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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

Cycling Velodrome Set to Open Tomorrow

New Delhi: June 28, 2010

 

Dr. M. S Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports will inaugurate the newly built Cycling Velodrome here tomorrow in the presence of Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi, and Shri Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman, Organising Committee, Commonwealth Games, 2010.  The new velodrome is constructed at the cost of Rs. 150 crore to suit the latest international requirements of Track events for Commonwealth Games.  It is fully covered, air-conditioned and has 250 m long Timber Track with a seating capacity of 3800.

The new look Velodrome is the first of its kind in the country, which has Timber Cycling Track and meets all the international standards including 2200 Lux Level Sports Lighting and Public Address System with state of the art line array speakers for concert level sound requirements.

            The entire stadium with its unique structural system, unique geometry of seating bowl, state-of-the-art Electrical and Mechanical services and marvelous architectural features, is constructed in a record time of 17 months by Central Public Works Department (CPWD).  The Velodrome has been certified by UCI (International Cycling federation) as Category 1 Cycling Velodrome.  In his communication to the Sports Authority of India (SAI), UCI Honorary Vice President, Mr. Ray Godkin has said

 "The Delhi Velodrome is an absolutely marvelous facility of the highest standard and on completion probably would only be surpassed by the Beijing Olympic Veloderome". 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF FACILITIES

Built at a cost of Rs. 150 crore. Seating Capacity 3800 Comprising of Ground Floor, First Floor, Second Floor, Seating arena and playing arena. Field of Play- 7m wide,250 m long Timber Cycling track with 4 m safety zone made of Siberian Pine Wood. Roofing  – A unique felt bat type roofing covering the entire Velodrome with Galvalume radially cut sheeting in two layers separated by Rockwool thermal insulation. Sports lighting for 2200 lux suitable for HDTV transmission. Equipped with Green Building features like thermal insulation of entire roof, gypsum board partitions and wall panelings, energy efficient lighting fixtures etc.

The entire stadium will be under electronic surveillance through fixed and PTZ cameras connected to central control room, which will have integrated network for connecting various facilities, to meet the operational requirements of various tournaments.

 

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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Production of Crude Oil and Natural Gas in May, 2010

New Delhi: June 28, 2010

 

 

   A. CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION (MMT) – PERFORMANCE

Month / Period	Planned Target	Actual Production	%age achieve-ment	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-à-vis target	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Over last year
May, 2010*	3.099	2.945	95.0	-5.0	5.8%
April-May, 2010*	5.948	5.816	97.8	-2.2	5.5%
April-May, 2009		5.513

MMT: Million Metric Tonnes.                                                                                                   *: Provisional.

 

B. COMPANY-WISE ACHIEVEMENT

Company / State	Planned Target (MMT)	Actual Production (MMT)	%age achieve- ment	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-)
ONGC	2.145	2.024	94.4	-5.6%
Gujarat	0.502	0.494	98.4
Assam	0.110	0.084	76.4
Andhra Pradesh	0.025	0.026	104
Tamil Nadu	0.020	0.019	95
Mumbai Region (incl Mumbai High)	1.488	1.401	94.2
OIL	0.310	0.230	74.2	-25.8%
Assam	0.308	0.228	74
Arunachal Pradesh	0.002	0.002	100
PRIVATE/JVC	0.644	0.691	107.3	7.3%
TOTAL	3.099	2.945	95.0	-5.0%

 

C. REASONS FOR SHORTFALL

Company / State	Reasons for shortfall
ONGC (Gujarat)	Increasing water cut trend.
ONGC (Assam)	Shutdown at NRL(Numaligarh Refinery).  Due to lack of Ullage(space to store produced oil), Production was cut down from 29.04.2010 onwards.
ONGC (Tamil Nadu)	Less Oil Production from SRP wells on account of load shedding by M/s TNEB.
ONGC (Mumbai High Offshore)	Less oil gain than planned from completed side track and development wells.
OIL (Assam)	Loss due to ullage problem consequent upon shutdown of Numaligarh refinery Ltd. from 16.3.2010

A statement showing Crude Oil Production during May, 2010 and cumulatively for the period April-May,2010 vis-à-vis planned production is at Annexure-I.

