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SPT MIRROR Volume : 5, Issue : 1

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PATRON Prof. Anirbid Sircar (Director of SPT, PDPU)

EDITORS

Mr. Jatin Agarwal (Manager SPT, PDPU)

Dr. Natarajan Madhavan (Assistant Professor)

EDITORIAL TEAM

Core Committee

Uttam Savaliya

Neel Shah

Nahid Shaikh

SimranDhingra

Rajan Varsada

Akshar Thakkar

Content Writing &

Documentation

Shivam Paliwal

Anvesh Rao

Harsh Patel

Udita Deota

Tanay Bhanushali

Jainil Pathak

Designing Team

Pradip Hadiya

Milan Ghori

Darshan Halari

Mohammed Rajab Ali

Mohit Patel

Devjeet Singh Sondhi

MIRROR TEAM


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1 Message From Editors................................................ 4

2 Inducted Faculties.................................................... 6

3 SPT, PDPU Events..................................................... 8

(a) International Shale Gas and Oil Workshop............... 9

(b) Inauguration ceremony of Geothermal

Space Heating and Cooling system.......................... 11

(c) Book Release Ceremony......................................... 14

4 SPT Student Chapter‘s Events.................................... 16

(a) SPE Fest 2016...................................................... 17

(b) Geo Walk............................................................. 20

(c) Well Logging Workshop.......................................... 23

(d) SEG Honorary Lecture By

Dr J.V.S.S. Narayana Murty................................... 24

5 PDPU Student Chapter Achievement........................... 25

(a) 2016 SEG Best Student Chapter.............................. 26

(b) SPE Outstanding Student Chapter Award................. 27

6 SPT Upcoming Events................................................ 28

(a) SPE Fest 2017....................................................... 28

7 Technical Articles...................................................... 32

(a) Indian Hydrocarbon Industry 2022 :

Challenges And Choices.......................................... 32

8 News...................................................................... 39

9 Crossword Puzzle...................................................... 44

TABLE OF CONTENT


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Dear Readers,

Greetings to all!

Being an Alma matter of SPT and now an employee, I feel deeply honored

and privileged to pen the editorial message for the latest edition of this

magazine. This was another splendid time period, for our students,

faculties, and staff to bring laurel to SPT and our university in all the

possible spheres. I am proud to say, their achievements were so vivid that

all our efforts to include their accomplishments in one issue went in vain.

However, we were able to cover all the achievements of our beloved

SPTians in two issues. Thus, we are back with joyful moments and the

glimpses of SPT activities. We as a SPT Mirror team have tried our best to

make sure this memoir of SPT helps our readers to recapitulate the

eventful journey of SPTians.

As we know, a garland is not made with a single flower but is a collective

outcome of a bunch of flowers. In the similar manner, this magazine is

not an outcome of an individual effort, but is the immense effort and

passion put forward by each member of SPT Mirror team. Therefore, I

would like to convey my unfathomable gratitude to whole SPT Mirror team

for investing their time to build the SPT–Mirror (Volume:5, Issue

number:1).

Congratulation to all! Great Job! Keep it up!

Happy reading!!!

-Mr.JATIN AGARWAL

(Manager SPT, PDPU)

(1) MESSAGE FROM EDITOR


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Welcome to SPT Mirror, especially for alumni, friends and parents. SPT

Mirror has been an integral part throughout the journey of School of

Petroleum Technology and is an excellent means to introduce the freshers

about the glorious achievements and successful events conducted by SPT.

It covers a variety of topics related to various activities, events, fests,

cultural programs etc. happening in SPT.

I would like to heartily congratulate the SPT Mirror team without whom

this initiative would not have been possible.

SPT Mirror is for the students and by the students. So send us shots of

you and your fellow alums, you on campus, or even your industrial

training work. Send a photo - and we might just use it in a future issue of

the SPT Mirror.

We hope you will enjoy reading The Mirror and will be learning more

about what's going on around SPT at PDPU campus!

-Dr. Natarajan Madhavan

(Assistant Professor, PDPU)

(2) MESSAGE FROM EDITOR


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Dr. MOUMITA TALUKDAR

Ms. KRITI YADAV

Mr. HARI GANESH

Ms. MEHULA SANTRA

(2) NEW INDUCTED FACULTIES


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Dr.MOUMITA TALUKDAR

Dr.MoumitaTalukdarjoined School of Petroleum Technology,PDPU as

Assistant Professor(INSPIRE Faculty) from year 2017. She completed her Ph.D. in Metamorphic petrology and Geochemistry, M.Sc. and B.Sc. in

Geological Sciences from Jadavpur University. Her further research is in Geochemistry, Petrology Geochronology and Spectroscopy.

Ms.KRITI YADAV

Ms.Kriti Yadav has joined School of Petroleum Technology,PDPU as a

lecturer. She possesses Master‘s Degree in Geology from Patna University.

Currentlyshe is pursuing her Ph.D. in Geothermal Energy from Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE),Pandit Deendayal Petroleum

University. She has expertise in the field of Petroleum Exploration. Her current research projects are in the field of Geothermal Energy and City Gas

Distribution.

Mr.HARI GANESH

Mr.Hari Ganesh joined School of Petroleum Technology,PDPU as Lecturer in

May, 2017.He completed his M.Tech. in Petroleum Exploration from University

Of Petroleum and Energy studies, Dehradun in 2017 & B tech in Mechanical Engineering from Hindustan University Chennai in 2015.His current research

work is on Conventional Lost Circulation Materials and its Application in Indian Rigs.

Ms.MEHULA SANTRA

Ms.Mehula Satra joined School of Petroleum Technology,PDPU as a Lecturer.

She did her M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Process

Design Engineering from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun (2017) and B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from WBUT, West

Bengal. She has worked as a project intern at Bharat Petroleum Corporation

R&D Centre, Greater Noida.

Brief Profile of New Faculties


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• International Shale Gas and Oil Workshop

6th october, 2016

• Inauguration ceremony of Geothermal Space Heating

and Cooling system

13th

December, 2016

• Book Release Ceremony5th January,

2017

(3) SPT, PDPU Events


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SPT - PDPU under the aegis of Directorate general of hydrocarbons (DGH)

had organized a full day workshop on "International Shale Gas and Oil" on 6th October, 2016.The inaugural ceremony of the workshop was held in the

presence of dignitaries, Dr. T.K.K.Reddy, Director General-PDPU;Shri.D.Rajagopalan, IAS, Chairman Standing Committee, PDPU; Dr.

