Indian PNG Statistics 1991-1992

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 1991–92 provides comprehensive statistical information on India’s petroleum industry, covering industry progress, exploration, crude oil and natural gas reserves and production, refining, petroleum-product consumption and sales, foreign trade, manpower, prices, taxation and energy. It combines current-year statistics with historical series extending from 1947–48.

About Dataset

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 1991–92 presents a comprehensive statistical overview of India’s petroleum industry, documenting developments during 1991–92 alongside extensive historical data. The General section covers highlights of the Indian petroleum industry, chronology of important events during 1991–92, industry progress from 1947–48 to 1991–92, commodity balances of crude petroleum and petroleum products, petroleum-industry growth on calendar- and financial-year bases, and petroleum energy trends from 1982 onward. The Exploration section provides statistics on deep drilling rigs, wells and metreage drilled by ONGC and OIL, exploratory and development drilling, well status, and state-wise achievements of geological, geophysical and drilling field parties. Crude oil statistics cover state-wise reserves and company-wise and state-wise production on calendar- and financial-year bases. Natural gas statistics include state-wise reserves, gross and net production, utilisation and industry-wise offtakes. The Refining section covers petroleum refining capacity, refinery crude throughput, petroleum-product production, refinery-wise crude runs, domestic production trends and refinery production patterns. Consumption and Sales statistics include total consumption, sales trends, product-wise consumption, seasonal indices, oil-company market participation, international and coastal bunkers, state-wise consumption, per-capita consumption, sector-wise end-use consumption, railway diesel use, naphtha and FO/LSHS offtakes, and fuel consumption and power generation.

Purpose of Dataset

The purpose of this publication is to provide a consolidated statistical reference for India’s petroleum industry during 1991–92, supported by historical data for analysing long-term sectoral development. It compiles information on exploration, drilling, crude oil and natural gas reserves and production, refining, sales, consumption, foreign trade, manpower, prices, taxation and related petroleum activities. Calendar-year and financial-year statistics facilitate comparison of industry trends, while state-wise and company-wise data enable detailed assessment of production and consumption patterns. The publication also documents important industry events, commodity balances and petroleum-energy trends. It serves policymakers, government agencies, petroleum companies, researchers, planners and analysts requiring petroleum-sector statistics.