Indian PNG Statistics 2005-2006

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 2005–06 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, petroleum energy, and historical sectoral trends through calendar and financial-year data

About Dataset

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 2005–06 presents a comprehensive statistical account of India’s petroleum and natural gas industry, combining current information for 2005–06 with extensive historical series. The General section covers highlights and important events of the Indian petroleum industry during 2005–06, notifications issued during the year, long-term industry progress since 1947–48, commodity balance of crude oil and petroleum products, petroleum-industry growth and petroleum energy consumption on calendar-year and financial-year bases. 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 run and petroleum-product production. Sales and consumption data cover product-wise, sector-wise and state-wise consumption, market shares, per-capita consumption, railway diesel use, industrial naphtha and fuel-oil offtake, and fuel consumption for power generation. The publication further covers foreign trade, manpower, prices, excise and customs duties, sales tax, royalty, oil development cess, tanker fleet, ports, railway transportation, pipelines and marketing networks, including retail outlets, LPG consumers and CNG activities.

Purpose of Dataset

The purpose of this publication is to provide a consolidated statistical reference for India’s petroleum and natural gas industry during 2005–06, supported by extensive historical data. It compiles information on exploration, drilling, reserves, crude oil and natural gas production, refining, petroleum-product sales and consumption, foreign trade, prices, taxation, manpower, transportation and marketing infrastructure. The publication also documents important industry events, notifications, petroleum energy trends, commodity balances and long-term industry progress. Calendar-year and financial-year statistics facilitate analysis of sectoral performance and trends. The information is intended for policymakers, government agencies, petroleum companies, researchers, analysts, planners and other stakeholders requiring reliable petroleum-sector statistics.