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Wogo 2009 Conference Speakers

		Mr R. S. Pandey Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Govt of India
		Topic : Role of government policies for the Indian E & P sector
		Shri R S Pandey, a 1972 batch IAS officer is currently holding the post of Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India (August, 2008 – Present).
	Prior to this he was Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India (July,2006 –July 2008). He has also held the position of Advisor to the Governor of Nagaland during the period 24.1.2008 to 13.3.2008. He has received received the U.N.Public Service Award 2008 on 23.6.2008 of U.N. Headquarters, New York. He Received the top civil service award, namely, Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public administration on 21.4.2007. He was Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary affairs, Government of India( May, 2006-June, 2006) where he was responsible for coordination between Ministries of the Government of India and the Parliament of India. He also held the post of Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India (July, 2004-April, 2006) and Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland (June, 2000-July, 2004).


		Dr Archana Mathur Economic Adviser, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Govt of India
		Topic : Whether the falling crude prices will affect the drilling operational activities & refining? (Chairperson of the discussion panel)
		Dr Archana S Mathur is the Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt of India. Her earlier assignment was as Director, Planning Commission, New Delhi.
	Her present duties include Economic analysis of Plan programs of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Price and projections based on formal model, Trade and foreign investment policy and international cooperation in the sector and Energy conservation and programs of Carbon Development Mechanism.


		Mr V.K. Sibal Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt Of India
		Topic : India’s role in the world Energy market– past, present & future
		Mr. Sibal did his post graduation in physics (honours) from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He joined ONGC in 1975 and after a brief stint, he moved to Oil India Limited (OIL) where he worked for 29 years in the spheres of exploration, operations, strategic planning and human resource management.
	At OIL, he set up a state-of-the art IT department and a geophysical department, and formed a strategic and corporate planning cell. Mr. Sibal is currently the Director General of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Govt of India and is responsible for giving technical advice to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on the exploration of oil and gas, review of exploration programmes and the relinquishment of acreage. He is also responsible for the continuous review of discovered reserves, development plans and repository of E&P data besides laying down strategies for exploration abroad.


		Mr R K Mehrotra CBE Executive Chairman, Foresight Limited
		Topic : New player perspective for scope of exploration in India
		Ravi K Mehrotra CBE, established Foresight Limited London, General Agents for the International Shipping, Oil Drilling and Oil Exploration industries, in 1984 after advising the Iranian Government as their Senior Shipping Advisor in addition to his role as Managing Director of Iranohind Shipping Company.
	On moving to London, he was instrumental in establishing the shuttle service for Iranian oil during the Iran/Iraq War, shuttling 2.2 million barrels per day. Following that he developed a fleet of ships (dry cargo bulk carriers, containers, tankers, reefers, jack-up oil rigs and later, cruise) operating worldwide. He has led delegations on oil drilling and exploration in Iran, India, around The Gulf, The Far East and Europe. His Honorary CBE was granted by Her Majesty the Queen in June 2006 for his services to the international shipping industry, and presented to him in January 2007 by Dr Stephen Ladyman, Minister of Shipping. He has headed the Foresight Group since its inception as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until September 2008 when he handed over the charge of CEO to Mr A G Deshpande and since then he is the Executive Chairman.


		Mr Haydn Jones Fugro Seastar
		Haydn Jones is the Business Development Manager of Fugro Seastar AS located in Oslo.
		Haydn has previously held senior positions at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and in several maritime navigation and communications companies. Most recently, he was Managing Director of Navigation Specialist ChartCo Ltd. He is a former deck officer of the Royal Navy.

	Mr J Dasgupta Principal Technologist, Floating Systems Business Unit, OGSP Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
	Topic : Indian deepwater units : Designer's viewpoint
	More details will be available soon.


