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Safety in Hydrocarbons |
The single most definitive goal of every enterprise in the oil & gas industry is safety. Stating this while inaugurating the PetroFed seminar on ‘Safety in Hydrocarbon Sector: Drilling to Dispensing’ at New Delhi on August 12, 2010 Shri B. M. Bansal, Chairman, IndianOil stressed on constant monitoring and enhancement of standards and creation of a safety culture in every organisation.
The seminar was organised in association with OISD, BPCL, Cairn, GAIL, HPCL, Honeywell, IGL, IOCL, NRL, OIL, ONGC, PLL and RIL.
Addressing the inaugural session as the Guest of Honour, Shri P. C. Srivastava, Joint Chief Controller of Explosives, Petroleum & Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO) highlighted negligence, particularly at Retail Outlets, as the most common cause of accidents in the oil & gas industry. In his theme address, Shri A. K. Hazarika, Director (Onshore), ONGC and Member of PetroFed Governing Council brilliantly brought out the changing dimensions of safety in E&P with activities spreading to more difficult terrain and deepwaters.
Welcoming participants earlier, Shri A. K. Arora, Director General, PetroFed stressed on continuous training and re-training of operating personnel at all levels. Safety, he said, is integral to everybody’s function and the CEO heads it.
The seminar split into two parallel sessions after the inaugural – one focused on E&P and LNG and the other on refining and downstream operations.
The E&P segment had nine speakers in two sessions chaired by Shri A. K. Hazarika, Director (Onshore), ONGC and Shri C. S. Mani, Director (Technical), Petronet LNG Limited respectively. The panel discussion was chaired by Shri B. C. Bora, former CMD, ONGC.
The refining and downstream segment had eleven speakers in three sessions chaired by Shri Anand Kumar, former Director, IndianOil; Shri P. C. Srivastava and Shri K. K. Jha, Director (Pipelines), IndianOil. The panel discussion was chaired by Shri M. B. Lal, Member Technical (Petroleum & Natural Gas), Appellate Tribunal for Electricity.
There was unanimity among participants in both segments that a culture of ‘zero tolerance’ in matters of safety, continuous training & re-training and change in attitude was imperative to avoid accidents in the hydrocarbon industry. With increasing outsourcing of various tasks the responsibility of organisations enlarges to encompass the outsourced personnel in safety systems and procedures.
There was extended floor participation in both segments and a demand to make such a seminar atleast an annual feature.
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Shri B. M. Bansal, Chairman, IndianOil (R) being greeted with a bouquet of flowers by Shri A. K. Arora, Director General, PetroFed (L). |
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Shri P. C. Srivastava, Joint Chief Controller of Explosives, PESO (R) being welcomed with a bouquet of flowers by Shri A. K. Arora, Director General, PetroFed (L). Also seen in the picture is Shri B. M. Bansal, Chairman, IndianOil. |
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Shri A. K. Hazarika, Director (Onshore), ONGC and Member, PetroFed Governing Council (R) being greeted with a bouquet of flowers by Shri A. K. Arora, Director General, PetroFed (L).
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Shri A. K. Arora welcoming the dignitaries and participants.
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Guest of Honour, Shri P. C. Srivastava, Joint Chief Controller of Explosives, PESO addressing the gathering.
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A section of the participants.
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Shri B. M. Bansal, Chairman, IndianOil delivering inaugural address.
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Shri A. K. Hazarika, Director (Onshore), ONGC chairing the Session-I on E&P Segment in Track-I (third from left). Others (L-R): Shri Hari Kumar, GM (HSS), Cairn India; Shri A. N. Barua, GM (CMT), OIL; Shri Avinash Chandra, GM (Drilling), ONGC; Shri N. J. V. Prasad, Chief Engineer (Production), Corp. HSE, ONGC; Shri Amit Aglave, Honeywell.
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Participants keenly watching the presentation.
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Shri C. S. Mani, Director (Technical), Petronet LNG Limited (centre) chaing the Track-I’s Session-II on Gas Segment. Others (L-R): Shri S. P. Garg, DGM (Fire & Safety), GAIL; Shri B. Rajeev, Chief Engineer (Production), ONGC, Nazira; Shri M. M. Ahuja, Senior Vice President, Petronet LNG Limited; Shri Sanjay Gupta, Senior Vice President, Petronet LNG Limited.
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Shri Anand Kumar, former Director (R&D), IndianOil (centre) chairing the Track-II’s Session-I on Refining. Others (L-R): Shri Pankaj Deshmukh, Honeywell; Shri C. P. Jain, Vice President & Plant Manager of Refinery Tank Form Operations, RIL; Shri S. M. Vaidya, DGM (Polymer), IndianOil; Shri Dhananjay Ghosh, General Manager, NRL.
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A query being raised by Shri B. K. Bakhshi, former Chairman, IndianOil during open session.
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Session Chairperson, Shri P. C. Srivastava, Joint Chief Controller of Explosives, PESO (Centre) delivering opening remarks during Track-II’s Session-II on Downstream Marketing. Others (L-R): Capt. V. K. Chawla, Veemar Shipping; Shri Ranjan Mehtrotra, Chief Manager (LPG-Ops.), IndianOil; Shri Amit Aglave, Honeywell; Shri D. K. Mane, Head (HSSE), BPCL.
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| Shri K. K. Jha, Director (Pipelines), IndianOil (second from left) chairing the Track-II’s Session-III on Pipeline Operations. Others (L-R): Shri B. D. Yadav, GM (Operations), IndianOil; Shri T. Premkumar, DGM (HSE), GAIL; Shri Alok Sharma, GM (F&S), IGL.
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Session Chairman, Shri B. C. Bora, former CMD, ONGC delivering opening remarks during Track-I’s panel discussion. Seated (L-R): Shri Anoop Kumar, ED (HSE), ONGC; Shri C. Bose, Head (S&E), OIL; Shri R. K. Kashyap, ED (SHE), GAIL; Shri Sham Sundar, former Director (Technical), Petronet LNG Limited; Shri Salil Kumar, Director (Sales), Honeywell.
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Session Chairman, Shri M. B. Lal, Member Technical (Petroleum & Natural Gas), Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (third from left) delivering opening remarks during Track-II’s panel discussion. Others (L-R): Shri J. B. Verma, ED, OISD; Shri Anurag Deepak, ED (Logistics), BPCL; Shri B. V. Jankiram, ED (PL), IndianOil; Shri C. P. Jain, Vice President & Plant Manager of Refinery Tank Form Operations, RIL; Shri Ajay Bhargava, Country Manager, Honeywell.
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