Oil & Gas industry has kick-started economic activities/projects, numbering 8,363 with an anticipated cost of Rs 5.88 lakh crore which resumed progressively since 20.04.2020, following all pandemic related SOP. These projects of Oil & Gas CPSEs & JV/Subsidiaries, inter-alia, include Refinery projects, Bio Refineries, E&P Projects, Marketing infrastructure projects, Pipelines, CGD projects, drilling/survey activities. The major 25 on-going projects of Oil & Gas CPSEs / JVs having an anticipated cost of Rs 1,67,248 crore and having incurred Rs 7861 crore worth of Capex leading to generation of 76,56,825 mandays, are given in Annexure.

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has been holding in-depth reviews of all on-going projects of Oil & Gas Companies, the recent one being on 24.08.2020. Under the Minister’s vision, Petroleum Industry has turned 'crisis into opportunity' and is striving to work on mission mode to generate employment and revive growth. Oil and Gas entities in their role as key actors are working on war footing and contributing to the green shoots of economic revival already visible through the backward and forward linkages of the oil and gas industry. Further, Oil and Gas sector is a key driver of economic growth and, therefore, these projects provide boost to the national economy and will trigger job creation, material movement. Out of the total anticipated cost of these projects, approximately Rs 1, 20 lakh crore is targeted to be incurred as CAPEX in FY 2020-21. In FY 2020-21 (as on 15.08.2020), around Rs 26,576 crore worth of CAPEX has already been incurred. Further, in FY 2020-21 (as on 15.08.2020), around Rs 3,258 crore has been reported to be payout accrued on labour account during this period.

A total of around 33.8 crore man-days (direct as well as indirect) of employment is expected to be generated towards the completion of these 8363 projects, out of which more than 9.76 crore man-days of employment generation is targeted in FY 2020-21 itself. In FY 2020-21 (as on 15.08.2020), employment of more than 2.2 crore man-days have been generated through capital expenditure in the execution of these Oil & Gas projects.

Oil & Gas companies have reported that in FY 2020-21, they have planned an employment-oriented OPEX of around Rs 41,672 crore out of which Rs 11,296 crore has already been spent. This OPEX of Rs 41,672 crore has potential to
generate around 14.5 crore man-days employment (direct/indirect). In FY 2020-21 (as on 15.08.2020), direct/indirect employment of around 4.4 crore man-days have been generated through OPEX. In FY 2020-21, a total of around Rs 1.62 lakh crore (CAPEX and employment oriented OPEX) is targeted to be spent by Oil & Gas companies that has potential to generate employment of around 24 crore man-days (direct/indirect). This amount spent would create a virtuous cycle of investments and will certainly play a crucial rule in revival of Indian economy and will also provide employment opportunities to people of our country.

 

 

 

List of major on-going Projects of Oil & Gas CPSEs / JVs Status as on 15/08/2020

S.No	Name of project	Company	Project Cost (Rs crore)	CAPEX spent in FY 2020-21 (Rs crore)
1	Poly Addition Project	HMEL	22900	1709
2	Rajasthan Refinery & Petrochemical Limited	HRRL	43129	947
3	Exploratory Drilling in Western Offshore Basin- SW	ONGC	2659	742
4	Visakh Refinery Modernisation Plant	HPCL	26264	685
5	Ennore - Thiruvallur - Bengaluru - Puducherry - Nagapattinam - Madurai - Tuticorin Natural Gas	IOCL	6025	571
6	Development Drilling in Mumbai High Asset	ONGC	1516	514
7	Development Drilling in Neelam & Heera Asset	ONGC	1325	488
8	Ethylene Glycol (MEG) Project at Paradip Refinery	IOCL	5654	346
9	30'' Crude Oil Pipeline in H-B section of PHBPL and Conversion of existing 18" twin pipelines in H-B section from Crude to Product and Gas Services	IOCL	3696	313
10	Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore Project	GAIL	5909	300
11	Paradip - Hyderabad Pipeline	IOCL	3338	200
12	Mumbai High South Redevelopment Phase IV	ONGC	2409	199
13	Motor Spirit Block Project (MSBP) at Kochi Refinery	BPCL	3289	146
14	Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project (PDPP) at Kochi	BPCL	5246	109
15	Mumbai Refinery Expansion Project	HPCL	5060	103
15	Mumbai Refinery Expansion Project	HPCL	5060	103
16	Development of Surface Facilities for Production and Evacuation of Crude Oil and Natural Gas from Nadua and East Khagorijan	OIL	653	78
17	BS VI Project	CPCL	1858	51
18	Life Extension of well platforms	ONGC	2283	72
19	Dobhi-Durgapur Pipeline Project (Section 2 B)	GAIL	2433	58
20	BS VI Project	CPCL	1858	51
21	NCU(Phase-I)expansion along with revamp of MEG & BEU unit and C2-C3 at Panipat Refinery	IOCL	1636	51
22	2 G Ethanol plant (Bio Refinery), Assam	NRL	1750	45
23	LPG Import Facility at Paradip	IOCL	690	27
24	Infrastructure facilities at Gujarat Refinery and Dumad for Koyali-Ahmednagar-Solapur Pipeline	IOCL	906	24
25	Barauni Refinery Capacity Expansion from 6.0 to 9.0 MMTPA	IOCL	14810	10