PARTNERS EXPERTISE

Mr. KRIS SISHTLA

Oil & Gas Exploration and Development
  • Masters Degree in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
  • More than 36 years of E&P sector experience in Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).
  • Well-site Geological Operations for Exploratory & Development fields.
  • Development Geology - Formulation of Final Development Plans and Techno-Economic Analysis.
  • Hands on experience of handling seismic data on Work station
  • Basin Analysis- Application of the principles of Sequence Stratigraphy.
  • Prospect Identification & Mapping
  • Lead the Exploration & Development division of the ONGC Videsh, involving 38 projects around the world. Also led the teams to discover significant oil & gas fields in Vietnam, Colombia etc.,. Ensured compliance of federal, state and local regulations in different parts of the world.
  • Selected Accomplishments:
    • Identified Low resistivity sands in Cambay Basin as the potential targets of production has contributed about to the accretion of oil reserves.
    • Worked out the Final Development Plan for Kalol Field in Cambay Basin and planned the drilling of development wells in association with the Institute of Reservoir studies.
    • Identified the distribution of reservoirs within the Paleo Canyon Fan system integrating the Seismic Facies maps with the regional geological concepts in the Godavari Offshore basin that led to present Gas discoveries.
    • Application of the principles of Sequence Stratigraphy studies in Krishna-Godavari and Cauvery Basins have led to the identification and drilling of hydrocarbon prospects that culminated in the Oil & Gas discoveries.
    • Carried out Regional Geological studies of Andaman Basin.
    • Carried out technical evaluation of sedimentary basins in: Offshore Vietnam, Offshore Kazakhstan, Offshore Newzealand, Malaysia Offshore, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Australia, Nigeria, Congo, Abu Dhabhi, Kenya, Mozambique, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Cyprus, Black Sea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Russia etc.,.
    • Associated with the International experts and carried out the regional geological analysis and estimated the hydrocarbon resources of the East Coast basins of India including Mahanadi, Bengal Basin, Krishna-Godavari and Cauvery Basins.

Mr. B.P. Ram Prasad

Oil & Gas Exploration and Development
  • Masters Degree in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
  • 36+ years of experience as Petroleum Geologist in Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited handling Exploration and Development activities.
  • Expertise in the domain of onland & offshore operations.
  • Proficient in Petrophysical data analysis.
  • Handled Landmark software on workstation for integrated interpretation of data for prospect generation.
  • G & G interpretation (Approximately 13+ years in critical and challenging areas in Clastic environments. G&G Interpretation projects in various Basins along the Ganga Valley, Eastern offshore, Southern Coastal tract, Assam Shelf and Folded belt areas of North East India.
  • Completed project on Energy Sequence analysis, of Siwaliks/Lesser Himalayan belt
  • Standardized geological maps with seismic inputs for the entire Himalayan foot hills have been prepared and presented as future reference document
  • An ardent Operational Geologist of onland & offshore environments for HP –HT Deep target exploration cum exploitation
  • Experienced Development Geologist, handling work over jobs for IOR/EOR schemes. Field modeling /evaluation of pay sands for Accretion/up gradation/audit of the reserves for the entire North East /East coast oil fields of India
  • Practical knowledge of the aspects of IRR for the expenditure optimization to company and for raising economically viable projects.. .
  • Post Graduate in Business Management (MBA-HRM) with specialization in Human Resources with wide exposure to various technical and management programmes

Mr.P.Nagendra Kumar

Mineral Exploration & Development
  • Masters Degree in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
  • Exclusively worked for Mineral Exploration projects in Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd (MECL).
  • Have over 30 years of experience in planning and operations of mineral exploration projects and worked with multi- national companies Bishi Metal Corp ( Japan) and Longmac Associates , Australia.
  • Work experience in Oman and Dubai.
    • Exploration projects successfully completed in India:
    • Limestone (SMS grade) in Satna district, M. P
    • Malanjkhand Copper Deposit, Balaghat, M. P.
    • Balaghat Manganese deposit, Balaghat, M. P.
    • Hatti schist belt and Gadag schist belt for Gold in Karnataka.
    • Ramagiri schist belt for gold in Andhra Pradesh.
    • Bandkamottu base metal deposit, Guntur, A.P
    • Diamond project in Krishna Gravels, Krishna dist, A.P.
    • Wynad gold project ( Marufa) Nilambur,Kerala.
    • Mining project for Railway Ballast, Jharkhand
    • Satellite Imagery studies for Rajiv Gandhi National Driking Water Mission.
    • Remote sensing studies for targeting Lignite and Base metal deposits.
    • Worked as Project Manager at site
    • Geotechnical Manager for Roads, Airports in Oman and Dubai.