		Mr U C Grover Director, Technical & Offshore Services Shipping Corporation of India
		Topic : Logistic support -- a challenge, bridging the gap
		Shri Umesh C. Grover started his sea career after graduating from DMET, Kolkata in November 1971 with The Shipping Corporation of India as a Shipboard Engineer. After sea-career of 14 years, he joined the shore services of SCI in March 1987. In 1991, he was deputed to Irano Hind Shipping as Director Technical & returned in 1994.
	From 1994 to 1997, he handled Technical Operations of Bulk carriers & Dry cargo fleet. In 1997 he was given a commercial assignment in Container Services & Marketing Dept. and as GM (Container Services & Marketing) he was in charge of network of global container services operated by the SCI. Shri Grover was appointed as the Director, Technical & Offshore Services Division by the Govt. of India on 01.04.2006. He and his team is responsible for planning and implementing the SCI’s ship acquisition programme involving new & second acquisitions, shipbuilding, ship disposal. He is also in charge of all Offshore activities of SCI and providing technical consultancy to various Government and Scientific & Research bodies. Also in charge of Information Technology Dept. and responsible for implementation of information technology in SCI. He has vast experience of ship management (both technical & commercial), marketing, liner conferences/bilateral matters, maritime training & implementation of ISM Code.


		Dr Rabi Bastia Sr Vice President Head of Exploration Assets in Reliance Industries Ltd
		Topic : Oil Exploration - Country perspective, Companies overview
		Dr. Rabi Bastia, is a well known exploration and management leader in the Hydrocarbon Industry. He obtained his Masters degree in Petroleum Exploration from Norwegian Technological University, Norway and a Doctoral degree in Geology from IIT, Kharagpur. He has been serving the Indian petroleum industry for about 3 decades in different capacities with distinction.
	Dr. Bastia’s contribution in exploring for hydrocarbons in the deep water regions of India is commendable. He has provided a high level of leadership in directing and implementing several major exploration programmes in the deepwater regions of the east coast of India which have resulted in major hydrocarbon discoveries. The gas discovery in the Krishna-Godavari basin is the world’s largest find of the year 2002. The discovery in the Mahanadi offshore is another tribute to his foresight, particularly due to the fact that this discovery was preceded by a long spell of unsuccessful exploration by previous operators. Dr. Bastia’s approach in development of new concepts coupled with several technological innovations has added a new dimension to the Indian Hydrocarbon scenario and earned India a place of pride in the deep water map of the world. In recognition to this outstanding contribution in the field of Science and Engineering the Government of India has conferred him the “Padma Shree”, one of India’s highest civilan awards in the year 2007.In the same year, he has also been awarded The “ Bharat Gaurav” from the state of Orissa, another landmark achievement and very recently the “Infraline Service to Nation Award in Energy Excellence”. He has also been conferred with “Who’s Who in the World” in the year 2008, in recognition to his outstanding professional excellence in the field of petroleum. Besides his industry assignments, he is also actively pursuing some research projects in the field of oil exploration with Stanford University, USA, University of Utah, USA and Norwegian Technological University, Norway. He is currently teaching a course in “Petroleum Exploration” as Adjunct Professor in IIT, Bombay. He has written a book titled “Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India’s East Coast Offshore Basins: Concepts and Applications”.


		Mr Amit Ray General Manager, DNV Seaskill Asia
		Topic : Seafarer competence & development in offshore industry
		Ray’s career spans over a period of more than 30 years in the maritime industry and in the world of education and training. Ray holds a Degree in Master of Business Administration, University of Warwick, UK; a Member of Chartered Institute of Transport, UK; and is a Class 1 Marine Engineer.
	Ray had been a Chief Engineer at sea, and held technical management position in the shipping related industry. He had been with Singapore Maritime Academy for several years as Principal Lecturer / Dy Director and was in the “IMO Panel of Competent Persons for STCW”. Ray has been with Det Norske Veritas as General Manager for DNV SeaSkill Asia since 2004.


	Mr B N Prasad Managing Director, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (India) Pvt. Ltd
	Topic : Indian Offshore Industry – A rising opportunity or a mounting threat forshipping
	Mr Bodh Nath Prasad has been associated with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (India ) Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as Eurasia) for the last 14 years.
	As a student of the Netarhat Residential School, he obtained a meritorious 5th position in the school finals in Bihar, India. He then studied Marine engineering at India’s premier Directorate of Marine Engineering in Kolkata from 1969-1973, obtaining the Director’s Gold Medal and General Proficiency Prize. He obtained his MBA in Business Administration from Hong Kong. Mr. B.N. Prasad started his sailing career as a junior engineer in Oct. 1973 retired as Chief Engineer in 1994. He sailed with Great Eastern Shipping in Mumbai, Egon Oldendroff, Luebeck, Karnataka Shipping Co Mumbai, IRSL ( Iran ), Ugland Brothers, London etc. Mr. B.N. Prasad came ashore and joined Eurasia (Hong Kong ) as Technical Superintendent. He was soon promoted to Technical Manager, then Fleet Director and today Mr. Prasad is heading the Mumbai unit as Managing Director, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (India) Pvt. Ltd. With Eurasia Mr. Prasad built up a strong customer relationship with Bernhard Schulte Hamburg & MOL Tokyo , while overseeing their ships. He has developed many ship management practices for better monitoring vessel performance, such as PMS, etc. In addition to this, he has built up a fleet of 22 cape size vessel with undaunted team efforts in management, yielding positive results for both old and new vessels.


