SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF DATA PUBLISHED

1. Scope: The Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas Statistics presents updated comprehen
sive statistics on various
aspects of Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas sector. The data on international deve
lopments in respect of the key
parameters of Petroleum and Natural Gas sector have also been captured in the pu
blication.
2. Coverage: The Statistics presented in the current publication cover the explo
ration, production, refining,
marketing activities, etc. of Oil and Gas sector.
3. Source: The primary statistics in respect of petroleum and natural gas indust
ries included in the publication are
based on various returns, submitted by the Oil & Gas Central Public Sector Enter
prises (CPSEs), Joint Venture
companies and Private companies under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
The sources of all the secondary data, including international statistics, incor
porated in the publication, have
been indicated at the bottom of relevant tables.
4. Limitations: The data in respect of sales/consumption of petroleum products r
eflect dispatches of various
petroleum products from the sales depots of different oil companies to the bulk
consumers/retail outlets. The
state-wise sales/consumption of such products show dispatches to direct consumer
s / retail outlets meant for
consumption / sales in a particular state.
5. Reference Period: Key statistics for the domestic petroleum and natural gas i
ndustries have been presented on
calendar (January-December) as well as on financial year (April-March) basis.
6. Natural Gas: The gross production of natural gas reflects gross withdrawals o
f natural gas from reservoir. On the
other hand, the net production of natural gas show gross withdrawal of natural g
as from reservoirs less gas used
for reinjection into reservoirs for pressuring gas which is flared and / or vent
ed.
The utilization data for natural gas includes gas marketed, gas used for LPG ext
raction and gas consumed for field
operations by the companies engaged in hydrocarbons exploration / production act
ivities.
7. Petroleum Imports: The crude oil and product import figures given in the publ
ication includes crude oil /
petroleum products imported by the oil PSUs, private and parallel marketers on b
ehalf of Nepal for processing
of crude oil in Indian refineries and arranging supplies of desired products to
Nepal. Petroleum products actually
brought into the country from processing of Indian and International crudes at f
oreign refineries for Indian oil
companies have also been included under the product import figures.
8. Value of Import/Export: The value data in respect of exports of petroleum inc
luded in the publication show F.O.B.
value of exports whereas similar value figures for imports reflect C.I.F. value
of imports.
9. Revision / Modification / Updation: The statistics provided in this publicati
on for the current year is provisional
in view of the time lag involved in receipt of actual figures. In view of this,
some information based on provisional
data may undergo change as and when the actual data are available.
Necessary revision / updation in the past data has been made in the light of