIL-Duliajan) 21. DR-E-2000(S-7) (OIL-Duliajan) 22. PI-EPS-DIAN (OIL-Duliajan) 23. WOR-RG-A (OIL-Duliajan) 24. WOR-BHEL-IRC(OIL-Duliajan) 25. DR-CH-5(OIL-Duliajan)

DOWN STREAM SECTOR IV. Refineries and Gas Processing Plants. External Safety Audit : 2 Nos. S. No. Refinery/GP Company 1. GAIL-Gandhar GAIL(I) Ltd 2. IOCL-Panipat IOCL Refinery & PNCP

Surprise Safety Audit : 3 Nos. S. No. Refinery/GP Company 1. CPCL-Manali Refinery CPCL 2. BPCL- Kochi Refinery BPCL 3. GAIL-Pata GAIL(I) Ltd

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits : 3 Nos. S. No. Installation Unit PCSA Company IOCL – Panipat Sulphur Solidification, Handling, 1 Refinery Storage and Despatch Unit (SSHDU) IOCL 2 ONGC - MRPL HGU, Ph-III Project ONGC- MRPL IOCL – Guwahati IOCL 3 CDSP Project of coker unit Refinery

V. Cross Country Pipelines External Safety Audit S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length (km) Company 1 Single Point Mooring & Offshore 8.654 M/s Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd. Pipeline Mundra 2 Petronet Mangalore- Hassan- 362 PMHBL Bangalore Pipeline ( A JV of HPCL & ONGC) Total Pipeline Length in Km 370.654km

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits S.N. Name of the Pipeline Length (km) Company 1 Viramgam Pump Station of Vadinar- Pump Station IOCL KandlaPipeline . 2 Bawana – Nagal NG Pipeline section 82 GAIL 3 ( Khanna to Nangal) 3 Bawana – Nagal NG Pipeline section 2 & 4. Yamuna Nagar to Deep 145 GAIL Nagar, Ludhiana & Ludhiana to 124 Bhatinda 1 Jett Pipeline from Ennore Jetty to 21.60 HPCL Ennore Terminal -3 Pipeline of 7.2 Km each Total Pipeline Length in Km 272.60 km

VI. Marketing Installations External Safety Audit : 13 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Cherlapalli IOCL POL 1 Kandla IOCL LPG 2 Bijwasan BPCL POL 2 Lakhimpurkheri IOCL LPG 3 Ajmer HPCL POL 3 Maneri HPCL LPG 4 Barauni BPCL POL 4 Pampore HPCL LPG 5 Jalandhar IOCL POL 5 Hazira BPCL LPG

6 Piyala BPCL POL 6 Indore HPCL LPG 7 Kandla HPCL POL

Surprise Safety Audit : 06Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Patna BPCL POL 1 Budge Budge IOCL LPG 2 Budge Budge BPCL POL 3 Irumpanam, Kochi BPCL POL 4 Barauni HPCL POL 5 Trichy IOCL POL

Pre- Commissioning safety Audits : 8 Nos. S.No. Location Company Type S.No. Location Company Type 1 Raipur HPCL POL 1 Muzaffarpur IOCL LPG 2 Vizakh HPCL POL 2 Hazira HPCL LPG 3 Irumpanam, Kochi HPCL POL 3 Pampore HPCL LPG 4 Ennore(Chennai) HPCL POL 5 Allahabad IOCL POL

ANNEXURE-II [ Referred to in reply to part (c) of the question ]

1. The Company wise details of installations where serious lapses / shortcomings have been detected during the last five years Category IOCL HPCL BPCL POL 1. Kathgodam 1. Jagdalpur 1. Katihar Depot 2. Ratlam Depot 2. Barielly 2. Bakania Depot 3. Guwahati 3. Kota (black oil) 4.Biswanath Charali 4. Rajkot 5. Pathankot 5. Udaipur 6. Kannur 6. Vapi 7. Behrampur 7. Ambala 8. Jaypore 8. Madurai Old 9. Shakurbasti 9. Erode 10. Srinagar 10. Salem 11. Barapani 11. Vasco (MS/HSD) 12.Talchar 12. Ratlam 13. Hanumangarh 13. Nishatpura 14.Sanganer, Jaipur 14. Satna (Damaged in devastating fire) LPG SawaiMadhopur BP NIl NIL Bangalore BP

Operations at all the above installations were subsequently stopped / suspended.