		Mr Rakesh Verma Vice President & CTO Samsung Heavy Industries India
		Topic : Offshore capabilities & new challenges ahead
		Mr. Rakesh Verma is holding the position of Vice President & CTO in Samsung Heavy Ind India.
	Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a South Korean conglomerate, having net sales of USD 10 billion with approx. 20000 employees all over the world, puts its main focus on the Shipbuilding and Offshore business. The company executes EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction/ Commissioning, Installation) project of high value-added FPSO/FSO, Fixed offshore platform, Semi-submersible drill rig and Drill ship. Samsung Heavy Industries, India is involved in Design & Engineering of large international offshore oil & gas projects. Previous work association includes Engineers India Ltd (EIL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Saipem Triune, Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Heavy Ind (HHI) etc. Previous appointments include Head, Business Development, L&T Engineering and Head, Offshore Business Development, Triune Projects. Mr Verma had been involved in various prestigious projects such as ONGC’s Mumbai High and Satellite Field offshore development, Chevron’s South Nemba & Lomba Offshore Platforms, Phillips Petroleum’s Xijiang Field Development, Petro Canada’s Terranova FPSO, Petrobras’s P-33 & P-35 FPSOs, Veba OEL’s North Sea Platform, ExxonMobil’s Erha FPSO etc. He is a Mechanical Engineer graduated in 1981 from IIT, Roorkee (Formerly known as University of Roorkee) and PMP from PMI, Houston. With over 28 years of worldwide extensive professional experience, he has developed an enviable record of professional expertise on Global Oil & Gas Offshore business.


		Capt Sandeep Kalia Head, Personnel Department Great Offshore Limited
		Topic : Solutions to the HR shortages & risk management in offshore operations - managing accidents & casualties
		Capt. Sandeep Kalia started his career with Univan Ship Mgt as Deck cadet in 1989 and sailed with them on various types of vessels until 2004.
	After a successful sea going career of 14.5 years with Univan, he joined their Safety and Quality Department in Mumbai. During the tenure in QHSE department he carried out various Ship Audits, Accident & Incident Investigations. In January of 2005 he joined the Training department of Anglo Eastern Maritime Training Centre, Mumbai, as In-Charge of the state of the art Navigation Ship Handling Simulator and conducted various Navigational, Maritime Resource Mgt, Safety and security related courses. In January' 2007 he joined the Marine Logistic Department (FPS) of Great Offshore Limited", one of the largest Indian Offshore services providers, and was appointed as "Head of Fleet Personnel Department" in 2008. He is actively involved in recruitment of competent seafarers for Offshore Supply Vessels and overseeing their Training needs and requirements. One of his key competencies lies in identifying the Human & Behavioural aspects of seafarers and developing training programs to address their needs. Capt. Kalia is also assisting the STW sub-committee & The Directorate General of Shipping, India, in formalizing the OSV & DP related competencies. He is a member of Company of Master Mariners of India (CMMI) & OSPA and has presented paper on "Offshore Resource Management" at International Business Conferences and Nautical papers in CMMI seminars.


		Mr Ian S Laing Director, International Business Development OPITO The Oil and Gas Academy
		Topic : The Value of Common Industry Standards in Oil and Gas Training
		Ian S Laing is Director of International Business Development for OPITO The Oil and Gas Academy, based in Abu Dhabi UAE, responsible for ensuring the organisation can meet the increasing global industry demand for OPITO standards.
	Ian has 34 years of international oil and gas industry experience starting his career in well servicing, subsequently co-founding a specialist oil and gas consulting and training company in the UK with offices in Asia, Africa and Europe. Prior to joining OPITO The Oil and Gas Academy in 2007 Ian was an adviser to industry organisations and government bodies in the UK developing the export potential of oil and gas industry suppliers, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.