 

A. REFINERY PRODUCTION (MMT)

             (IN TERMS OF CRUDE THROUGHPUT)

Month / Period	Planned Target	Actual Production	%age achieve-ment	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-a-vis target	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Over last year
May, 2010*	12.917	13.753	106.5	6.5%	7.7%
April-May, 2010*	25.841	26.889	104.1	4.1%	8.0
April-May, 2009		25.238

*: Provisional.

 

         The crude throughput of IOC (Guwahati, Haldia, Bongaigaon, Barauni, Digboi, Mathura, and Panipat), BPCL (Mumbai & Kochi), HPCL (Visakh), RPL (Jamnagar) and EOL (Vadinar) refineries have exceeded their planned target during the month under review. 

        

         The crude throughput in IOC (Koyali), HPCL (Mumbai), CPCL (Manali & Narimanam), MRPL(Mangalore), ONGC (Tatipaka) & NRL (Numaligarh) refinery was less than the target.

 

B. REASONS FOR SHORTFALL :

Company / State	Reasons for shortfall
IOCL Koyali	Less crude throughput due to lack of demand of black oils and non-availability of racks for evacuation of black-oils.
HPCL Mumbai	Deferment of 45 days CDU-II shutdown.

 

         A statement showing refinery-wise production during the month of May, 2010 and cumulatively for the period April-May, 2010 vis-à-vis planned target is at Annexure-II.

 

REFINERY CAPACITY UTILISATION [excluding RPL(SEZ)]

Month	Utilisation (%)	Period	Utilisation (%)
May, 2010	104.2	April-May, 2010	103.5
May, 2009	100.9	April-May, 2009	101.4

 

         The refinery-wise details of the capacity utilisation during May, 2010 and cumulatively for the period April-May,2010 vis-a-vis 2009 are given in Annexure-III.

 

A.  NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION (MCM)

Month / Period	Planned Target	Actual Production	%age achieve-ment	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-a-vis target	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Over last year
May, 2010*	4619.5	4585.6	99.3	-0.7%	+34.4%
April-May, 2010*	8975.4	9102.5	101.4	+1.4%	+43.5%
April-May, 2009		6341.5

            MCM: Million Cubic Metres.                                                                     *: Provisional.

 

COMPANY-WISE ACHIEVEMENT

Company / State	Planned Target (MCM)	Actual Production (MCM)	%age achievement	Surplus(+) Shortfall(-)
ONGC	1968.7	1922.4	97.6	-2.4%
Gujarat	158.6	161.0	101.5
Rajasthan	1.0	1.7	170.0
Assam	37.4	38.2	102.1
Tripura	43.2	49.7	115.0
Andhra Pradesh	119.2	120.1	100.8
Tamil Nadu	103.5	93.5	90.3
Mumbai High Offshore	1505.8	1458.2	96.8
OIL	200.6	188.8	94.0	-6.0%
Assam	198.7	169.1	85.1
Arunachal Pradesh	1.9	1.5	78.9
Rajasthan	0.0	18.2	#DIV/0
PRIVATE/JVC	2450.2	2474.4	101.0	1.0%
Onshore $	30.2	59.4	196.7
Offshore	2420.0	2415.0	99.8
TOTAL	4619.5	4585.6	99.3	-0.7%

         $: Including Coal Bed Methane production.

 

REASONS FOR SHORTFALL

Company / State	Reasons for shortfall
ONGC
Tamil Nadu	Less Gas Production on account of less off-take by consumers M/s. TNEB
Mumbai High	Less oil production
OIL(Assam)	Natural Gas production was regulated due to low off-take by BVFCL NEEPCO, RRVUNL, NTPS, and LTPS
OIL(Arunachal Pradesh)	Natural Gas production in Arunachal Pradesh (AP) was restricted as there is no demand for Gas in AP.

 

         A statement showing natural gas production during May, 2010 and cumulatively for the period April-May,2010 vis-à-vis 2009 is at Annexure-IV.

 

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