Technical conference

33,000

Energy professionals

650+

Exhibiting companies

127

Countries represented

8,000+

Conference delegates

500+

Global speakers

30+

Ministerial speakers

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Gas/LNG Processing, Operations & Technology
Hydrogen Production, Development & End Use
Transportation, Storage, and Infrastructure
Energy Transition, Decarbonisation and Environmental Sustainability
Refining & Petrochemicals Technology, Operations & Marketing
Digital Transformation and New Technologies
Operational Excellence
Energy Markets, Strategies and Finance
Exploration, Production and Development of Oil & Gas
Utilities & Power Generation
Project Management
Health & Safety
People Development
Alternative Fuels & Renewables Development & Technology

Day Title

Day 1

Monday
06 February 2023

Day 2

Tuesday
07 February 2023

Day 3

Wednesday
08 February 2023
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Gas LNG Processing, Operations & Technology (GAS)

Gas/LNG production and operation

Gas/LNG Processing, Operations & Technology

Rapidly squeeze additional throughput from operating liquefaction trains

Cristian Triana , Senior Applications Engineer , Siemens Process Systems Enterprise

Standard modular ZR-LNG on site liquefaction solution

Aditya Hegde , Director , PolaireTech India Pvt. Ltd., India

Use of indigenous solutions for complex problems during gas plant commissioning

Alok Kumar Vishnoi , Production Manager , Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd., India

Engineering assumptions and their impacts in construction and its mitigation

Siva Kumar Ekambaram , Design Engineer IV , Fluor, India

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Hydrogen Production, Development & End Use (HPD)

Hydrogen infrastructure and application

Hydrogen Production, Development & End Use

Powered by Hydrogen - India’s inland waterways and coastal shipping vessels

Sobhith Komalavally Hariharan , Global Newbuild Support Manager, Gas Technology Specialist , Lloyd’s Register

Application of nuclear energy (including Small Modular Reactors - SMRs) for green hydrogen production - a path to fast-track India’s energy transition

Dr S Shamasundar , Board of Governors, RGIPT and Managing Director, President , ProSIM

The need of certification and regulations for hydrogen market

Laurence Boisrame , Global Hydrogen Sales Director , Bureau Veritas

Role of hydrogen in decarbonizing hard to abate (HTA) sectors – pathway for steel industry

Niloy Das , Energy Solutions Specialist , BP India Pvt Ltd, India

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Transportation, Storage & Infrastructure (MID)

Midstream operations: advances in pipeline and storage infrastructure

Transportation, Storage, and Infrastructure

Conceptualising a lease-based business model for mitigating natural gas price and volume risk through indigenous underground gas storage facility in India using depleted oil reservoirs

Bhaskar Jyoti Bhargav , Senior Manager (Petroleum) , Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), India

New pipeline compression technology to meet world’s LNG demand

Klaus Brun , Director , Elliott Group, United States of America

Hydrogen storage in Indian basalts: a geo-mechanical and fluid property investigation

Shruti Joshi , Geoscientist , Baker Hughes, India

In-service lowering of cross-country pipelines - increasing depth of pipelines without stoppage

Leeladhar Sanguley , Sr. Manager (Ops/Maint./Rou) In-Charge Pipelines, Manmad , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Energy Transition, Decarbonisation & Environmental Sustainability (ENV)

Clean energy business models

Energy Transition, Decarbonisation and Environmental Sustainability

Accelerating to net zero: model-based engineering solutions for CCUS

Cristian Triana , Senior Applications Engineer , Siemens Process Systems Enterprise

Energy alternatives and environmental sustainability options

Samir Shah , Sr. General Manager (Technology-Fertilizers, Oil & Gas) , Tecnimont Private Limited

Policies and pathways for effective energy transition in transport, building and power sector

Baidy Racine , Director of Energy , Cyient, United States of America

Importance & role of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) industry and associated technological advancements in helping decarbonization of India’s energy system

Bibhu Prasad Parida , Sr. General Manager , Reliance Industries Limited, India

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Refining & Petrochemicals Technology, Operations & Marketing (RPTOM)

