India's crude oil production falls 5% in November: Government data

23 Dec 2020 Evaluate

With sharp drop in output at Rajasthan oilfields operated by private sector Cairn Vedanta, the government data has showed that India's crude oil production fell by 5 per cent in November. Crude oil production in November at 2.48 million tonnes was lower than 2.61 million tonnes produced in the same month a year back. India is dependent on imports for 85 per cent of its needs and the government is pushing domestic explorers to raise output to help cut down imports.

Rajasthan fields produced 9.6 per cent less crude oil at 476,990 tonnes as Mangala, Aishwarya and other fields in the Cairn block flowed less oil for a variety of reasons, according to data released by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) produced 1.5 per cent less oil largely due to lesser than the anticipated output at newer fields. Oil India produced 6.6 per cent less oil from Assam due to protests/agitation in the state following the Baghjan blowout.

During April-November, India's oil production was 6 per cent lower at 20.42 million tonnes. The output from Rajasthan during this period dropped 16 per cent to 3.91 million tonnes. Natural gas production in the country fell 9 per cent to 2.3 billion cubic meters in November largely due to a fall in eastern offshore field output. ONGC produced 3.7 per cent less gas after the Hazira processing plant was shut down for maintenance. Gas output during April-November was 18.7 bcm, down 11.8 per cent over the previous year.

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