J.N. Singh, Chief Guest, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Gujarat;Shri. Utpal Bora, Guest of Honor, CMD, OIL. Dignitaries on the dice (Left to Right)Dr. T.K.K. Reddy,Shri. D. Rajagopalan, Dr. J.N. Singh, Shri. Arun Kumar,Shri.Utpal Bora during International shale oil and

gas workshop

India Limited;Shri. Arun Kumar, Group General Manager,ONGCandShri.

Mahendra Pratap, Deputy Director General, DGH. This workshop was aimed to provide an unique platform to exchange ideas and expertise pertaining to

the current emerging issues and challenges related to the shale gas exploration and production in India.

(A)International Shale Gas and Oil Workshop


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After this, the second technical session discussed management and

development of shale gas resources in India. The speakers of the session were Mr. Ajay Borthakur, GM, Oil India Limited; Mr. Himanshu Pant, Lead

Fracturing Engineer, Baker Hughes, India and Mr. Thomas B. Murphy, Director, Penn State Marcellus Centre for Outreach and Research. The workshop was

carried forward by third technical session on policy and economics consideration

in shale gas projects in which the speakers were Mr. Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Essar Oil Limited; Dr. Venkatesh Raman Prasad, Partner, Jyoti Sagar Associates

and Mr. Abhishekh Sinha, Vice President, Transaction Advisory Services, EY. At

Dr.J.N.Singh sharing his views with audience on International Shale Oil and Gas

Workshop

the end there was a panel discussion on policy framework for exploration and exploitation of shale gas/oil in India. This was attended by various speakers of

previous technical sessions. The participants gained extensive knowledge on various shale gas technologies from the workshop sessions.

“Shale gas has provided the united states the

opportunities to have 100 years of supply that is

domestically produced. If we are going to

develop natural gas from shale ,it has to be done

in a safe and responsible manner”


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~KEN SALAZAR

Ribbon cutting by Shri.Bhupendra Chudasma, Education Minister,GoG

Inauguration Ceremony of Geothermal Space Heating and Cooling

System was held at Swaminarayan Temple,Dholera,Gujrat on 13th

December,2016. Honorable Minister Shri Bhupendra Singh Chudasama

was the Chief Guest in the event. The system was inaugurated by him at

5:00 PM in theevening as he cut the ribbon and unveiled the foundation

stone. Dignitaries from PDPU, Institutes and Industries including Prof. T.

K. K. Reddy, Director General, PDPU Prof. Anibid Sircar- Head CEGE,Ms.

(B)Inaugural Ceremony of Geothermal Space

Heating and Cooling System

SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE

DHOLERA, GUJARAT

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Shreya Sahajpal- Coordinator CEGE ,Mr. Manan Shah- Research scientist

CEGE,Mr. Dwijen Vaidya- Research Associate CEGE,Ms. Shubhra Dhale-

Research Assistant CEGE,Ms Kriti Yadav- Research Assistant CEGE,Mr.

Anubhav Uppal, Scientist - B, MNRE,Mr. Deepak Kumar, SE (E), ONGC

Energy Centre,Mr. B.S.Mendhe, Chief Engineer(P), ONGC Energy

Centre,Kothari Swamiji of Swaminarayan Temple were present to cherish

the moment of success of CEGE,PDPU.

As the renewable energy sector is booming amidst the growing concerns

of global warming, focus on geothermal energy has increased in recent

times. Various institutes and organizations are focusing on exploitation of

geothermal energy, which is the thermal energy stored beneath the earth.

This energy is often exposed on surface in the form of hot springs and

geysers.

Based on various exploration techniques, two geothermal bore wells have

been drilled at Dholera, one on October 28, 2015 and another on January

31 2016. The bore wells have been drilled 1000 feet deep, and the

temperature of the water is 47 to 50 degree Celsius, with a flow rate of

five to six litters per second. The hot water produced from these wells is

now being utilized in the Swami Narayan temple at Dholera.

To harness the geothermal energy in Gujarat, a team of six research

officials of Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE), Pandit

Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) have developed ‗Geothermal

Space Heating and Cooling system‘ in association with Green India

Building System and Services (GIBSS), a first of its kind in India. This

system has been implemented at Dholera geothermal site, located in the

Ahmedabad district.

About the System

The heat pump based geothermal heating and cooling system, which is

first of its kind in India. Geothermal Space Heating and Cooling system at

Dholera is based on Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) instrument. CEGE

has drilled a well of 1000 ft. depth in Dholera, which produces water at

47-50 degree Celsius at the flow rate of 5-6 liters per second. The output

from the cooling side of the system will be utilized for comfort cooling to

assembly Hall at the temple. While, the output from heating side of the

system will be utilized as an input to Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for

power generation at pilot scale. The system will produce cooling of 32 TR

capacity for the ―Sabha Mandap‖ of the temple as an additional benefit.

The heat pump system is highly energy efficient and eco-friendly system

with minimum usage of water and optimum requirement of electricity.


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Benefits:

Reduce water consumption

Reduce carbon dioxide emission

20 to 50% Energy Savings

100% water savings

No chemical usage

About CEGE

Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE) was established on 10th

of October, 2013 at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) with the

support of Government of Gujarat. CEGE is carrying out extensive research

and development (R&D) activities in the area of exploration and exploitation

of geothermal energy. CEGE has carried out various geological and

geophysical exploration surveys to identify different geothermal resources in

Gujarat. Based on the exploration activities carried out CEGE has identified

three potential locations for harnessing the geothermal energy.

(Left to Right) Ms. Kriti Yadav, Ms. Shreya Sahajpal. Prof. Anirbid Sircar, Prof. T.K.K

Reddy, Shri. BhupendraSinh Chudasama, Mr. Shishir Chandra, Mr. Babubhai


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Jamanadas Patel, Shri.Hari Charandas Kothari Swamiji, Mr. Dwijen Vaidya, Ms.

Shubhra Dhale and Mr. Manan Shah at Swaminarayan Temple Hall.

Lighting of the lamp by dignitaries (left to right) Ms.Shreya Sahajpal, Shri. Arun

Singhal, Prof. Srinivas Palanki, Shri. D. Rajgopalan, Shri. N.K. Mitra.

The Past few years has witnessed tremendous growth in City Gas

Distribution(CGD) Business in India.Today the CGD sector in India is on

the threshold of a new era.