Optimising efficiencies in refining and petrochemical operations

Refining & Petrochemicals Technology, Operations & Marketing

Analysing investment opportunities through alternate feedstock options for petrochemical import substitution

Vineet Bakshi , Strategy & Business Development , Engineers India Ltd, India

Production of Drillol (MAK Base Light)

Arun Rajagopal , Chief Manager, Technology , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), India

Increasing polymerization reactor efficiency by improving feed composition measurement through AI/Machine Learning

Ashok Kumar , Senior Engineer , GAIL (India) Ltd., India

Refining and petrochemicals technology, operations, and marketing optimisation via platforms

Piyush Patel , Energy Lead (Growth Markets), Accenture Industry X , Accenture, United Kingdom

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Digital Transformation & New Technologies (DIGI)

Technology applications for decarbonisation and energy transition

Digital Transformation and New Technologies

Implementation of real time monitoring system for SRP & PCP Wells in ONGC Mehsana

Nikhil Khanduja , Executive Engineer , Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), India

Asset Information Model – digital twin empowering energy solutions of the future

Anupam Acharya , Senior Strategy Enablement Consulting Lead , Hexagon Capability Center India Private Limited, India

Delivering Digital services to improve reliability and performance of critical equipment while reducing emissions

Pranay Mathur , Lead Engineer – Product Service Engineering , Baker Hughes, India

Customer analytics in LPG business

Amolratna Srivastav , Senior Principal , Accenture

11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Operational Excellence (OPX)

Enhancing asset integrity and reliability

Operational Excellence

Improving asset integrity with advanced ultrasonic 2D and 3D imaging technology for non-destructive testing

Niels Pörtzgen , Technical Authority , ApplusRTD, Netherlands

A unique crude oil dewatering formulation for crude oil storage tanks to improve asset integrity & reliability

Dhiravidaselvi K B , HP Green R & D Centre , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), India

Using digital process twin technology to drive operational excellence in utility systems

Sreekumar Maroor , Principal Consultant Engineer , Siemens Process Systems Engineering Ltd

Enhancement of efficacy of IoT deployment on Petro-Retail Operations

Santanu Purohit , Team Lead, Digital Transformation , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India

11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Energy Markets, Strategies & Finance (MKTS)

Energy transition strategies

Energy Markets, Strategies and Finance

India’s pathway towards ‘net-zero’ and ‘carbon neutrality’ - evidence from Indian hydrocarbon sector

Amanpreet Singh Chopra , General Manager , Engineers India Limited, India

The green revolution in finance: 'Green Finance' - it’s challenges & way forward

Aniruddha Banerjee , General Manager (F&A) , ONGC, India

The EU Renewable Energy Directive III

Lucky Nurafiatin , Sales Manager and Market Analyst Asia Pacific , SGS INSPIRE, Singapore

E&P strategy in volatile oil market: choices and outcome

Gurram Vishwanath Reddy , Senior Manager , Indian Oil Corporation Limited

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Exploration, Production & Development Of Oil & Gas (E&P)

Drilling and fracking operations

Exploration, Production and Development of Oil & Gas

Advanced enzyme systems for various oilfield applications: understanding modified enzyme breaker technologies through case studies

Mohammed Abdul Rahman , Technical Manager , Epygen Biotech, United Arab Emirates

Ideal Downhole Conditions and Cementing Practices for Good Cementation in Primary Cementing

Debashiv Borah , Deputy Chief Engineer, Drilling (Cementing) , Oil India Limited

Managed pressure cementing: concept-to-delivery

Pankaj Jain , Expert Well Cementing , Reliance Industries Limited, India

Economic analysis of shale gas production using cryogenic fluid as an alternative of water-based fracturing

Narendra Kumar , General Manager , GAIL (India) Limited

02:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Utilities & Power Generation (GEN)

Emerging technologies in utilities and power generation

Utilities & Power Generation

CAES: An untapped opportunity for India

Mayank Bajpai , Operations Officer , IndianOil Corporation Limited, India

Power generation by low level heat recovery through kalina cycle

Grandhi Srivardhan , Senior Manager , Engineers India Ltd, India

Future proof and H2-ready gas engine power plants

Paresh Joshi , Manager - Sales & Tendering , MAN Energy Solutions, India

Harnessing the waste heat from flares using an external combustion Stirling engine

Ranjana Baruah , Superintending Engineer-LPG (Operations) , Oil India Limited

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Project Management (PM)

Successful project management and execution across the value chain

Project Management

Reduced project costs and improved reliability in utility grid by using Fiber optic cables over control cables for inter-trip signals.

