The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that the shale boom helped US to produce nearly 15% of the global crude oil thereby significantly reducing its imports. The yearly growth of US crude oil production is around 1-1.2 MMB/D against the world demand growth of 0.8 MMB/D. The increase in oil and gas production in the United States of America is one of many possible factors helping in lowering of international prices of crude oil and spot prices of LNG. This has resulted in a lower crude oil import bill. This has also led to a reduction in prices of petroleum products like petrol, diesel, ATF, SKO, LPG, etc., thereby benefiting the consumers.
In order to explore/ assess the shale gas and oil potential in the country, the Government of India has on 14.10.2013 notified the Policy Guidelines for Exploration and Exploitation of Shale gas and Oil by National Oil Companies in the PEL/PML blocks allotted to them under the nomination regime. Under the first phase of assessment (3 years), ONGC and OIL have been granted permission to carry out shale gas and oil exploration and exploitation activities in 50 and 5 PEL/PML blocks respectively.
At present, the exploration of shale gas and oil is at a nascent stage. ONGC has drilled two wells and the third well is being drilled in the Cambay basin, Gujarat. In addition, ONGC has collected cores in prospective shale formations from another 9 wells.
Oil field chemicals used in upstream oil and gas industry can be classified as (i) drilling chemicals, (ii) processing chemicals, (iii) stimulation chemicals and (iv) water-injection chemicals. To handle such chemicals, there are standard operating procedures to take care of human safety and environment. Oil and gas companies follow International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/Occupational Health & Safety Advisory Services (OSHAS) standard and are certified for QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety and Environment).
In order to explore/ assess the shale gas and oil potential in the country, the Government of India has on 14.10.2013 notified the Policy Guidelines for Exploration and Exploitation of Shale gas and Oil by National Oil Companies in the PEL/PML blocks allotted to them under the nomination regime. Under the first phase of assessment (3 years), ONGC and OIL have been granted permission to carry out shale gas and oil exploration and exploitation activities in 50 and 5 PEL/PML blocks respectively.
At present, the exploration of shale gas and oil is at a nascent stage. ONGC has drilled two wells and the third well is being drilled in the Cambay basin, Gujarat. In addition, ONGC has collected cores in prospective shale formations from another 9 wells.
Oil field chemicals used in upstream oil and gas industry can be classified as (i) drilling chemicals, (ii) processing chemicals, (iii) stimulation chemicals and (iv) water-injection chemicals. To handle such chemicals, there are standard operating procedures to take care of human safety and environment. Oil and gas companies follow International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/Occupational Health & Safety Advisory Services (OSHAS) standard and are certified for QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety and Environment).