	Mr Scott Murphy Chief Operations Officer Enertech Services International, Inc. Houston
	Topic : Deepwater drilling rigs - Examining design considerations
	Mr.Murphy has extensive experience in the engineering design, and project management within the offshore industry for both Drilling and Production platform engineering and design.
	Throughout his career, Mr. Murphy has worked as Technical Lead and in various Management positions with large international companies, including Aker maritime, McDermott, and Technip. Mr. Murphy has been in leadership roles for serveral industry leading or first-of designs. Mr.Murphy served as lead Mechanical Engineer for seven (7) SPAR platforms and aguably has more experience than anyone in the industry for Marine Systems for SPAR platforms. Mr. Murphy also served as lead Mechanical/Drilling Engineer for four (4) of the latest ultra-deepwater (>10,000 ft) drilling semisubmersibles, including one which operated with dual drilling capabilities. With a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mr.Murphy further extended his education with a Masters in Business Administration and Project Management Certification. Mr. Murphy, as Chief Operations Officer currently runs Enertech's Houston office and coordinates all project work done out of Enertech's two (2) China offices.


		Mr Mark Lomas Marine Manager London Offshore Consultants Middle East WLL
		Topic : Role of the Marine Warranty Surveyor
		Mark Lomas is currently the Marine Manager with London Offshore Cinsultants, Middle East. He did his higher education by successful completing OND in Nautical Science, Riversdale, Liverpool, in 1984 & further HND in Nautical Science, Blackpool & Fylde, in the year 1999.
	He has been associated with many prestigious projects, some are: Marine Warranty Surveyor / Project Manager for the pipe lay on Maersk Oil “Block 5 Development Project” Campaigns 3 and 4. Responsible for the inspection and approval of Naval means including document review. Marine Warranty Surveyor on-site for Total Fina Elf, “Amenam Kpono Project”. AMP 1. Load out of 1,500 ton Jacket and 12,000 ton oil production and gas injection plant for transportation and installation offshore Nigeria. Installation of Jacket, and the float over and installation of the production deck, offshore Nigeria. Attending for load out and sailaway of AMP 2 topside, Malaysia to Nigeria September 2006. Marine Warranty Surveyor on site for the installation and hook up of the FSO “UNITY” in the TFE Amenam Kpono field. Marine Advisor for the “Al Rayyan” project, covering loadouts, inclining experiments, leg installation and general marine issues during construction and sailaway. Marine Warranty Surveyor for SBM during transportation and installation of 18 modules for the “Xikomba” and “Mistras” FPSO projects. Approval of Naval means, lifting, load-on, sea fastenings and towage. Company representative and MWS for BG India, jacket and topside installation, pipe start up, lay-down and riser installation. He has also attended on behalf of Owners and their P&I Clubs to investigate or monitor or coordinate salvage and wreck removal operations on many casualties. He also has experience with salvage contractors including Smit Singapore, Smit salvage Rotterdam, Nippon Salvage, Svitzer Wijsmuller, Mubarak Marine Salvage and local salvors. He has in particular experience in working in the Middle East region and Sub-Continent for the past 6 years for various P&I Clubs and/or their regional Correspondents as well as Admiralty Lawyers. He has specific in-house training on SCOPIC and the duties of SCR. He has been succesful in the development and operation of integrated bridge systems including electronic chart system and use of the “LIPS” system.


		Mr N K Mitra Ex Director (Offshore), ONGC
		Topic : Oil Exploration - country perspective
		Shri N.K.Mitra is a well known offshore oil & gas professional from India who rose to the directorship of ONGC from the executive bottom of the field hierarchy.
	A widely traveled man to a number of oil & gas fields across the world, Shri Mitra is a witness to a number of changes in & around the world on the oil and gas front. As key note speaker, chairperson and advisory member to a host of international and national conferences/symposiums/ATWs/Seminars, he has quite successfully put forward his views and concerns over issues that are quite pertinent to the oil industry at a given point of time. He has written over 50 articles in various E&P journals and delivered over 30 key note addresses. His perspectives have always been duly acknowledged in the industry circles. Quite recently, he has been conferred “Best Offshore Oil & Gas Man from India” from IORS. A firm advocator of change dynamics with respect to technology, environment & perception and a strategic thinker, Shri Mitra has taken enough pain in ensuring that oil & gas industries in India is not left behind in adopting the new paradigms for the E&P industry and has ensured the deliverance at par with the international standards & practices. Shri N.K.Mitra has superannuated as the Director (Offshore) as well as Director-I/c Marketing of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd and also from the Board of Director of a number of companies like M/s Pawan Hans Helicopter India Limited, M/s Petronet LNG Limited, ONGC Videsh Limited and M/s Mangalore Petrochemical Refineries Limited. Besides these, he is the senior most member of SPE from India, worked in the board of SPE –Mumbai Section in various capacities over the year and is currently the Chairperson, SPE India Section.


