Indian PNG Statistics 2007-2008

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 2007–08 provides comprehensive statistical data on India’s petroleum sector, covering industry growth, exploration, crude oil and natural gas reserves and production, refining, sales, consumption, trade, manpower, prices, taxation, transportation, petroleum energy, and economic indicators, with historical data extending across calendar and financial years.

About Dataset

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 2007–08 presents a comprehensive statistical overview of India’s petroleum and natural gas industry, with detailed historical data covering exploration, production, refining, consumption, trade, prices and related economic indicators. The General section covers the scope and coverage of published data, selected Indian economic indicators, trends in the Indian petroleum industry, commodity balance of crude oil and petroleum products, 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. Separate sections provide crude oil and natural gas reserves, company-wise and state-wise production, and natural gas utilisation. Refining statistics cover refining capacity, refinery crude throughput, petroleum-product production and refinery-wise performance. Sales and consumption data include product-wise, sector-wise and state-wise consumption, market shares of oil companies, per-capita consumption, railway diesel consumption, industrial offtake and fuel consumption in power stations. The publication also covers petroleum trade, foreign exchange reserves, manpower, petroleum prices, excise and customs duties, sales taxes, royalties, transportation, tanker fleet, port traffic and railway POL movement. It includes Eleventh Plan-related petroleum statistics and international petroleum information.

Purpose of Dataset

The purpose of this publication is to provide a consolidated statistical reference on India’s petroleum and natural gas industry during 2007–08 and over preceding years. It brings together data on exploration, drilling, reserves, production, refining, sales, consumption, trade, prices, taxation, manpower and transportation. The publication also provides information on petroleum energy, commodity balances, economic indicators, oil-company market shares, industrial and power-sector fuel consumption, and petroleum-related infrastructure. Historical calendar-year and financial-year series enable assessment of long-term industry trends and performance. The statistics are intended to support policymakers, government agencies, petroleum companies, researchers, analysts and other stakeholders in sectoral analysis, planning and decision-making.