There are not many books or comprehensive literature available,

describing step by step the engineering aspects and peripheral aspectsof

the CGD industry in India and its relevance in the international scenario.

Research on web and interaction with industries on the CGD subject,

made people realize that there was an immediate need of a book on City

Gas Distribution in India.

The idea behind this book was coming up with a document, which could

help the students, professors, industries and policy makers in

understanding the various aspects and challenges faced by the nascent

CGD sector in India comprehensively and in a lucid manner.

A book concerned with the need of Academies and Industries on CGD with

a title“City Gas Distribution: An Indian Perspective” was launched on

(C)Book Release Ceremony


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5th January 2017, at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University‘s CampusIn

the presence of dignitaries from different Academies and Industries.

Authors of this book include Prof.Anirbid Sircar, Ms. Shreya Sahajpal

and Mr.Umang Modi.

The book was inaugurated by Dr. Srinivas Palanki, Dean, College of

Engineering, Lamar University, Texas, USA as the guest of honor Shri. D.

Rajagopalan, Chairman-Standing Committee, PDPU was also present

during the inauguration ceremony.The event also witnessed presence of

eminent members from the City Gas distribution industries such as Adani

Gas Limited, GSPC Gas Limited, and Sabarmati Gas Ltd etc. across

Gujarat.

Book released by dignitaries(left to right) Prof. Anirbid Sircar, Shri. Arun Singhal,

Shri. D. Rajgopalan, Prof. Srinivas Palanki, Shri. N. K. Mitra, Ms. Shreya Sahajpal on

City Gas Distribution

This book highlights parameters involved in CGD such as Natural gas

scenario; Gas distributionvalue chain along with equipments and

techniques used in the sector; Policies and regulatory framework in CGD;

Challenges and innovations in CGD; Financing in CGD; and Health, Safety

and Environment (HSE) issues in CGD business.This book is a first of its

kind collation of various aspects of CGD sector in India. The book covers


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in detail, the technical and financial aspects of the CGD business in a lucid

way.

(5) SPT student chapter’s Events

• Date : 21st to 23rd October,2016.

• Organizer : SPE PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER(A) SPE Fest 2016

• Date : 21st January, 2017

• Organizer : SEG - SPG - EAGE PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER

(B) Geo Walk

• Date : 2ND March 2017

• Organizer : PETROTECH PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER

(C) Well Logging Workshop

• Date : 15th March, 2017

• Organizer : SEG - SPG - EAGE PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER

(D) SEG Honorary Lecture Dr J.V.S.S. Narayana

Murty


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Society Of Petroleum Engineers Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

Student Chapter aims at providing it's each affiliate with opportunities for

professional and personal development through an amalgamation of

events round the year including Guest Lectures, workshops, soft skill

development seminars and plethora of contest with the vision of "Bridging

the gap and bringing Industry and Academia together".

And they believe that SPE PDPU fest is one of way to full fill the SPE

Vision. This was the second edition of the Big Colossal SPE PDPU fest held

from 21st to 23rd October, 2016.

The team of SPE PDPU SC with chalice after the winning of the SPE FEST 2016

Various Universities, both National and International along with many

Industry Experts witnessed the fest and contributed for its success. Fest

Commenced with a Panel discussion on "Career Opportunities during

Downturn in Oil and Gas Industries". Panel discussion has encountered

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some of the mesmerizing minds to deal with some of critical topics that

are still unsolved. Followed by Showcase - The Paper and Poster

Presentation Competition was the flagship event of SPE PDPU Fest 16.

This competition invited the students to showcase new and innovative

ideas about present day Petroleum Industry. This Event was also attended

by Fresher‘s and sophmores, which helped them to know what wonders

they can do in the present day Petroleum Industry.

Second day was started by MUD-O-GEE: Drilling Mud Preparation Contest.

This Mud challenge was a riveting event which invited students to test

and brag their knowledge of properties, composition and preparation of

drilling mud.

Followed by Geo-Log: The

Geology Challenge. Geo-Log was

the perfect opportunity for

enthusiastic students to identify

and know about different type of

rocks and minerals. This fest

witnessed a model making

competition: Apotheosis in

which students displayed static

and dynamic models which gave

effective solutions to the

problems faced by Petroleum

Industry.

Followed by Bid Your Block, This event was conducted by DGH India that

gave the students deep insight of bidding process associated with oil and

gas industry. Then Comes Examen: Case Study Solving Competition

which gave students a perfect platform to evaluate practical problems.

Participants during paper-presentation

Poster presentation during SPE-FEST


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Students from different Schools in FEST

SPE PDPU Student Chapter also conducted Seismic Workshop, A

Distinguished Lecture on Drilling by Dr. Subhash Shah, Conundrum: The

Crossword Puzzle Solving Competition, Catechize 2.0: The International

Quiz Competition, Oil and Gas Forum: The Debate Competition, Exegesis:

Well Log Interpretation Competition. SPE PDPU Student Chapter also

hosted Networking Night and Gala Night which brought SPE Chapter‘s

across Indian and Globe under single roof. There were many Informal

Events Like Futsal, Vlog Fair, Purple: The Photography Competition,

Sketch‘D: Online T-Shirt Designing Competition.

Inaugural ceremony panel discussion in SPE FEST 2016

The Flourishing comprehension of events at fest was remarked felicitation

of event winner‘s at closing ceremony.

At last points were adjoined for participating Universities and It was the

defending champion ―Pandit DeenDayal Petroleum University‖ who

acquired and sail the flag of Championship.SPE PDPU Fest 2k16 was a

Great Success

Wall of Sponsor’s

ONGC , BVS – Sponsors

Moneypot.com, Research Bytes, DGH, ONGC, Reliance –Event

Sponsor


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Fablabs – Merchandise Partner

GEOWALK- A FIELD TRIP TO PAVAGADH

Date: 21st January, 2017

Venue:Pavagadh

No. of students:113

GEOWALK-a one day educational trip to Pavagadh was organized by

SEG-SPG - EAGE PDPU student chapter. 113 students participate in this

trip to peculiar areas that included Rajendranagar, Bada Taalab and

Balasinor. Dr. Madhavan Natarajan, Dr. Ashish Sarkar and Dr. Uttam Bhui

were present among the faculties to educate the students throughout the

trip.

The objective of the trip was to provide an opportunity to Second and

Third year students from B.Tech and M.Tech to come together and

understand natural sciences involving Supracrustal and Basement Rocks

for a day.