		Mr Christopher Mark Hogle Sr. Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production Reliance Natural Resources Limited
		Topic : CBM - Coal Bed Methane, India & USA
		Mr Chris Hogle is Sr. Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production at Reliance Natural Resources Limited.
	He has 33 years of Oil and Gas experience in the United States and India. 15 years of conventional Oil and Gas operations in Southern Michigan of USA. 11 years of unconventional shale gas experience in the Antrim and New Albany Shale plays in Northern Michigan and Southern Indiana/Kentucky. 7 years of Coal Bed Methane 4 years in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and CBM test well Alaska with Baker Energy and 3 years Coal Bed Methane in India with Great Eastern Energy Limited and Reliance Natural Resources Limited. His topic will include general discussions on Coal Bed Methane both in U.S. and in India. Similarities and differences in basins in US and India. Multi seam completions, discussion of vertical and horizontal drilling concepts and misconceptions.


		Dr Purnendu Misra Principal Officer, MMD, Chennai, Directorate of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping Govt. of India
		Topic : Shipping or Piping - Some reflections
		Dr. Purnendu Misra did his Marine Engineering from DMET in 1969 – 1973. Subsequently, he served with the Shipping Corporation of India and the Univan Ship Management, Hongkong at various levels till 1984. He joined the Mercantile Marine Department in 1984 at Calcutta and has served at Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Mumbai. He is currently The Principal Officer, Mercantile Marine Department and Joint DG (tech) at Mercantile Marine Department Chennai.
	Dr. P. Misra has been on various National and International committee’s steering Maritime education, Quality in Shipping, Manning, Maritime security etc. He has represented India at IMO at various levels. He is a lead auditor and specially selected for auditing U.S.A and Australia. Dr. P. Misra has also been in the forefront of Maritime research in Human Error and Maritime Safety. Dr. P. Misra is a consultant with IMO and a consultant with Government of India on Maritime Safety matters. He has to his credit 20 research papers published in international journals and about 54 technical papers presented in Seminars and Conferences. He has authored Four books and Edited Three books on diverse topics. Dr. Misra is one of the very few marine engineers who have done their Ph.D. devising a Safety Index for Ships, for which he was awarded the Gold Medal for the best thesis in the year 2000. Dr. Misra also concurrently holds a degree in Law and a degree in Economics with specialization in Shipping economics. He also holds a diploma in Business Management.


		Dr Michael Smith Chief Executive Officer EnergyFiles
		Topic : Driving the oil revolution - Asia’s oil supply and its future needs
		Dr Michael Smith has spent 25 years working in the oil and gas industry. After receiving his doctorate in geology from Oxford University in the UK he worked for 7 years as a consultant in the Asia-Pacific and for the next 10 years was employed in managerial and technical capacities with oil companies in many parts of the world, mostly in exploration-related activities.
	His interest in energy supply forecasting, activity and expenditure - subjects on which he has written and presented extensively - was stimulated whilst acting as Exploration Manager for Sun Oil in Yemen in 1991, observing the rapid rise and fall of Sun’s upstream business and realising the scarcity of new global opportunities even then.


		Mr Salim Taoutaou Business Development Manager and Well Integrity Principal Technical Engineer Schlumberger
		Topic : Cementing casing in deepwater - a balancing act
		Mr. Salim Taoutaou from Schlumberger is the Business Development Manager and Well Integrity Principal Technical Engineer, overseeing all the technical and business aspects of the well construction services and well integrity covering 36 countries across the Middle East and Asia.
	Salim joined the oil industry 11years ago. He worked in different countries and continents. He spent most of his time in the North Sea, where he held different technical and managerial positions. Salim has a rich portfolio of technical &scientific publications and articles and he also holds a patent.


