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An Orientation Workshop on Shale Gas - 2010
“Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar” in association with “Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, USA” organized two days “An Orientation Workshop on Shale Gas” at PDPU Campus, Gandhinagar during pre vibrant days of 6th & 7th January 2011.
The workshop fostered discussion and brainstorm on technological innovation to commercially explore and exploit shale gas in India. This two days workshop was organised in seven plenary sessions and panel discussions. The Workshop projected how in an era of depleting conventional oil and gas resources, shale gas can play a significant role in meeting global energy demand.
The Workshop started with an inaugural plenary session to set the tone for “An Orientation Workshop on Shale Gas” and present a comprehensive overview of the future outlook of the Indian Oil & Gas Industry. The inaugural plenary session was graced with the august presence of Chief Guest for the occasion Dr. A K Balyan, MD & CEO of Petronet LNG Ltd.
The Inaugural session started with Indian Tradition & Culture of lightning the lamp in the presence of eminent speakers, dignitaries from various corporate and enthusiastic participants followed by prayer to Goddess Mata Saraswati. Prof. Paritosh Banik, Director General, PDPU in his speech to welcome all the speakers and participants shared the vision and objectives of the workshop. Prof. Chandra Rai, Director and Eberly Chair Professor, MPGE in his speech of sharing objectives of the workshop and US experiences expected a fruitful discussion and knowledge sharing among the speakers and participants of the workshop. Prof. G P Karmakar, Director, SPT shared the achievements and vision of School of Petroleum Technology, and expectations from industry from the school and students. Dr. A K Balyan shared knowledge on “Shale Gas: Opportunities and Challenges” with power point presentation during chief guest address to workshop. The session was concluded with the speech from Dr. Anirbid Sircar, Convener of this Workshop, followed by National Anthem.
The workshop had a distinguished list of speakers from The University of Oklahoma, USA including Dr. Chandra Rai, Director and Eberly Chair Professor, MPGE; Dr. Subhash Shah, Stephenson Chair Professor, MPGE; Dr. Carl Sondergeld, Professor, MPGE and Dr. Yucel Akkutlu, Assistant Professor, MPGE who shared his expertise and knowledge through Live Video Conferencing since he was not able to come to India because of unexpected reasons at last moments.
The Industry Eminent Speakers on the workshop were, Mr. Anil Swani, Vice President, Schlumberger Asia; Mr. Prem Sawhney, Chief Operation Officer, Essar Group; Mr. Dario Stemberger, Region Technical Specialist, Stimulation, B J Services; Ms. Arpana Sarkar, Senior Petro Physicist, Schlumberger Asia; Mr. P K Kulkarni, Project Director, Joshi Technologies; Dr. V K Rao, Sr. Vice President & OSD, RNRL; Mr. Sumit Bhat, Country Manager (PED), Halliburton India; Mr. Subir Dutta, Sr. Officer – Geo Sciences, GSPC; Dr. P V L P Babu, Retd.DGM, ONGC and Mr. R N Pandey, General Manager (R&D), GSPC.
Dr. G P Karmakar, Director, School of Petroleum Technology, PDPU Gandhinagar presented a paper on Challenges and Opportunities of Shale Gas future fuel
The workshop had an interactive roundtable on “Shale Gas – A Global Energy Alternative” with the aim to brainstorm the possibility of introducing shale as a global energy alternative in commercial quantity in India. The group had interactive discussion on exploring the challenges that required to be mitigated to explore and exploit shale gas in commercial quantity. The outcome of the brain storming session was to prepare a white paper on shale gas research in India and to develop a “Centre of Shale Gas Research” at PDPU. The roundtable session was moderated by Dr. Anirbid Sircar, Convener of the workshop and the panel members on the dais were Dr. Chandra Rai, Dr. Subhash Shah, Dr. Carl Sondergeld, Dr. G P Karmakar, Mr. Dario Stemberger, Mr. Sumit Bhat & Mr. P K Kulkarni.
In the concluding session of Workshop wrap up Dr. Chandra Rai emphasized that The University of Oklahoma will do the mentoring for Shale gas research center at PDPU in the early stages. However he feels that the age of the Shales in India is younger than the US shale. Hence the technology needs to be customized in context of Indian Perspectives.
Dr. Paritosh Banik announced an establishment of Shale Gas Research Centre within the umbrella of Office of Research & Sponsored Programs at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar with the perspective to provide opportunities for those who are interested in collaboration and investment in research on Shale Gas in Asia, particularly in India.
Mr. Sunil Gangwani, Workshop Coordinator had the privilege to propose vote of thanks to each and everybody who helped the team from the conceptualization to successful workout of the orientation workshop. He extended sincere thanks on behalf of PDPU to all the speakers & delegates from Industry, Various Research Institutions & Organization for making productive information exchange & dialogue during this workshop. He mentioned that end of this workshop is actually a beginning of joint efforts of PDPU & OU to set up Centre of Shale Gas Research.
In a nutshell, The Workshop fostered the sharing of knowledge, identifying of challenges, and forging relationships that will encourage and support continued collaborative efforts. It was an opportunity to renew friendships and acquaintances as well as to meet new friends and colleagues. It provided opportunities for those who are interested in collaboration and investment in research on Shale Gas in Asia, particularly in India.
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