2. Further at following installations lapses / short comings have been detected.

Category IOCL HPCL BPCL POL 1. Kanpur 1. Kapri,Nagpur 1. Durai, Ajmer 2. Kapri,Nagpur 2. Bijwasan, Delhi 3. Jallandar Irumpanam, Kochin. Piyala LPG Kandla- LPG import facility

DAMAGE OF CROPS NEAR BORL 23rd November, 2012

LSQ 241

SHRI BHUPENDRA SINGH

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state

(a) whether the Government is aware that soyabean crops cultivated in about 50 acres of land in the periphery of dispatch terminal of Bharat Oman Refinery Limited(BORL) at Beena in Madhya Pradesh have not fructified due to highmast lights installed there;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor; and

(e) the measures being taken to save crops in future from highmast lights of BORL?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) to (e): A representation was received from the farmers in the vicinity of Bharat Oman Refinery Limited(BORL)’s refinery at Bina, Madhya Pradesh, about lower yield of soyabean crops. During the discussion, no compensation was envisaged and it was agreed that BORL will switch off the high mast lights facing the crops to allay fears of the farmers. Accordingly, high mast lights facing the crops are switched off, as intimated by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.

LEAKAGE FROM ONGC OIL WELL 23rd November, 2012

LSQ 374

SHRI KHATGAONKAR PATIL BHASKARRAO BAPURAO SHRI ANAND PRAKASH PARANJPE

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether there has been a leakage of oil from the oil well of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in the Bay of Bangal off the Andhra Coast recently;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;

(c) the details of the quantum of gas loss estimated therefrom and the environmental damage caused as a result thereof; and

(d) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to control the leakage and the resultant environmental damage?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b) Yes, Madam. There has been leakage of gas from an offshore well in KG Basin of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

(ONGC) in the Bay of Bangal off the Andhra Coast recently. The sub-sea well G-1-AA (G-1#9) is located at a distance of 30 km from the Amalapuram Coast in the G-1 prospect at water depth of 252m. Gas was leaking from the top of X-mas tree installed on the well head. Gas bubbles were observed by ONGC owned offshore drilling rig ‘sagar Vijay’ on 30th August, 2012 in offshore G-1 block east coast. This location is approximately 30 Nautical miles from sea coast. The source of leakage was identified as a temporarily abandoned well G-1-9, in water depth of 260 meters. The reason is likely loss of integrity of bridge plugs in the well.

(c) The quantum of gas loss could not be estimated as the leakage is happening at a depth of 252 m. Only gas was leaking and there has been no major pollution and damage to the environment. All precautionary measures were taken to arrest any eventuality of damage. The flora & fauna is intact as there were no traces of dead fishes in the area. The gas leakage has stopped from 7.11.2012.

(d) Immediately after identification of leaking sub-sea well on 01.11.2012, action plan was made by ONGC in consultation with international experts M/s Boots & Coots for capping the well with BOP stack assembly at the bottom of sea.The assembly has been fabricated and ready for installation. Operations got affected due to Neelam storm on east coast and subsequent bad weather. There is no significant resultant environmental damage due to leakage.

The capping stack has been lowered on the X-mas tree on 17.11.2012. Further clamping operations could not be completed due to bad weather due to cyclonic conditions. This would be completed once the weather improves.

LEAKAGE OF GAS FROM BORL 30th November, 2012

LSQ 1353

SHRI BHUPENDRA SINGH

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) Whether incidents of persons falling ill in the villages near vicinity of Bharat Oman Refinery Limited (BORL) at Bina in Madhya Pradesh due to leakage of harmful gases therefrom have come into light;

(b) If so, the details thereof;

(d) If so, the action taken/being taken in this regard; and

(e) the remedial measures being taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b): Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) has informed that during May,2012 Officers of Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPCCB) had visited Bharat Oman Refinery Limited (BORL) and confirmed from Primary Health Centre and Civil Hospital, BINA that reported illness as seen in the vicinity of the refinery could not be attributed to the refinery operations.

(c) to (e): The representations received from public representative about ill effects of functioning of Bina Refinery on the surrounding environment were taken up with BPCL. BPCL have reported that all the process units in the BORL refinery are based on know-how from the world renowned licensors and built to international standards to limit emissions within the stipulated norms. Emissions from the refinery are continuously monitored through four Ambient Air Monitoring Stations installed in the refinery and air quality data is displayed at the refinery gate for public information. The emissions and air quality observed are within the prescribed standards. The same is also monitored by State Pollution Control Board.

Further, the refinery has procured a mobile van with facility to monitor air quality. The quality of air in the surrounding villages is being regularly monitored and no abnormality has been observed.

It has also been reported by BPCL that the ambient air quality and stack gas emissions are analysed on a regular basis by an external agency approved by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoE&F) and the emissions are reported to be within prescribed limits.

WIND ENERGY 7th December, 2012

LSQ 2407

SHRI CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) proposes to set up wind energy projects to produce wind energy in the country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof ?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SMT PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b) As reported by GAIL (India) Limited it has so far set up 117.97 MW of wind energy projects as per details given below:

Name of State Capacity (MW) Usage Commissioning Date Gujarat 4.5 Captive Use March, 2010 Gujarat 14.7 Captive Use January, 2012 Karnataka 38.1 Commercial Sale March, 2012 Tamil Nadu 60.67 Commercial Sale March, 2012 TOTAL 117.97

EXPLORATION IN RIVER BASINS 7th December, 2012

LSQ 2433

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has granted permission to certain private companies for exploration of oil and gas in the various river basins of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the outcome of such review?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRIMATI PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b) Under the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) regime, so far 135 blocks have been awarded to Private and Foreign Companies as Operators in onland and offshore areas, through Pre-NELP and NELP bidding rounds. Out of these, 44 blocks fall in various river basins. The details of blocks falling in the river basin areas are given in Annexure-I.

(c) Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), periodically reviews the progress of exploration works under PSC regime in Technical Committee Meetings (TCMs), site visits and advises for mid-course corrections, if any. Further, the overall progress is also reported from time to time by the Operators in the Management Committee Meetings (MCMs), and actions, if any, is directed by the Management Committee of the respective blocks.

(d) The following are the achievements by Private/Foreign Companies:

(i) A total of 110 hydrocarbon discoveries (52 oil and 58 gas) have been made so far in 27 blocks.

(ii) In-Place Reserves Accretion to the tune of 1023 Million Metric Tonnes (oil and oil equivalent of gas) has been realized as on 01.04.2012.

(iii) Current oil and gas production by Private/Foreign Companies are about 1,86,000 bbl/day and 27.8 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meters per day (MMSCMD) respectively.

An investment of about US$ 20.5 Billion has been incurred by the Private/Foreign companies for exploration and development activities.

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2433 asked by Shri Dharmendra Yadav to be answered on 7.12.2012 regarding Exploration in River Basins. BLOCKS AWARDED TO PRIVATE & FOREIGN COMPANIES AS OPEARATORS IN RIVER BASINS UNDER PSC REGIME Sl.No. Basin Operator No. of Blocks 1 Cauvery (9) Bengal Energy International Inc. 1