DOMAIN EXPERT


Water Resource Development and Management

Dr. K.S.Viswanatham

(Dr. Kasivajjula Sreerama Viswanatham) is well known as VISWA.
  • Over forty years of national and international experience as a professional in Water Resource Development and Management, Executive, Professor (Water Resources Engineering) and Associate Dean, specialising in rural and Agricultural Development, with Expert knowledge in Project Preparation, Appraisal and Implementation . Held advisory roles with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), and with Government and non government organizations in India, Eritrea(North-east Africa) and Republic of Yemen..
  • Rural Water Supply projects in drought prone areas-Planning, monitoring and implementation experience in India, Eritrea and Republic of Yemen .Sustainability of Rural Water Supplies
Core Areas:

Rural Development: Projects Identification, Appraisal and Monitoring, Training and Capacity building in Water Sector, –Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programs, Agricultural Water Use, Integrated Water Resources Management: Water Governance, Coordination with Donors and stakeholders as part of IWRM,. Involved in Revision of National Water Sector Strategy and Implementation Programme in Yemen


Environmental Studies

Dr. Bindu Madhav Uppaluri

  • Dr. Bindu Madhav Uppaluri, a Canadian citizen, has over 45 years of experience in environmental studies He has planned and executed several field investigations involving multidisciplinary teams, where he provided both project management and technical expertise. He has extensive experience in environmental impact assessments and cleanup, landfill site assessments, and groundwater resource assessment and management. He worked in Canada, USA, Barbados, Algeria, Mozambique Nepal and in India. He has also participated in projects in Middle East
  • Dr. Uppaluri has provided peer review services on a number of large landfill site assessments including: Barbados National Landfill, Interim Waste Authority (IWA) Landfill site selection and design process in Peel and York Regions, Essex-Windsor landfill, Township of Southgate Landfill etc. and several more landfill site studies in Canada. He has recently been involved as the Project Manager on municipal solid waste management studies for four large cities in India: Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, and Madurai cluster towns. Dr. Uppaluri’s involvement in these landfill assessments ranged from planning and execution of the landfill site assessments from geological and hydrogeological points of view, assessing contaminant migration potential, developing concepts for remedial measures etc. Dr. Uppaluri has been involved in the assessment of landfill gas generation rates and conducting feasibility studies to determine the viability of landfill site developments through Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) through carbon funding,.


ASSOCIATED DOMAIN EXPERTS


Mr. Srinivasa M Kundety

  • A senior member of the Geophysics community with a broad range of experience in Exploration and Development in Oil and Gas E&P sector for 38 years.
  • Successful track record of 12 years in 2D/3D Seismic field data acquisition & Processing.
  • 26 years of experience in integration of upstream Geophysical and Geological data in Clastic & Carbonate environments in both onshore and offshore basins with diverse Geological set up in about 30 Basins Worldwide.
  • Proven record of accomplishments in Structural and Stratigraphic interpretation of 3D Seismic data, Reservoir Characterization, Reserves Estimation, Acreage evaluation, Risk Analysis of prospects, Quantitative Interpretation such as Inversion and AVO studies.
  • Expertise and Operational Efficiency on handling workstation software on Linux/Unix and Windows platforms modules on Halliburton Landmark (all modules), Petrel (Schlumberger), Kingdom (IHS Markit, S&P Global). Has multi project experience on Hampson-Russel(CGG), StratiMagic,VoxelGeo, Gocad, Opendtect and DUG Insight software.
  • Selected Accomplishments :
    • G & G Interpretation of Onland / Offshore data of Cauvery Basin, ONGC
    • GNPOC, Sudan SLB, Malaysia Neem Main and East (Onland) Sudan
    • A project in Onland EP-5, Central Burma Basin, Myanmar
    • SLB, Malaysia for Murphy Oil, Malaysia Pemanis, Marapuh, Belum, Serenda
    • Exploration studies on large Blocks such as Central/west Luconia, Sarawak
    • GPE, SLB, Malaysia - MTJA Project MTJA(Malaysia-Thailand
    • West Delta Deep Marine Concession (WDDM, Egypt)
    • Western Sri Lanka - Deep Water Project
    • Eastern Deep Offshore Brazil, BM-SEAL-4,
    • GPE, SLB, Malaysia: East Andaman-Myanmar Ultra Deep offshore exploration projects

