Day One: 20th May 2010
 0800: Registration & morning tea / coffee
 0845: Organizers welcome address
 0850: Chairman’s opening speech: Dr. Avinash Chandra, Former DG,             Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt. of India
  Keynote Presentations
  0900 – 1120 hrs.
  • Strategies for Sustaining E&P Initiatives in the Economics Crisis –
    S K Srivastava, Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt of India
  • E & P Challenges: Innovation, Pushing the Envelope, New Techniques and Technologies – B N Talukdar, Director (Exploration), Oil India Limited
  • India's Deep Waters, its achievements and what holds in future –
    Dr Avinash Chandra, Former DG, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt of India
  • Challenges faced in enhancing Oil Exploration on the West Coast of India- An overview - Apurba Saha, Executive Director (Asset Manager, Mumbai High)
  • Overcoming the Challenge of Exploiting Difficult Oil – will technology help? Dr. Rabi Bastia, Sr. Exec VP, Reliance Industries Ltd.
  • Global energy scenario with deep water prospective – N K Mitra, Chief of Technical Services, Reliance Industries Ltd.
  • SHALE GAS – The Game changer in Energy Mix – B N Prasad, MD, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement.
1130 hrs Tea / Coffee break
  Strategies for sustaining E & P business in India
  1200 – 1300 hrs.
  • Global view of Production Sharing Contracts (PSC): Indian perceptive & Bidding Parameters & Evaluation Criteria R K Sinha, Advisor (P), Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt of India
  • TBA -- Jayesh Kariya - Partner - Tax & Regulatory Services, KPMG
  • Acquiring & Exploring oil & gas assets worldwide
    Dr. James Peters, GGM (Exploration) ONGC Videsh Ltd.
1315 hrs Luncheon
  Continuing trend towards subsea developments
  1400 -- 1520
  • Subsea Challenges; Tomorrow’s Technologies – Juju Mathew, Head, Subsea Systems, Upstream Operating Company, Larsen & Toubro
  • Advances in Subsea Boosting – Bridging the Gap between Multiphase and Wet Gas -- Mads Hjelmeland, Area Sales Manager, Framo Engineering Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
  • Aker Solutions Deepwater Capabilities --- Kjell Garvik, VP, Sales & Marketing, Asia Pacific, Aker Solutions, Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
  • Installation Methods and Analysis Synopsis -- lowering subsea packages, laying static lines on the seabed & riser installation ---
    Colin Blundell, Director, Consultancy, Orcina Ltd
1530 hrs Tea / Coffee break
  The next big thing in the hydrocarbon world: FPSO & FLNG development &    requirement for the Indian deepwater operations
  1545 – 1625 hrs
  • Yard capabilities for future development activities in deep and ultra deep waters: Rakesh Verma, Vice President & CTO, Samsung Heavy Industries
  • Advantages of using recent technology breakthroughs in FLNG designs and FPSO design considerations in deepwater arena –
    Mike Weatherwax, Technical Director, Mustang Engineering
 
  Support & advancements in Oil & Gas industry
 1630 – 1730hrs.
  • Atlas Copco Rental in Oil & Gas : Launch of the new zone2 air compressor Gathuru Mburu, VP (Rental Service), Atlas Copco, Belgium
  • Effective Cable/Hose Management Oil Rig Projects –
    Mr. Krishnamurthy.M.M, Projectmanager, Igus India Pvt. Ltd.
Q & A session
Close of Day 1
  Day Two: 21st May 2010
  0800: Morning Refreshments
  0830: Chairman’s opening speech
  Panel discussion:-
  0845 – 0945 hrs
 
