17 Aug : The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that during the year 2009-10 and 2010-11(till date), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Oil India Limited (OIL) and Private JV Companies have made 51 hydrocarbons discoveries located in the states of Assam, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura and Eastern and Western Offshore of the country. Out of these discoveries, oil discoveries are 21, gas discoveries are 19 and remaining 11 are oil and gas discoveries.
The Minister further said that during 2009-10, oil production was 0.257 Million Metric Tonne(MMT) and gas production was 82.645 Million Standard Cubic Meter (MMSCM) from new discoveries of ONGC. Further, during 2009-10, oil production was 0.008 MMT from new discoveries of OIL.