Steps to Enhance Oil and Gas Production

Government has taken several steps to enhance exploration & production of oil and gas in the country such as:

I. Easing out rigidities in the existing Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs)

II. Transparent and clear policy for grant of extension under the PSC regime

III. Grant of Marketing Freedom for gas produced from difficult areas

IV. Discovered Small Field Policy and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP)

V. Setting up of National Data Repository

VI. Appraisal of Unappraised Areas in various sedimentary basins etc.

These initiatives would help in increasing the production of oil and gas in the country.

Government has taken up focused monitoring of various fields under PSC and nomination regimes for enhancing production of oil and gas in the country.

Government has taken several steps for resolving disputes and ensuring policy based administration.

The policy framework for Relaxations, Extensions and clarifications at the Development and Production stage under PSC regime for early Monetization of hydrocarbon Discoveries, Policy on Testing Requirements, Policy for Extension of PSCs have helped in resolution of several disputes and have taken the blocks forward

During the Urja Sangam held on 27^th March, 2015, Prime Minister assigned the target of reducing import dependency in energy by 10% by 2021-22.

A committee was constituted for “Preparing a roadmap to reduce the dependency on import in energy by 10% by 2021-22”.

The Committee has submitted its report which envisages a five pronged strategy (Increasing domestic production, promote bio fuels and renewable, promote energy efficiency and conservation, improvement in refining processes and demand substitution) to achieve the target. The report has been accepted by the Government.

As per International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2015, the projected demand of oil and gas in India would be: