Indian PNG Statistics 2003-2004

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 2003–04 provides comprehensive statistical information on India’s petroleum industry, covering industry growth, exploration, crude oil and natural gas reserves and production, refining, sales, consumption, foreign trade, manpower, prices, taxation, transportation, marketing networks, pipelines, energy statistics, and historical petroleum-sector trends through calendar and financial-year data.

About Dataset

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 2003–04 presents a comprehensive statistical overview of India’s petroleum and natural gas industry, combining detailed information for 2003–04 with historical data extending back several decades. The General section covers the scope of published data, selected Indian economic indicators, petroleum-industry trends, highlights and important events during 2003–04, notifications issued during the year, industry progress since 1947–48, commodity balances, petroleum-industry growth and petroleum energy consumption. The Exploration section provides statistics on deep drilling rigs, wells and metreage drilled by ONGC and OIL, exploratory and development drilling, well status, geological and geophysical surveys, basin-wise and state-wise drilling achievements, and oil and gas fields. Crude oil and natural gas sections cover reserves, company-wise and state-wise production, natural gas utilisation and industry-wise offtake. Refining statistics include refining capacity, refinery crude throughput, refinery-wise crude runs and petroleum-product production. Sales and consumption statistics cover product-wise, sector-wise and state-wise consumption, market shares of oil companies, per-capita consumption, railway diesel consumption, naphtha and fuel-oil offtakes, and fuel use in power stations. The publication also covers foreign trade, trade balances, OPEC trade, foreign exchange reserves, manpower, petroleum prices, excise and customs duties, sales taxes, royalties, transportation, tanker fleet, port traffic, railway POL movement, pipelines and marketing networks. Energy statistics include production and commercial energy consumption by fuel and sector.

Purpose of Dataset

The purpose of this publication is to provide a consolidated statistical reference for India’s petroleum and natural gas industry during 2003–04, supported by long-term historical data. It compiles information on exploration, drilling, reserves, production, refining, sales, consumption, foreign trade, prices, taxation, manpower, transportation, marketing and energy. The publication also records important industry events, notifications, commodity balances, petroleum-energy trends and progress of the industry since independence. Calendar-year and financial-year series facilitate assessment of industry growth and performance. The statistics are intended to support policymakers, government agencies, petroleum companies, researchers, analysts, planners and other stakeholders in petroleum-sector analysis, planning, monitoring and decision-making.