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The domestic production of crude oil rose marginally in May 2015, while production of natural gas continued to fall on a year-on-year basis, according to data released by the Ministry for Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Crude oil production rose 0.8 per cent to 3.184 million tonne during the month as compared to 3.160 million tonne in the same month last year. Production from Cairn India’s Rajasthan fields rose marginally by 0.2 per cent during month, putting an end to months of falling production.
ONGC’s offshore fields also saw a year-on-year increase of 6.2 per cent in production even though its onshore production fell 9 per cent.
Gas woesNatural gas production declined during the month. For May, domestic natural gas production fell 3.1 per cent to 2.852 billion cubic metre as compared to 2.942 billion cubic metre in the same month last year.
Meanwhile, refinery throughput in the country increased 7.9 per cent year-on-year in May.
Total crude throughput at refineries in the month was at 19.706 million tonne as against 18.271 million tonne in the same month last year.
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