Hardy Exploration & Production ( India ) 2 Inc. Hindustan Oil Exploration Company 1 Limited. Jubilant Oil & Gas Private Limited. 1 Niko Resources Limited. 1 Reliance Industries Ltd. 3 2 Ganga Valley (2) Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. 2 3 Krishna Godavari (19) BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd. 1 British Gas Exploration and Production 1 ( India ) Ltd. Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. 4 Hardy Exploration & Production ( India ) 1 Inc. Reliance Industries Ltd. 12 4 Mahanadi (12) Reliance Industries Ltd. 9 OAO Gazprom 1 Santos International Operations Pty. Ltd. 2 5 Pranhita Godavari (1) Hindustan Oil Exploration Company 1 Limited. 6 Satpura-Rewa (1) Deep Energy LLC 1 Grand Total (44) 44

ACCIDENTS AND INSPECTION OF BORL 14th December, 2012

LSQ 3477

SHRI BHUPENDRA SINGH

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state

(a) will the minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas be pleased to refer to the reply given to the Unstarred Question No.416 dated 09 August, 2012 and state the details of recommendations made by the multidisciplinary member committees constituted to enquire into each of the nineteen incidents that have so far taken place since the beginning of the construction work of Bina Refinery by Bharat Oman Refinery Limited(BORL) in 2006;

(b) whether any surprise inspection has been conducted at BORL in relation to adherence to environment protection measures;

(d) whether the number of irregularities has been increasing there in the absence of stringent laws and action thereunder; and

(e) if so, the remedial measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) The multi-disciplinary committee concluded that the root cause of the accidents was non-adherence to the set safety procedures by the concerned individuals involved in the incidents. The committee also recommended training to the workmen on:-

(i) Safe work procedures

(ii) Proper use of equipments

(iii) Use of personal protective equipments.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has informed that safety training has been imparted to workmen at regular intervals. Additionally, “tool-box” talk is given by BORL safety officers and also by contractor’s supervisor to contract workmen before start of the day’s work.

(b) to (e): Joint inspection by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) were carried out wherein no irregularities were observed.

Further, all the process units in the BORL refinery are based on latest technology from world renowned licensors and built to international standards to limit emissions within stipulated norms. Emissions from refinery are continuously monitored through four Ambient Air Monitoring Stations installed in the refinery and air quality data is electronically displayed at the refinery gate for public information. MPPCB also monitors the emission data regularly.

Besides, the refinery has procured a mobile van with facility to monitor air quality. The quality of air in the surrounding villages is being monitored regularly and no abnormality has been observed.

Online flue gas analysers have been provided on all stacks for continuous monitoring or source emission. The flue gas quality from the stacks is well within the prescribed limits.

The ambient air quality and stack gas emissions are also analyzed on regular basis by an external agency approved by the Ministry of Environment & Forest.

LEAKAGE FROM PIPELINES 14th December, 2012

LSQ 3573

SMT. SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state

(a) the total length of oil and gas pipelines in the country along with the details and length of unused pipelines at present;

(b) the number of incidents of oil/gas leakage from pipelines noticed during the last three years along with the quantum of losses both in terms of quantity and value as a result of such leakage;

(d) the steps being taken by the Government for the safety of the oil and gas pipelines in the country?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) For the six major Public Sector Undertakings, the company-wise details of length of pipeline and unused pipeline is given as under:

Name of the Company Length (Km) Length of unused pipeline Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 2090.45 127.9 Oil India Limited 1866 Indian Oil Corporation Limited 11140 120 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 1662 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 2408 GAIL(India) Limited 11565 Total 30731.45 147.9

(b) As per the information provided by Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD), there were 13 major incidents of leakage/fire in cross country pipelines during 2009-10 to 2011-12. Financial loss in case of these 13 incidents is estimated at Rs.50.47 crore.

Name of the Company Compensation paid (Rs crore) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 7.28 Indian Oil Corporation Limited 0.01 GAIL(India) Limited 0.51

(d) OISD, a technical directorate under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has developed safety standards for Oil and Gas Pipelines. Safety, inspection, maintenance and monitoring requirements are clearly specified in OISD standards.

OISD carries out periodic external safety audits, pre-commissioning safety audits of pipelines to check the compliance of various OISD standards.