30th April, 2002
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas  


PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL


The names of the companies, both national oil companies (NOCs) and private oil companies (including joint venture with NOCs) producing crude oil in the country and the quantity of crude oil produced by them during 2001-2002 are as follows:

S. No.

Name of the Company/Consortium

Crude oil produced in 2001-2002 Million Metric Tonne (MMT)

1.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) - NOC

24.705

2.

Oil India Ltd. (OIL) - NOC

3.183

3.

Cairn Energy India Ltd.

Videocon Petroleum Ltd.

ONGC

2.381

4.

* BG Exploration and Production India Ltd.

Reliance Industries Ltd.

ONGC

1.464

5.

Hardy Exploration and Production Ltd.

Hindustan Oil Exploration Company

ONGC

0.224

6.

Geo Enpro Petroleum Ltd.

Geo Petrol International Inc.

OIL

0.042

7.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Joshi Technologies Inc.

0.016

8.

Hindustan Oil Exploration Company

Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

0.003

9.

Selan Exploration Technology

0.009

10.

Niko Resources Ltd.

Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

**

 

Total

32.027

* Formerly Enron Oil and Gas India Ltd.

** Production was 750 Metric Tonne during the year

The above information was given by Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, today.