Akshata Kotharkar , Deputy Manager , Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), India

Project contract management – an effective tool for achieving project goals

Milind Baride , Vice President – India Region , Maire Tecnimont, India

A new paradigm for capital project management

Sri Srinivasan , VP, Head of Adaptive Execution Centre, Process Automation, Energy Industries , ABB, United States of America

Challenges in horizontal directional drilling in hard rock - success story of 2.2 km. Krishna River Crossing

Marada Kiran Kumar , Sr. Project Engineer , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), India

03:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Health & Safety (HSE)

Integrating technologies to improve HSE

Health & Safety

Process safety improvement by installing Neutral Grounding Resistance (NGR) in an electrical power system with solidly grounded neutral: Technical challenges and learnings from the successful implementation.

Biswajit Das , Deputy General Manager (Electrical) , Oil India Limited, India

Application of New Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) Revalidation technique – proven to optimize duration and secure full commitment of resources in cyclic PHA

Najah binti Mohd Jamal , Principal Engineer, Process Safety , Malaysian Refining Company Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Sensor mapping & real time emergency response using CFD tools

Krishnaprasad Acharya , General Manager – EnviroRisk , Fluidyn

Achieving goal zero through generative safety culture in an emerging industrial decarbonisation scenario

Sakthivel Ramachandran , GM Site Manager Shell Technology Center Bangalore , Shell, India

Ensuring business continuity during COVID-19 pandemic

Dr Sandeep Sharma , GM (HSE-Medical) , IndianOil Corporation Limited

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Energy Transition, Decarbonisation & Environmental Sustainability (ENV)

Energy efficiency and sustainability

Energy Transition, Decarbonisation and Environmental Sustainability

A superior LPG for improved cooking performance, reducing fuel consumption and carbon footprint

Dr. Sandip Bhowmik , Senior Manager R&D , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), India

Digitally enabled integrated energy solution for commercial & industrial sector

Pawan Sabharwal , Head Strategic Business Development , BP International, United Kingdom

Bharat HiGee Deaeration Technology: An Initiative towards net-zero

Bhanwar Singh , Sr Research Engineer , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India

Pumping technologies for traditional & non-traditional energy systems

Rajarajan Ilangovan , Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer , Technip Energies, France

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
People Development (PPL)

Building the next generation of energy professionals

People Development

Hydrogen skill development amongst professionals – a case study of IESD’s hydrogen certification programs

Dr. Debesh Patra , Program Director, Hydrogen , Indian Energy Skill Development, India

Competency management & culture creation for integrated margin management

Ramakrishnan Subramanian , Chief General Manager - Product Placement Planning , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

Knowledge transfer amongst Gen-Z using newly introduced hexagonal orb web knowledge transfer (KT) model: validated using open bookcase study from offshore basin.

Pranav Dubey , Consultant Analytics , Halliburton, India

‘SAMPARK’ – A mobile first digital platform to communicate, collaborate and learn in the flow of work for IndianOIl channel partners and their employees

Awadhesh Kumar Pandey , Chief Manager (Retail Academy) , Indian Oil Corporation Limited, India

11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Refining & Petrochemicals Technology, Operations & Marketing (RPTOM)

Development and advancement of refining technology and processing

Gen 4.0 Dual Frequency Desalters – a successful business model with increasing profitability

Pradeepkumar Muthuswamy , Process Engineer , SLB, India

Energy-efficient novel crossflow reactor for hydroprocessing applications

Abdul Quiyoom , Manager (R&D) , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India

Integration of slurry resid hydrocracking in refinery – yield improvement & benefits thereof

Dr. Pravesh Kumar , Chief Research Manager – R&D Centre , IndianOil Corporation Limited, India

Succeeding in the chemical world of tomorrow

Sophie Babusiaux , Technology Advisor & Chemical Integration Leader , Axens Powering Integrated Solutions

11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Hydrogen Production, Development & End Use (HPD)

Strategies to scale up hydrogen production and usage

Hydrogen Production, Development & End Use

Building hydrogen infrastructure for the digital age: digital twin driven design and operation of hydrogen production, storage and distribution.

