As a strategic way forward to realize the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North East India, as envisaged by the Government of India and to realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vision of 10% Import reduction in energy sector by 2022, ONGC organized ‘Technology Meet’ at Guwahati on 17 – 18, February, 2018, with the objective of induction of cutting-edge, next-generation technologies to enhance oil & gas production from North East.
Conceptualized by ONGC Assam Asset & ONGC’s New Technology Initiative Group (NTIG), the two-day meet was chaired by Shri V P Mahawar, Director (Onshore), ONGC. About 170 delegates participated in the meet, which included participants from ONGC, Oil India Ltd., other private sector Exploration & Production (E&P) companies operating in North East viz GeoEnpro, HOEC and delegates from 20 technology-providing companies across the globe. S D Maske, Asset Manager, ONGC Assam Asset along with senior executives of ONGC’s various work-centres participated in the meet.
V P Mahawar, Director (Onshore), ONGC delivering the keynote address at the ‘Technology Meet’ at Guwahati emphasized that North East holds immense potential and for enhancing oil & gas production, improved collaboration among the oil & gas companies, both public & private sector, and technology-providing companies is required as a way forward to realize Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North East. The meet is organized to bring all these companies on one platform for a greater synergy, he stressed.
The two-day meet witnessed several presentations and panel discussions by experts and technology providers, encompassing almost all aspects of E&P industry, with the objective of finding solutions to exploration & production related challenges specific to the region, through induction of cutting-edge, next-generation technologies for enhancing oil & gas production from North East.