The students embarked on the 4-hour journey from the main gate of

PDPU at 8am on the Saturday morning with a spell of pleasant weather

reaching the first location at 12pm.

Location 1: Rajendranagar

73°36‘55‘‘E

22°30‘34‘‘N

Height from mean sea level=110m

At the first location, Dr. Ashish Sarkar threw light on the concept of

basement and supra-crustal rocks and how to locate paleo-shoreline

based on their occurrence. The students found themselves surrounded by

acidic rocks called Granite which, they were informed, were 800 million

years old. Working in groups of 10, the students observed fresh surfaces

of granite by hitting them with hammers and observed the minerals

present in them.

Location 2: Bada Taalab

73° 33‘ 52‘‘E

22° 29‘ 31‘‘ N

Height from mean sea level=120m

(B) Geo Walk

(A)


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Here, the students observed the fold structures of meta-sediments of

Proterozoic Age. The sandstone had been partially metamorphosed to

Quartzite. Medium scale anticlines and synclines were not very easy to

miss at the roadside. Students used a Brunton to measure the strike and

dip of the beds consisting the folds. Dr. Uttam Bhui also explained the

students how to locate themselveson a Topo-sheet using a Brunton.

Folds in metasediments of Proterozoic age

Mantle Xenolith Rock found near Pavagadh Field

Dr.Ashish Sarkar explaining the students about fold and fault

Trace fossil of dinosaur at the entrance of Fossil Park and fossilized egg of Rajasaurus


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Location 3: BALASINOR-DINOSAUR FOSSIL PARK

Venue:Rajoli, Balasinor, Gujarat.

A visit to BALASINOR - Dinosaur Fossil Park was organized on January 21,

2017.Young ignited minds were accompanied by Prof. Uttam Bhui and

Prof. Ashish Sarkar whose expertise in Micropaleontology and Earth

sciences enhanced the essence of this visit.

Balasinor is considered 2nd largest hatchery as well as the graveyard in

the whole world which is famous for its dinosaurs namely Rajasauras

Narmadenis (Carnivore) and Titanosaur (Herbivore). In the early 1980s,

paleontologists stumbled upon dinosaur bones and fossils during a regular

geological survey of this mineral-rich area. The find sent ripples of

excitement through neighboring villages and many residents picked up

fossilized eggs, brought them home and worshiped them. Since then

excavations have thrown up a veritable trove of dinosaur remains - eggs,

bones, a skeleton which is now kept in a Calcutta (Kolkata) museum -

bringing hordes of scientists and tourists to Balasinor. Piecing together

the evidence in Balasinor, researchers now believe that Gujarat is home

to one of the largest clutch of dinosaur hatcheries in the world. At least 13

species of dinosaurs lived here, possibly for more than 100 million years

until their extinction some 66 million years ago. The soft soil made

hatching and protecting eggs easier for the animals. So well-protected are

the fossilized eggs found here that many researchers call them the best-

preserved eggs in the world after the ones found in Aix-en-Provence in

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On 2ND March 2017, an

introductory Well Logging

Workshop was organized by

Petrotech PDPU Student Chapter,

speaker for the workshop being Mr.

Prem Kumar Chawla, Senior

Geophysicists, ONGC Ahmedabad,

India. He acquires handsome

experience of about 30years in the

petroleum industry. During this

workshop he covered all the basics

of Logging which included fields

like Open Hole logging, Cased

logging and Production logging.

He also included different tools

which acquire properties like

potential, porosity, permeability,

density, resistivity, many more.The session started with Dr.

Uttam Kumar Bhui welcoming our chief guest Mr. Prem Kumar

Chawla along with appreciation for becoming our guest for the

session. Mr. Chawla handed over the session starting with

various tools used in the measurements for bore hole

properties. With time he covered all the basic logging

tools like calliper tool, resistivity tool, neutron density,

spontaneous potential, hydrogen, production, etc along with

their interpretation from the data acquired. He also provided

some exercise problem along with the actual logs necessary for

interpretation. The duration for session was for two hours

initially, but because of Mr. Chawla‘s enthusiasm,students got

so engaged that lecture continued long.

(C) Well Logging Workshop

(B)

Mr. Prem Kumar Chawla Explaining students about well logging


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SEG PDPU SC facilitated the honorary lecture on Passive Seismic

Tomography (PST), Quality Control (QC) and application of PST-derived

velocity for seismic imaging for the students of PDPU on 15th March,2017.

It was indeed a privilege to host Dr J.V.S.S. Narayana Murty. He is

actively engaged in teaching and participating in R&D and G&G software

development as a domain expert for ONGC and consultant for Gujarat

Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI).

Mr. Sachin Nambiar, the host for the day, welcomed and introduced the

speaker and briefed about the topic of the lecture to the students. In his

lecture, Dr. Murty explained about the concept of passive seismic

tomography.He focused on various topographic categories where seismic

travel time data is used to gather various subsurface informations. The

students learned about various QC measures and conditioning of PST

velocity field to infer better structural and lithological information from Vp

and Vp/Vs.

(D) SEG Honorary Lecture Dr J.V.S.S.

Narayana Murty

Dr.Murty enlightening the students of PDPU

He also discussed about the use of PST velocity to create an initial model

for seismic imaging for hydrocarbon exploration in difficult terrains. It was

a learning and interactive session where he answered all the queries put

up by the students to their full satisfaction.

Momento presented by Ms.

Nahid Shaikh, 2ndyear student,

SPT


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• 2016 SEG Best Student Chapter

SEG-SPG-EAGE PDPU STUDENT

CHAPTER

• SPE Outstanding Student Chapter Award

SPE

PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER

(6) PDPU Student Chapter Achievements


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SEG student chapter of PDPU received 2016 Best Student

Chapter award in SEG Annual Meeting in Dallas, USA. Our student (Swetal

Patel, presently pursuing higher study in University of Oklahoma) received

the award on our behalf.

The $5,000(3,00,000Rs.) travel grant award

is for one current student and one faculty

advisor to attend the SEG Annual Meeting in

Houston in September 2017.