Sreekumar Maroor , Principal Consultant Engineer , Siemens Process Systems Engineering Ltd

Indigenization of Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology for hydrogen purification

Dr. Prashant Mishra , Manager R&D , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), India

Potential hydrogen supply chain opportunities in Asia Pacific

Dr. Madana Nallappan , Regional Energy Analyst (APAC) , EIC UK, Malaysia

Process simulation to establish techo-commercial viability of converting grey hydrogen plants to blue

Ganank Srivastava , Engineering Consultant , Bryan Research and Engineering LLC, United States of America

01:30 PM - 02:50 PM
Digital Transformation & New Technologies (DIGI)

Digitalisation and technology adoption to unlock value in oil and gas projects

Digital Transformation and New Technologies

IRIS- BPCL digital nerve centre

Raman Deep Singh Dhillon , Head – Project Anubhav (Digital Transformation at BPCL) , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India

The future of drone technology in construction for oil and gas projects

Siva Kumar Ekambaram , Design Engineer IV , Fluor, India

Petro-technical Cloud: new era in O&G industry in India

Sudeshna Basu , Head - Geoscience Data Analytics , Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd., India

An innovative Machine Learning based methodology to predict petrophysical properties using k-nearest neighbour (k-NN) and artificial neural network (ANN) algorithms - a case study from western onshore basin, India

Sujay Thakur , Senior Geophysicist (Wells) , Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India

01:30 PM - 02:50 PM
Gas LNG Processing, Operations & Technology (GAS)

Strategies and field developments in gas processing and operations

Gas/LNG Processing, Operations & Technology

Virtual pipelines - an alternative energy distribution option enabling country’s clean energy access

Shalini Surendra Prasad , Senior Manager , GAIL (India) Ltd, India

Viability analysis of gas to market options for non-connected gas: a study of gas to liquid (GTL), ssLNG (Small Scale LNG) and cascade transportation

Ashish Pathak , Manager (Marketing) , Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India

Deliquification techniques in gas reservoirs: a pilot implementation in northeastern fields of ONGC

Ravinsantoshukmar Mavoori , Reservoir Engineer , Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd

Solving challenges regarding sour-gas assets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using sustainable biodesulphurisation technology

Srinivas C Vadlamani , Manager- Process Technology , SLB, India

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Exploration, Production & Development Of Oil & Gas (E&P)

Upstream technology developments

Exploration, Production and Development of Oil & Gas

Well Portfolio Optimisation (WPO): a step forward in opportunity generation for production enhancement

Vishal Devgun , Petroleum Engineer , SLB, India

Innovative remedial measure for excessive scouring of offshore jacket Structure located in western offshore, India

Praveen Bhat , Offshore Structural Engineer , IEOT-ONGC, India

In-situ sensing of underwater gas releases

Dr Lorna Ortiz-Soto , Shell International Exploration and Production Inc , United States of America

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Alternative Fuels & Renewables Development & Technology (ARDT)

Biofuels: feedstock, technology, production and usage

Alternative Fuels & Renewables Development & Technology

Challenges and mitigation plan for first 2G+1G ethanol bio-refinery in India

Dipesh Kamdar , DGM (Technology, Biofuels) , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India

Butanol - a promising alternate of ethanol in commercial blends

Dr. Swapneswar Mondal , Quality Control Officer , Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), India

Impact of E20 fuel on performance and emissions of BS III and BS VI motorcycles

Dr Sakthivel Paramasivam , Senior Research Manager , Indian Oil Corporation R&D Centre

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