Mr. V L N Avadhani

  • A proven Petrophysical Professional and a domain expert in Log data integration with G&G data.
  • Thirty Eight years of proven experience in Petrophysical data acquisition cum interpretation of conventional and unconventional reservoirs in both Clastic and Carbonate environments
  • Contributed in multidisciplinary G&G groups for Field studies of various Petroliferous Basins of India with due diligences on the sequence stratigraphy and reservoir property mapping using log and seismic attributes for prospect evaluation.
  • Published more than "forty" papers in various symposiums, conferences and journals including ten papers in International forums.
  • Played vital role in the premier Petrophysical institute of ONGC, i.e CEWELL with commendable contribution in data analysis of various Indian Oil & Gas fields
  • Instrumental in initiating the High-tech log data processing in the Institute to cater to the needs of the customers to provide focussed & specific integrated G&G outputs.
  • As Head of CEWELL, Vadodara, involved in Reservoir characterization for, complex carbonates, unconventional reservoirs including gas hydrates, shale gas, low porous & low permeability reservoirs for production enhancements, especially with high tech logs.
  • Effective communications skills with abled guidance to the teams of CEWELL culminated in interactive integration of data and scheduled completion of both long & short term G & G projects, meeting Asset & Basin requirements.
  • An Ardent task master and mentor for successfully conducting various training programs on advanced interpretation methodologies for high-tech tools.

Dr. PRADEEP KUMAR JAIN

Retd. Chief Mineral Economist, IBM Nagpur
  • Has more than 35 years experience in mineral exploration, Mineral policy, National mineral inventory, Mineral legislation, Mineral royalty.
  • Specialities in mineral exploration, Average sale price, Royalty export duties, Auction of mineral blocks and mineral economics.

Mr.V. S. SAWAKHANDE

Retd. Director , Directorate of Geology & Mines(Maharashtra)
  • Has more than 35 years experience in mineral exploration, mineral legislation and inventory.
  • Experience of heading the DGM (Maharashtra) for more than 14 years for mineral exploration, mining and administrative experience.
  • Well conversant with the statutory regulations cum guidelines for Mineral Exploration as applicable in the industry.

Mr. N. LAXMINARAYANA - Geophysics

Retd. Manager, Geophysics, MECL, Nagpur
  • More than 35 years experience in field and class room experience.
  • Well experienced in Geophysical methods( both surface and sub- surface) for mineral exploration projects all over India.
  • Experience in planning, execution, data processing, Interpretation, monitoring and Documentation.

Mr. ASHOK DESHPANDE

Retd. Asst Vice President, JSW Steel
  • Experience of more than 37 years in the field of exploration of different minerals, Preparation of comprehensive reserve estimation reports.
  • Work experience in 21 countries for mineral exploration and thoroughly familier with MRD activities.
  • Well conversant with database management, 3D modelling using high- end technical software's like GDM, GEMCOM, SURPAC and DATAMINE.
  • Well experienced in GIS and Image processing softwares.

Mr. J.G DEY

Freelance Consultant for Minerals
  • Has more than 35 years experience in the field of mineral exploration both in India and Abroad.
  • Work experience as Head ( Mining) in Kagem Mining company , Zambia.
  • Worked as Director ( Technical services) , Madagaskar for providing consultancy in mineral sector.
  • Presently working as consultant for various minerals in Rawanda, Ethopia and Zambia.
  • Thoroughly familiar with MRD activities and obtaining leases.

Dr. MAHENDER KOTHA

Retired as Professor of Geology from Goa University.
  • He has over 33 years of teaching and research experience in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
  • Received his Master's and Doctoral degrees from IIT Bombay.
  • Dr.Kotha's research interests focus on the development of Remote sensing and Geographic information systems with Applications in geoscience, environmental and Natural Resources and mineral exploration.
  • Analytical skills include working with various geoscience (Rockworks, Petrel, Logplot, Surpac, strater) Geospatial (ArcGIS, QGIS, ErdasImagine, IDRISI, ILWIS) and statistical software (SPSS, Statistica, R-Stat, Stata, SPlus) and other open-source tools and general-purpose software.
  • He is member of various professional Societies including GSI, AAPG, SEPM, ISRS, IGS and IAS and reviewer of research papers of various scientific journals.
  • He has authored/co-authored over 50 research publications in reputed national and international scientific journals and authored a book published by Springer (Europe).