2016 SEG Best Student Chapter

Mr.Swetal Patel alma matter SPT, receiving the

award


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“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all

achievement”

It‘s time to rejoice the triumph as SPE PDPU SC bagged the most coveted

Outstanding Student Chapter Award. It‘s a moment of colossal pride and

ecstasy as SPE PDPU procured this prestigious recognition from SPE

(Society of Petroleum Engineers) International consecutively.SPE PDPU

SC will be honoured during the Student Awards Luncheon at SPE‘s Annual

Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

SPE Outstanding Student Chapter

Award


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1. SHOWCASE: Technical Paper and Poster Presentation Competition

Showcase is a Technical Paper and Poster Presentation contest which

provides it‘s contestants with a platform to present their new ideas and

research investigations. The aim of this contest is to fuel the spark of innovations of brilliant young minds of Oil & Gas Sector by providing them

an excellent platform to present their ideas. This event provides opportunities to students from every nook & cranny of the globe to

showcase their ideas about the present day petroleum engineering innovations. This event holds the pivot of this global colloquium.

2. APOTHEOSIS: Model Making Competition

Apotheosis is a competition which enables its contestants to present

their ideas by collaborating their technical knowledge and creative skills

into a model. This event is an excellent opportunity in which the

participants get an opportunity to build and showcase the effective solution to the problems and liabilities faced by Petroleum Industry. Many

technological challenges are currently being faced by the Petroleum Industry due to inherent nature this industry. Hence the event is aimed at

building problem solving intellect among the students associated with Oil & Gas Industry and provide them platform to showcase their problem

solving skills. This platform also ignites others brain full of creativity by the showcasing of the models and inspiring others to do so. The

contestants are invited to our University and will have the time limit of 3 days to build an actual model – static or dynamic. The model made by the

participating students will be exhibited on the last day of the Fest after which winners will be declared. The students interested to take part in the

competition are required to submit synopsis of their model which includes title, objective of the model, its operational definition and a blueprint of

the model.

(6) SPT Upcoming Events

SPE FEST 2017


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3. EXAMEN - Case Study Solving Competition

This event is a practical problem/situation solving competition which

requires the participating students, provided with necessary data in

relation to the problem/situation, to evaluate it and provide their recommendations and directions regarding it. Participants shall be

scrutinized based on their interpretations which would help test the skill

and ability of the student to develop a holistic solution to the problem placed before them. Judging Criterion includes points like, system of

looking at events, data collection and interpretation, and reporting. This shall assist in gaining an insight that shall help in better situational

awareness. It shall provide a chance to the participating students to showcase their managerial and technical dexterity by analyzing the issues

faced in the Petroleum Industry. The First Round is the abstract submissions and the Final Round is the On-spot Presentation.

4. EXEGESIS – Well Log Interpretation Competition

Exegesis intends to allow participants to utilize basic principles of a Well

Logging in deciphering petrophysical properties of formation such as

porosity, formation factor, saturation and hydrocarbon type for, essentially clean reservoirs. The competition of this kind shall be highly

productive from the perspective that participants gain realistic experience by working in teams on a comprehensive log interpretation exercise. The

event comprises of 2 Rounds: the 1st Round will be a pen and paper quiz consisting of 25 questions, the 5 selected teams will proceed to the 2nd

Round where they will be given a log interpretation problem and 3 winners will be thereby awarded.

5. BID YOUR BLOCK: Block Bidding Competition

This is an event in which the participating students will acquire an

understanding and receive practical exposure of the bidding process in

the Oil & Gas Industry. The event will commence with a brief session on NELP BIDDING, followed by a ―Bid Your Block‖ Competition and the

evaluation of the block allocated to them using the data provided. The

event is aimed to build an interest among the participating students in the bidding process and impart them an understanding of the same. This

would help the future petroleum engineers by giving them an insight about the existing industry practices and enlightening them about the

entire gamut of the industry from the acquisition of a block till the abandonment of the same.


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6. GEO-LOG: Geology Challenge

Geo-Log will be a practical session where the enthusiastic students will get an opportunity to identify and know about various types of rocks,

depositional environments and various other geological features. This

event is based on providing a practical insight to the participating students so that they can learn even better. It will expand the knowledge

of the students and also provide them a grievous opportunity to gain hands-on experience. It will help in unfolding various skills like holistic

thinking, complete understanding of the subject and developing of epistemology, all under one roof. The competition will be designed to test

and hone the Geological Knowledge of the Participants.

7. CONUNDRUM: Puzzle Solving Competition

This competition is a mind boggling puzzle solving competition which mainly deals with the puzzle solving skills of the contestants. The puzzles

would deal with various aspects and trends of the Oil & Gas Industry and testing various capabilities of the participants. The event would be

organized in three main rounds and the event would, totally, be on a team basis. A team can have a maximum of 4 participants. 8. CATECHIZE: International Quizzing Competition

This competition is the ultimate platform for Petroleum Enthusiasts to

prove the expanse of their knowledge and understanding of the Hydrocarbon Sector from source to the consumer level. Drawing in

questions from all the thinkable spheres (both technical and non-technical of interest) which bear relation the Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production

and Processing Sectors, participants shall battle it out and test their

buzzing minds trying to crack the questions that are asked. The quiz shall take in 2 Rounds. 1st Round will be an Online Round after which

qualifying individual/teams will enter into the 2nd Round which shall take place during the fest. The quiz shall have 2 prelims from which the Top 6

Teams shall make the cut to the Finale to be held at the University.

9. MUD-O-GEE: Drilling Mud Preparation Competition

Mud-O-Gee are the ‗mud making‘ competition in which students will be

preparing mud of specified properties. It would test the participant‘s

knowledge on drilling fluid additives and its exhibiting properties.


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10. QUID-PRO-QUO: Spot Trading Competition

This competition is an excellent opportunity for the participating students

to learn and understand the working of Finance & Trading Company in the field of Oil & Gas Trading. This would ensure first-hand experience of

commodity trading in the terms of different grades of the crude. It is one

of its kind trading simulation and competition in which the students from various universities all over India will compete with each other. The price

feeds would be provided on the screen before the participants. The Participating Students will then be provided with the analytical reports

and will be given basic knowledge about trading in the form of text and video tutorials. The analytical reports shall provide the attributes of

different grades of crudes & the participants must interpret the data and put in their stakes in the kind of crude, they believe to have superior

quality. Their stakes shall undergo gain or losses according to the decision of the panelists. The groups with the highest stake values at the end of

the competition shall be declared as the winners.

NON-TECHNICAL EVENTS

1) PURPLE: Photography Competition

This theme based photography contest will unravel the creativity and photography skills of the participants. Participant will be required to send

a photo with minimum alterations based on the given theme; winners will be decided by our online audience.