		Mr John R Heptonstall Managing Director and Group CEO of the TWC Consulting Group, a subsidiary of MMM International
		Topic : Project Management – re-written
		Currently John is managing director and Group CEO of the TWC Consulting Group, a subsidiary of MMM International, started in 1985 as strategy training consultancy. John was one of three partners who bought the company in 1990 from the new owners, PA Consulting in Geneva; and he became CEO in 1996.
	John is an MBA graduate with over 20 years expertise and experience in working with clients on a large variety of projects with legendary results in corporate transformation, performance management, management effectiveness, and strategy dynamics. (Even his occasional public training workshops are memorable events – (a participating Admiral)). Mr. Heptonstall’s expertise transformed a well regarded training provider with four members into a highly respected management consulting practice with some 30-odd consultants. He is responsible for developing the foundation and most of the finer points that today form the consulting model and the competency & organizational environment of the TWC Consulting Group. John thrives on challenge, and is at ease in multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environments. He is totally committed to achieving excellence in every aspect of work. He brings vast cross-industry, cross-functional expertise and extensive multinational experience into every assignment. John was a member of the California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE) Board of Examiners, 01/02; is a member of the Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers, and an active member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) - therefore abides by their strict code of ethics in all his assignments. He counts some of the world’s most admired companies among his clients, such as Shell, Sumitomo, Dresdner Bank, National & Provincial, Chase Manhattan, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, TDK, Glaxo SmithKline etc. but works most comfortably with SMEs all over the world.


		Mr Anil Lotlikar Manager – Engineering Tyco Thermal Controls India Pvt. Ltd.
		Topic : Downhole heating
		Anil Lotlikar has spent more than 20 years in the Industrial Heating Industry. He started his career with Thermon & after which joined Raychem RPG a JV of Tyco & RPG.
	When Tyco Thermal Controls decided to start off a Design Centre in India, he was handpicked by the President of Tyco Thermal to Head the India Design Centre. Currently with more than 280 employees the India Design Centre looks after designing for Tyco Thermal Controls worldwide operations He is now the Engineering Head of India Design Centre. Anil Lotlikar was also instrumental in doing several projects for HPCL, IndianOil, Petronas, ADNOC, ARAMCO, Qatar Petroleum, NTPC, Larsen & Toubro, JJC, Hyundai. He has immense experience in the field of Electric Heat Tracing and handled major projects in an all around manner. Some of the major design work he has handled includes the very complex 600 KM piping for Cairn Energy & was also involved with various Downhole Heating projects across the world. He is an Electrical Engineering graduate & has been involved technical trainings at various Tyco offices which include Tyco Thermal engineering offices in Europe & US.


		MrColin Gardiner Product Line Manager for Wellbore Construction for the Middle East and Asia Pacific, Baker Hughes Incorporated
		Topic : How new developments in open hole isolation technology can reduce the cost of wellbore construction
		Colin Gardiner is employed by Baker Hughes Incorporated as the Product Line Manager for Wellbore Construction for the Middle East and Asia Pacific based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
	The Wellbore Construction portfolio includes Open Hole Isolation, Liner Hanger Systems, Multilaterals and Solid Expandable technologies. Colin holds a BSc and a Post Graduate Diploma in Drilling and Well Engineering from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. Prior to moving to Kuala Lumpur in 2008, Colin worked in Aberdeen for 12 years starting out as a field engineer and moving into an applications then sales position specializing in open hole completions and solid expandable technologies.’


		Capt Khushroo Mistree Faculty, Anglo Eastern Maritime Training Centre
		Topic : Manpower training & deployment for FPSO & FLNG
		Capt Khushroo Mistree is a member of the faculty of Anglo Eastern Maritime training centre. He is also a consultant for maritime training and also an inspector for the Oil Coordination Committee (IOC, HPC, BPC).
	Capt Khushroo's experience in training the officers in the operations of oil tankers, gas tankers, oil terminals, port state control and oil major inspections, loss prevention, liquid cargo handling simulators etc are well acclaimed. He has also authored and compiled the following books - Loss control in Petroleum Transportation, Safe Oil Tanker Operations and Safe Gas Tanker Operations.