Mr. NEDUNURI VENKATA SAIRAM

COAL GEOLOGIST PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:M.Sc. in MINERAL EXPLORATION (Gulbarga University –May, 1983)
TOTAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 36 YEARS (Jan 1984 to May, 2020)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
- Planning, Budgeting and Monitoring of Exploration projects
- Deposit Evaluation and Resource estimation
- Geological Report preparation
- Technical due diligence review of Coal deposits
- Training and mentoring Geologists.

CORE STRENGTH:
- Coal Exploration, Exploration Project Management
- Evaluation of Coal prospects &Technical due diligence
- Geological Report preparation.
- Quality monitoring of Coal mines.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Visited Russia and Australia for technical due diligence of Coal prospects

DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT:
(A) TATA STEEL LIMITED (from 28th Jan, 2011 to 1st June, 2020)
Role: Principal Geologist (Coal)
Responsibilities:
- Planning, Budgeting and Monitoring the Coal Exploration projects
- Geological Report preparation of Integrated Geological report of Sijua group of collieries, Tata Steel and Radhikapur East Coal block, Tata Sponge).
- Visit to Overseas / Domestic coal prospects for technical due diligence studies
- Quality monitoring of Coal mines  Training and mentoring Geologists

(B) MSPL LIMITED (from 15th Oct, 2009 to 24th Jan, 2011)
Role: Asst. General Manager (Exploration)
Responsibilities:
- Evaluation of Coal offers and technical due diligence
- Assisted the Management in acquisition of Coal prospects.

(C) ISPAT INDUSTRIES LIMITED (from 18th July 2008 to 9th Oct, 2009)
Role: Asst. General Manager (Geology)
Responsibilities:
- Planning, Budgeting and Monitoring of the Overseas Coal Exploration projects (Colombia & Mozambique)
- Evaluation of Coal offers and technical due diligence
- Assisted the Management in acquisition of Coal prospects.

(D) MINERAL EXPLORTION CORPORATION LIMITED (MECL) – A Govt. of India Enterprise – A mini Ratna company (from 3rd Aug, 1985 to 10th July, 2008)
Role: Asst. Manager (Geology)
Responsibilities:
- As an Exploration Geologist involved in Geological and structural mapping, core logging, assimilation of borehole geophysical data, analysis, interpretation, computerization of data, deposit evaluation. Submitted 7 Geological Reports related to Coal exploration projects of MECL.
- Worked initially as a team member and subsequently as a team leader for Exploration projects of MECL

(E) N.R.D.C.S.LIMITED, KHAMMAM (From 6th Jan 1984 to 15th July 1985)
Role: Geologist
Responsibilities:
- As a Geologist involved in selection of suitable locations for bore wells and open wells both for domestic and agricultural purposes by carrying out Electrical Resistivity survey.
- Assisted the Management in acquisition of Coal prospects.

Dr. Narender Pendkar, Ph.D., Geology, University of Delaware, USA M.Sc.,Applied Geology

Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, India Profile

Technical Geoscience Leader with outstanding people skills. With education and experience of more than 35+ years as Petroleum Geoscientist, providing inputs on E&P Activities across several continents. Strong ability to harmoniously set up technical collaborations with multinational and national oil companies and state agencies. Globally well-travelled for professional assignments - Apply current state-of-the-art developments and best practices for value addition to projects to provide innovative solutions. Deliver results to projects as required to enhance value addition. Disseminate current technological developments to applied practices as relevant to corporations and society - Strong research and communication abilities as demonstrated by key reports, standards, scientific publications and numerous presentations at national and international meetings. Flair for teaching and communicating technical topics to varied audience. Excellent Mentor, with ability to identify Technical Talent, Support, and Groom Staff for key roles.

EXPERIENCE

PETRONAS Carigali; Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited; Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi,; University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Mr. K Laxman

Top Management Professional -Oil & Gas Profile

Accomplished Oil and Gas production operations and pipeline operations specialist with 38 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry including 35 years of exposure in downstream industry involving processing, Pipeline division & transportation. Highly experienced in wellhead production of Oil and Gas to distribution of products technologies.
Skilled in leading teams in the conceptualization, engineering, construction, pre-commissioning & commissioning including start-up and equipment selection & performance evaluation of Oil & Gas handling and process plants.
Experienced in imparting Classroom and Field training to Graduate engineers on Production operations, Maintenances of various equipment, pipeline operations and maintenance, pigging and repair, Integrity check of pipelines by IP, Artificial lift methods of brown field wells, integrity check of stationary and rotating equipment during Turnaround jobs, study on corrosion in pipeline and equipment due to H2S and CO2 etc.