2) RHAPSODY: Poem Writing Competition

SPE PDPU Student Chapter presents Rhapsody – A Poem Writing

Competition designed to rekindle the poet within each of you. The event promises to provide you with a platform to showcase not just your

creativity but your ability to write within the topic. Let the artist in you come alive!

3) FUTSAL: Fun Event A fun event for everyone to participate and compete. You will dribble,

pass and shoot to receive glory this SPE PDPU Fest. Come with your

squads ready!


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Overview

In 2015, India’s GDP grew at 7.5 percent and this rate of growth

is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. It is essential

for India to ensure the availability of required energy resources

needed to propel its continued future growth.

India‘s is the most critical part for the global oil and gas suppliers, the

country which has been bestowed with favourable demographics for trade

and is known nowadays for their investor-friendly policies. India‘s energy

demand is set to rise and hydrocarbons will play a key role in any possible

growth scenario. The industry recognizes the potential, and global players

are eager to contribute towards India‘s growth. In 2022 the oil and gas

industry still would continue to play a pre-eminent role in meeting the

energy requirements of the country by almost 45%. For this the country

is looking to boost its domestic supply, manage the demand and tackle

the demand-supply gap by import. There are a series of policy choices

that India needs to explore to achieve these outcomes.

India is the fastest growing major economy in the world today. In 2015,

India‘s GDP grew at 7.5 percent and this rate of growth is expected to

continue for the foreseeable future. It is essential for India to ensure the

availability of required energy resources needed to propel its continued

future growth. The current levels of per capita consumption in India are

extremely low as compared to the rest of the world. The per capita

consumption of primary energy and hydrocarbon reveals that India is

amongst the lowest consumption of HC in terms of kilograms of oil

equivalent. The gap between supply and availability of the crude oil,

petroleum products as well as gas from the indigenous sources is likely to

increase over the years. For this the country needs to undertake a total

INDIAN HYDROCARBON INDUSTRY

2022: CHALLENGES AND CHOICES

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appraisal of the sedimentary basins for tapping the HC potential and to

optimize production of crude oil and natural gas in the most efficient

manner so as to have the reserve replacement ratio greater than 1.

Choices – Suppliers Perspective

To fully leverage existing domestic resources, India must explore all

possibilities of enhancing production across the entire supply chain;

starting from upstream to refining to taking the necessary steps to

deregulate the market, thereby encouraging much needed investment in

the sector.

The government recently announced a series of upstream related reforms

which includes Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) and

Discovered small and marginal field policy. Although these policies have

not yet met with the desired results in terms of attracting investments,

they are still steps in the right direction. So to further catalyze the

upstream sector as well as to move more resources into production mode

some policies under some areas still need to be considered. The country

needs to aggressively pursue extensive exploration in non-producing and

frontier basins for knowledge building and new discoveries, including deep

offshore basins. The mature fields which require additional investment for

the Enhanced Oil Recovery must be provided. The country needs to

encourage the coal gasification technology as it contains abundant coal

reserves, which can cater to the future demands. Provide

internationally competitive fiscal terms, keeping in view the relative

prospective of the Indian basins, in order to attract major oil &gas

companies and through expedition‘s evaluations of bids and award of

contracts on time bound basis.

The Government had earlier announced plans to make India a global

refinery hub. However, India has witnessed a halt in refinery capacity

additions from 2012-2015, driven largely by project delays. Given this

trend, India may become a net importer of petroleum products by 2022.

For this it is utmost that India regains it lost momentum and add it refine

capacity.

Strong steps have been taken recently by the Government towards

liberalizing oil and gas prices. Firstly, low oil prices were leveraged to

eliminate subsidies in both petrol and diesel. Further, the Government has

made a multi-pronged effort to rationalize the LPG subsidy. Finally, a


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market-based formula has been implemented for natural gas, effective

April 2014. These steps have increased the interest of foreign investors‘ in

the Indian oil and gas sector. Although India is moving in the right

direction with respect to market de-regulation of the oil and gas sector, it

needs to move quickly towards a total free market mechanism

with zero control of prices of oil and gas products across the value chain.

Subsidies should be restricted to those with an established need, basis

transparent criteria. Grant operational flexibility to refineries in crude

sourcing and in respect of the risk management through hedging.

Formulate a clear, stable, long-term fiscal policy to facilitate investment in

refining, pipeline and marketing infrastructure. To take up with states for

a uniform state level taxation on petroleum products. Also developing a

policy for encouragement of transportation of crude through Indian flag

vessels. Such steps will further foster confidence in the sector and invite

investments.

Choices - Demand perspective

The transportation sector is the largest driver of hydrocarbon usage in

India today and should be the focus area for demand reduction /

efficiency. Compared to

benchmarks, India currently has

low passenger vehicle ownership,

lower energy use per capita for

transportation, and a low number of

flights taken per capita. All of

these are bound to rise till 2022

pushing up the demand of the

hydrocarbons for fuel to 15% more.

Introduction of new policies can

help rationalize hydrocarbon usage for transportation.

The country can reduce its fuel consumption by increasing the logistics

efficiency by developing its coastal and waterway network. In addition to

decongesting road and rail traffic, inland waterways and coastal

transportation are more fuel efficient by an order of magnitude for longer

distances.

The recent notification of

the Indian government to

the automobile sector

to produce only BS-4

(Bharat stage) rather

than BS-3 to reduce the

pollution is appreciated

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India has a large population of older vehicles in operation that do not

conform to these standards and bring down the average fuel efficiency—

policies for phasing out these older vehicles need to be thought through.

The country needs to reduce its fuel usage and the policies encouraging

public transport need to be implemented India has already started taking

action in this area, for example, rapid transit systems in several major

cities of the country, with many more, such as those in Lucknow and

Hyderabad currently underway; Delhi‘s odd-even number plate

experiment, etc. The recent notification of the Indian government to the

automobile sector to produce only BS-4 (Bharat stage) rather than BS-3

to reduce the pollution is appreciated throughout. The policies areas are

suggestive and need to be holistically thought through as they would

impact several other areas in addition to just fuel efficiency. A thorough

cost-benefit analysis would be necessary in order to frame a balanced

policy.

Hydrocarbons other than Oil

Natural gas is emerging as the preferred fuel of the future in view of it

being environment friendly, economically attractive fuel and also

desirable feedstock. Increased focus needs to be given to this potential

sector. The country need to ensure adequate avaibility by a mix of

domestic gas imports through pipelines and import LNG. To tap

unconventional sources of Natural Gas like CBM, natural gas hydrates,

underground coal gasification etc. Pursuing diplomatic and political

initiatives for import of gas from neighbouring and other countries with

emphasis on transnational pipelines should be initiated. Operationalising

the CBM policy with a time bound programme and formulate national

policy on UGC in time bound manner.