 Emergent India on World Energy Scenario: Concepts & Constraints.
  Panelist:
  Senior Official Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt. of India.
  Mr U N Bose Dir (T & FS), ONGC
  Mr. N K Mitra, N K Mitra, Chief of Technical Services, Reliance Industries Ltd.   Mr. D S Porwal, Sr. Exec VP, AWEL
  Mr. Chayan Chakrabarty, President, Bengal Energy Ltd. Canada
  Deepwater potential for exploration on the East Coast of India.
  1000 – 1120 hrs
  • An Integrated Approach for Development of Offshore Marginal Fields –
    J G Chatturvedi, Exec Director, Chief New, & Marginal Fields, ONGC
  • Bengal Fan Delta system and hydrocarbon potential – Dr V Rao, OSD / Advisor Reliance Natural Resourses Ltd.
  • Deepwater Conceptual Design and the Need for Integrated Thinking – Kevin Hansen, Process & Facilities Manager, Xodus Group Pty Ltd.
  • Solutions for Deepwater -- Mr. U V Lakhane, HOD - Offshore Engineering Dept. Engineers India ltd.
 
1130 hrs Tea / Coffee break
 Reservoir Engineering & Well technology – Approach for a better tomorrow
 1150 – 1310 hrs
  • Creating a Credible Collaboration Platform for Drilling Operations -- Samit Sengupta, MD, Geologix Ltd, UK
  • Reservoir modeling for better hydrocarbon recovery -- Mr. Henrik Poulsen, Roxar, Oslo, Norway
  • Optimizing Well dynamics for enhancing the performance -- Kapil Thakur, Flow Assurance Senior Consultant, Multiphase pipeline & Well studies, SPT Group, FZ LLC, Dubai, UAE
  • CPD Technologies to lower drilling costs and maximize reservoir recovery -- Nitin Kulkarni, Technical Sales Engineer, Controlled Pressure Drilling, Drilling Hazard Mitigation & Testing Services- India., Weatherford Oil Tool Middle East Ltd.
 
1320 hrs Luncheon
 
  HR Challenges in the Current Business Environment
  Session Chairman: Capt. Navin Passey, MD Wallem Shipmanagement Ltd.
  1410 – 1450 hrs
 
  • Key challenge created from the rapid drilling growth – equipment and people Can Technology be used to bridge The Skilled Manpower Gap? Sharad Agarwal, Managing Director, PetroTalent, Institute of Petroleum Technology
  • Optimization of HR skills for Excellence – Capt. Sandeep Kalia, Head, Personnel Department Great Offshore Limited.
  • Training challenges – Rig Familiarization – Capt. Yogesh Bhanti, CS, Amer Maritime Training Academy
 
  Managing Indian Upstream needs: Oil-Gas Financing & Investment
 1500 – 1600 hrs
 
  • Structured finance, Funding Indian Projects, Long term funding. -- TBA
  • Tax regime: How good for wooing foreign Investors.-- Anuj Gupta, Associate Director, BMR Advisors
  • Insurance Cover for the Offshore Sector.-- Ms.Vaneeta Patnaik, Doctoral Research Scholar - The International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, Hamburg Germany.
 
1600 hrs Tea / Coffee break
 
  Logistic balance for the deepwater developments.
  Session Chairman: Mr. U C Grover  Dir (Technical & Offshore Services) SCI.
  1610 – 1700 hrs.
 
  • Feasibility for operating the vessels in Indian waters – Case study --
    Senior Official ONGC
  • Advanced OSVs to Meet the Expanding Scope of Offshore Requirements – Venkatraman Sheshashayee, Executive Director, Greatship Global Energy Services Pte. Ltd. and Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte. Ltd.
 
 CBM Exploration: Growth, Techniques & Opportunities
 1710 – 1800
 
  • CBM field development & Challenges -- Mr Prem Sawhney, COO - CBM, Essar Exploration & Production Limited
  • Reservoir classification, production cariability & analysis – Christopher Hogle, Sr. Exec VP, Reliance Natural Resources Ltd.
  • CBM Exploration in India-An Overview -- Dr. Avinash Chandra, Former DG, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt. of India.
 
Q & A Session
Chairman’s closing remarks
Close of the conference
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
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