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Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Director Exploration – ONGC Videsh Limited, visited Beijing, China to attend 37th MECL Board Meeting as Director and Vice Chairman of MECL Board, held on 27th and 28th April 2017. The board meeting was attended by  Mr. DuanZhibin (SINOPEC) as  Chairman, Mr. Gong Jiuhe (SINOPEC) and Mr. Amit Bharti (ONGC Videsh) as other Directors of MECL Board and by officers of MECL. From Left to Right: Mr. Navneet Singh (Assistant Secretary), Mr. J.P Waghray (CTO), Mr. Zhao Xuan (COO), Mr. Amit Bharti (Director), Mr. Duan Zhibin (Director-Chairman), Mr. Sudhir Sharma (Director- Vice Chairman), Mr. Gong Jiuhe (Director),  Mr. Carlos ...

World-class rig ‘Krechet’ spudded its first well in Odoptu field in Sakhalin 1 Project recently. Mr. P K Rao, Director (Operations), ONGC Videsh congratulated the team for successful commissioning of yet another world class rig in the project, which is capable of drilling world record ERD wells. He acknowledged that the dedicated rig for the field will not only improve the management of the reserves from an operational perspective but also help control costs and execution strategy for future phases. Odoptu Stage 2 is a phased expansion of the existing Sakhalin Odoptu development, in shallow reservoir zones. The new land rig ...

ONGC Videsh celebrated the National Safety Week from March 4th to 10th with great enthusiasm on the theme ‘Leadership in safety and health enhances business sustainability’ on the backdrop of getting QHSE re-certification for revised standards ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007. On March 4th, Mr. Narendra K. Verma, MD & CEO through his message to employees asked their individual commitment to take care of their own safety, that of their colleagues, workers and contractors. Mr. P.K Rao, Director (Operations) and Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Director (Exploration) administered the Health & Safety pledge in Hindi and English respectively to the large gathering ...

HR, ONGC Videsh, organized a talk on 9 th Feb 2017 on ‘Intricacies of International Human Resource Management’ by Dr. Lavanya Bennuru, an HR specialist. This talk was organized under the able guidance of GM(HR)-Head Corporate Support Services and in co-ordination with GGM(HR)-Chief RTIs. Dr Bennuru spoke about the numerous challenges faced by the corporate operating in global arena. She enlightened the house about the role of the Strategic management of Human Resource Policies and procedures which would pave the organizations towards prosperity. The success of any organization depends on the HR team, in specific the Videsh team as the HR ...

Mr. N K Verma, Managing Director ONGC Videsh and Mr. Musabeh Al Kabi, CEO Mubadala Petroleum, Abu Dhabi signed a MOU on 6 th February, 2017 for future collaboration between two companies in upstream oil and gas exploration, development and production projects in third countries. The current MOU is an extension of earlier MOU signed between the two companies on 29 th September, 2014. Considering the similar objectives of the two companies mandated by their respective governments and recent resolve of the two governments for increased collaboration, the two companies decided to extend the MOU for a period of another ...

On February 2, 2017, the Colombian Institute of Technical Standards (ICONTEC) certified Mansarovar Energy for its inventory of greenhouse gases. The official event to certify and recognize Mansarovar effort towards Carbon Footprint Management was presided by Dr. Harvinderjit Singh – CEO of Mansarovar Energy, accompanied by Mr. Carlos Benavides – Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Business, Mr. Leonel Vargas – Vice President of Operations, Directors and Managers of the Organization. ICONTEC was represented by Leonardo Fuquén – Commercial Director, Julio Giraldo – Head of Climate Change, Claudia Vega – Account Executive and Jacobo Carrizales – Auditor of Sustainable Development. For Mansarovar ...