Challenges

A rational tariff and pricing policy is vital to ensure healthy

growth of the HC sector and to protect consumer as well. The

objective by this is to promote new investments, by ensuring

adequate protection to domestic producers. This can be done by

removing subsidies and cross subsidies to promote efficicent and


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optimal utilization of score resources and also to eliminate

adulteration.

Emerging renewable energy sources which are substitutes of oil

offer players an opportunity to re-think their strategy and

response to a potential global disruption in the transportation

sector.

Coal and Gas trade-offs especially in the countries like India

which possess large coal reserves enable the exploration of a

balanced intervention that would be required to facilitate a shift

towards natural gas in the markets.

Rising E&P costs present an opportunity for oil companies to

move to a different operating model based on lean operations,

portfolio focus, supplier collaboration and a new culture driven by

cost consciousness and continuous improvement

The climate change challenge creates an opportunity for

governments and companies to come together in an over-

supplied hydrocarbon market to explore how to achieve

sustainability objectives. The climate change control at global

level has made the policies of the countries to switch towards

more efficient fuel and renewable sources of energy. Under the

current trajectory, the world is headed towards a temperature

increase of 4-5°C. In order to reverse this trajectory and achieve

the 2°C target, material action needs to be taken till 2022.

Especially a country like India with 1.25 billion population has to

reform its policies and need to have strict legislations regarding

this.

Though the policies in upstream and downstream sector is reframed and

made more investor friendly, under any scenario India would still import

oil and gas in 2022 also. It is therefore important that India continues to

import responsibly, by taking a disciplined and structured view of the

contract lifecycle as well as by diversifying its supply base. India needs a

diversified supply base.

India‘s current oil and gas import supply base is limited. Furthermore, it is

dominated by countries in the Middle East. The Middle East held 60

percent of India‘s crude oil imports, while a single Middle Eastern nation,

Qatar, had ~66 percent share of India‘s total LNG import in 2015. This

heavy dependence on a few countries exposes India to geo-political and

economic risks in these countries. It is crucial for India to diversify its

supply base to strengthen its energy security as well as to increase its


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bargaining power.

India should focus on developing its

infrastructure capability to support the

addition of new countries to its import

portfolio. New terminals and ports on the

east coast as well as an internal pipeline /

transport grid will further open up options

from eastern suppliers. In addition, India

should continue to assess the feasibility of

transnational pipelines and stay actively

involved in existing dialogues.

Restructuring can maintain long-term

profitibality and can strenghthen

competitive edge of the concerned

companies in the context of the

changing market forces and ensure

the customers benefit. By shaking

hands with information technology

complete restructuring of the PSUs

could help in achieving the objective.

Implementing proposals of mergers

and alliances of oil PSUs with the

objective of enhancing shareholder

value.

Focus on oil security through intensification of, exploration efforts

and achievement of 100% coverage of unexplored basins in a time

bound manner to enhance domestic availability of oil and gas.

Secure acreages in identified countries having high attractiveness

for ensuring sustainable long term supplies.


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Pursue projects to meet the deficit in demand and supply of natural

gas, and facilitate availability of LNG.

Have a rational tariff and pricing policy, which would ensure the

consumer getting the petroleum products at the most reasonable

prices and requisite quality, eliminating adulteration.

Announce a long-term fiscal policy to attract required investments

in the hydrocarbon sector.

Restructure the oil sector PSUs with the objective of enhancing

shareholder value and disinvest in a phased manner in all the oil

sector PSUs.

In any future scenario, India‘s dependence on oil and gas will continue to

be relevant and the forecasted annual deficit related to hydrocarbon import would be significant. To reduce this exposure will require efforts

across supply, demand as well as imports. On the supply side, India

should continue its trajectory of policy reform targeted at creating a more conducive environment for investment in the upstream sector, it should

continue to invest in building refinery capacity and finally, it should aggressively move towards implementing market-determined pricing

across the oil and gas sector. On the demand side, given the transportation sector is the largest demand driver, a combination of

logistics efficiency, fuel efficiency, fuel reduction and fuel switching policies need to be explored in order to rationalize demand.

BY - Tirth Raval

(SPT15)


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IIT Kharagpur researchers develop new technology to

manufacture biofuel

Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have

developed a new technology which will

change the way biofuel is manufactured

by making the process cheaper, quicker

and pollution-free. The 'soil-to-soil'

manufacturing technology developed at

the P K Sinha Centre for bio-energy at

IIT-KGP is in the process of being

patented, an IIT- KGP spokesperson said.

"2g bioethanol can be produced from various naturally available ligno-

cellulosic components. But to do so it needs to be treated. "It is soil-to-soil

technology, an integrated process where we are using natural resources to

extract gaseous and liquid biofuel and then converting the wastes into

biofertilizer," she said.

"It is a unique integrated approach which we have developed in our lab," she

claimed. The 'National Policy on bio-fuel' had set the target at 20 per cent

blending of biofuel with petrol by 2017. With the government expecting bio-

fuel business in India to touch Rs.50,000 .

Lukoil continues construction at Yuri Korchagin field in

the Caspian Sea

Lukoil continues the construction of

second-stage facilities at Yuri

Korchagin field, in the northern part

of the Caspian Sea. A jacket for the

wellhead platform was delivered to

the site and installed at the

destination point, while preparations

for pile sinking are in progress.

A 2,400-ton structure was fabricated

at the Astrakhan shipyards.

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The wellhead platform, located eight kilometers away from the first-stage

facilities of the field, will be used for oil and gas production. To transport

the hydrocarbons produced, the wellhead platform will be connected to

the main platform by subsea pipelines. Thus, production at the field will

be maintained due to the development of remote zones of the

accumulation. Wells of the wellhead platform will be drilled from a floating

drill rig.

The topside of the wellhead platform will be delivered to the site and

installed there in the second half of 2017. Facilities of the second stage at

Yuri Korchagin are to be put into operations in 2018.

Government panels to monitor ONGC and Oil India fields

The government is going to monitor

oilfields of ONGC and Oil India and

ordered setting up separate

committees led by a bureaucrat for

supervision as part of its broader

plan to make these firms more

accountable and boost output from

their ageing fields that contribute

70% of India‘s crude output.