		Mr Tarun Rewari Chairman, Aryatech Marine & Offshore Services Pvt. Ltd.
		Topic : Simulator Based Training for Offshore Personnel
		Tarun Rewari has over 30 years of experience in the Marine and Offshore related fields. He has worked in US for the past 15 year with major Offshore Engineering companies and with ABS in their corporate office in Houston Texas.
	Aryatech Marine & Offshore Service Pvt. Ltd. is a Marine and Offshore Engineering and Consultancy Company. It is comprised of experienced professionals specializing in providing services to the Marine, Offshore and Petroleum industries. Aryatech’s extensive experience with ships, Jack – Up, Drilling Units, Drillships, Risers and Pipelines enable us to provide the clients with professional and cost effective solutions. Aryatech also is representative in India and Middle East for an array of software packages like SACS, OrcaFlex etc. which are used by engineering firms, drilling contractors, oil companies, classification societies, and shipyards worldwide. Aryatech also represents PISYS UK, for providing training & sales of Offshore Simulators for Major Emergency Management, Jack-Up Operations, Semi-Submersible Operations and Stability Training.


		Mr Jitendra Kumar Principal Consultant Germanischer Lloyds Industrial Services GmbH (GLIS)
		Topic : Design Safety of Oil and Gas facilities - Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
		Jitendra is presently working as Principal Consultant with Germanischer Lloys Industrial Services GmbH (GLIS) at New Delhi office. Jitendra is the Process Safety and Risk Management team leader for the Safety consulting assignments that GL group companies are executing globally.
	He has more than sixteen years of Health, Safety and Environment and Process Safety consulting experience. His present responsibilities include managing and coordination of all Process Safety related consulting studies for GL clients. In his career, the private sector, the clients he has worked for include British Petroleum, GE Capital, Shell International, Cairn Energy, Exxon Mobil, Prosafe, TPOT, MODEC, Petronas, Qatar Petroleum, Star Energy, Dynegy, Energy Infrastructure India Limited, Haldia Petrochemicals, Andhra Petrochemicals, Nagarjuna Fertilizers, Indo Gulf Fertilizers, Gujarat Gas Company (owned by British Gas), India Glycols Ltd., Maruti Udyog Ltd. among others. From the public sector, clients he has worked on assignments for Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Cochin Refineries (CRL), Indian Petrochemicals Corporation (IPCL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), BHEL, Ministry of Environment and Forests (Govt of India). Among the funding agencies, he has experience of working for the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). His work experience includes executing and managing EH&S compliance and audit assignments at over 250 sites and projects in the Asia Pacific region. He has managed and participated in significant number of major assignments for Quantitative Risk Analysis and Emergency Response Planning.


	Mr Anoop Srivastava Principal (Chemicals, Oil & Gas) ISG SAP India Pvt Ltd
	Topic : SAP ERP -- how can it help you improve your upstream management
	More details will be available soon.

Panel Discussions - Speakers

	Our Panelists
		ONGC – Apoorva Saha, Executive Director (Mumbai High Asset) Energyfiles – Dr. Michael R Smith, CEO, Energyfiles Ltd, U.K IOCL (E & P) - S K Sarangi, General Manager (Incharge), Corporate Planning & Economic studies Foresight Oil Limited - R K Mehrotra, Chairman Foresight Limited


		Dr V K Rao OSD & Advisor(E&P/Gas Business) Reliance Natural Resources Ltd.
		Panel discussion - Whether the falling crude prices will affect the drilling operational activities & refining?
		Dr.V.K.Rao has more than three and half decades of experience in the oil & Gas Upstream sector. Dr.Rao has served at ONGC,DGH, GAIL and REL previously and currently is Advisor(E&P/Gas Business), Reliance Natural Resources Limited.
	He has been Head of NELP and CBM Rounds in Directorate General of Hydrocarbons under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, covering five rounds of NELP and CBM Rounds. During his tenure as Head of NELP and CBM Rounds, Dr.Rao has done pioneering work and was closely associated in drafting the PSC under the 1st NELP Round with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India. Dr.Rao has been on several overseas assignments for Oil field Development, Data evaluations, bid Rounds and On Road Show presentations. He has authored several technical papers and also a Compendium on Oil & Gas Exploration in India.

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WOGO 2009 conference will highlight the deepwater drilling challenges & opportunities, FPSO, FLNG design considerations, manpower training & deployment, subsea, new developments in deepwater technologies & processes, etc as some of the topics to be covered.

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