The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), the technical arm of the

oil ministry, has ordered the constitution of the ‗review committees for

the purpose of management of oil and gas resources of nomination fields‘

of ONGC and Oil India respectively‘. Each committee will be chaired by

the Director General of DGH and include another official of DGH, and top

executives of the oil company, according to the 25th May order. ONGC

and Oil India must name their nominees within a fortnight of the order.

The committee has the power to review all key matters such as annual

work programmes and budgets for exploration, development and

production, field development plans of commercial discoveries, and

performance of producing or non-producing fields. Proposals for surrender

of acreage, appraisal programme, declaration of commercial discovery,

―field surveillance‖ by DGH would also go to the committee. The panel

would also review collaboration with licensees or contractors of other

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Decision of the committee shall be implemented by ONGC and Oil India

and the progress of implementation reported to the committee through

DGH at its next meeting, the Director General of DGH said in the order.

With such close supervision, the oil ministry hopes to make ONGC and Oil

India more efficient and accountable, resulting in bettering falling crude

output.

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan recently told ET that the fields

nominated to ONGC and Oil India didn‘t attract much official scrutiny in

the past, and his plan now was to closely monitor these fields and make

companies more accountable.

US authorises LNG export from offshore JV with India

The US has approved a long-term

application to export Liquefied

Natural Gas (LNG) from an offshore

project, which is a joint venture

between an Indian and American

company, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Exports in the amount of 1.8 billion

cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural

gas are approved from Delfin LNG's

proposed offshore Louisiana floating terminal, the Department of Energy

said.

"I am pleased that with this authorisation that the administration can

continue to strengthen the US as a dominant energy force with further

exports of our abundant amounts of natural gas," US Energy Secretary

Rick Perry said in a statement.

"Investing in American natural gas not only helps our economy and our

jobs, but also helps our allies maintain their energy security. This

represents a true win-win for everyone involved," Perry said.

With the rapid increase in domestic natural gas production, the US is

transitioning to become a net exporter of natural gas, the Department of

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With this approval, the Department of Energy has authorized a total of 21

Bcf/d of natural gas exports to non- free trade agreement (non-FTA)

countries from planned facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia,

Maryland, and now, with Delfin, from the Gulf of Mexico.

The Delfin project would further position the US to become the

predominant LNG supplier to the rest of the world, it said.Delfin is

targeting an in-service date in 2021/2022.The Department determined

that exports from the Delfin LNG terminal, jointly owned by the India and

Singapore-based Fairwood Group and the US-based Peninsula group, for a

period of 20 years, was not inconsistent with the public interest.

Noting that America's shale reserves have generated economic growth

and jobs across the US, the Department of Energy said utilising this clean

energy source has also enabled the US to achieve the largest drop in

carbon emissions of all countries in 2016.

Department of Energy is eager to bring this clean burning resource and its

benefits to all of its international trading partners, a media statement

said.

"Perry will take this message to Japan, and then to China for the Clean

Energy and Mission Innovation ministerials, where he plans to strengthen

the US-China LNG export partnership and continue working together

towards a clean and affordable energy future," it said.

The Energy Department conducted an extensive review of the Delfin LNG,

LLC application.

Saipem secures $230-million in drilling contracts in

Mozambique, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

Saipem and Eni have signed a contract for offshore drilling activity in

Mozambique, utilizing the drillship Saipem 12000. The contract is of 15

months‘ duration commencing mid-2019. It includes options up to a

maximum of 45 months, not comprised in the contract value.

In addition to this contract, which will allow the Company to participate in

the development of the Coral field, Saipem has been awarded other

offshore drilling contracts. The activities related to the other acquisitions

will be executed in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and will utilize

cutting-edge vessels from the Company‘s fleet.

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Significantly, Eni has awarded Saipem a contract for the drilling of two

wells offshore Cyprus. Work will once again be carried out by the Saipem

12000 and commence in the fourth quarter of 2017. The vessel will be

subsequently deployed in Portugal for operations previously announced in

2016 and postponed at the request of the client. These awards attest to

Saipem‘s consolidation in the area of the Mediterranean where the

drillship Saipem 10000 is already active. They also reinforce the

Company‘s presence in a market of particular interest where important

discoveries have recently been made.

Finally, the semisubmersible rig Scarabeo 9 will be utilized for the drilling

of one well, plus an optional one, in the Black Sea. In service since 2011,

the Scarabeo 9 is undergoing innovative upgrades, whose expenses are

included in the contract. These upgrades will enable it to pass through the

Bosphorus. This is a particularly important development in view of the

interesting opportunities for offshore drilling in ultra-deep water in the

Black Sea area.


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(9) Crossword Puzzle


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Across

1. Oil formation Volume factor

(Bo) of Volatile oil Should be …. as compare to Black oil.

5. First Liquid alkane at room temperature...

7. High aniline point indicates ….

Ignition quality

8. Bitumen is also called as …

11. To measure the Oil saturation

in reservoir usually, we take a core.Which type of mud we

should use in drilling to get accurate oil saturation in a

core.OBM or WBM?

12. An instrument at workover rig that shows the weight on the

bit...

13. Top rank Indian Petroleum company which is enlisted in

Fortune 500 …

17. Materials which are made up

of hydrogen and carbon....

18. World‘s deepest offshore oil exploitation platform...

20. Brent Crude is a mix of crude

oil from 15 different oil fields in the...

23. The product recovered during atmospheric or vacuum

distillation process...

24. Name the Company which acquires highest Nelson

Complexibility Index Refinery...

25. Resinous product derived from petroleum and used to

waterproof wooden

boats26. Cumene (an aromatic

hydrocarbon) made from …

Down

2. One of the processes which

reduce the porosity of quartz bearing reservoir...

3. A damper used in pressure

gauges...

4. Name the state which produced highest crude oil in

India...

6. Corrosive Substance for drilling

equipment at high temperature...

9. The zone of reduced or enhanced permeability around a

wellbore, because of mud-filtrate invasion...

10. ...... point is used to

determine the relative amount of wax present in crude oil.

14. Which Type of Crude Oil are Lighter(High value of API) and

Sweeter(Low sulfur content)?

Dubai or Brent Crude

15. In directional drilling the

direction of the trajectory of the wellbore

16. in degrees (0-359) clockwise

from True North or ….. North.

19. A Petroleum Jelly...

21. One of the causes of Kick is

….

22. Petroleum ether...

27. ....bit can be used as a

deflecting tool in soft formations.


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