Friday, October 26, 2012

“E&P still is a challenge”

B&E: A few years back, ONGC announced a much publicised strategic plan. Has that helped you handle the economic turmoil any better?

RS Sharma (RS):
In 2001, we identified three strategic priorities, i.e., a) Improving our hydrocarbon reserve base; b) Enhancing recovery factor from existing fields; and c) Accessing equity oil from overseas... Time-bound action plans have been rolled out which are at various stages of implementation.

B&E: ONGC is currently contributing 77% of India’s crude oil production and 81% of India’s natural gas production. Do you expect this to continue in the longer term given the fact that ONGC is not integrated completely in the value chain?

RS:
ONGC’s long-term strategy (Vision 2020) focuses on strengthening the core activities i.e., Exploration and production of oil & gas. As such, the strategic vision for improving reserve replacement ratio through new exploration finds remains the first priority. As I mentioned earlier, production enhancement, arresting decline in matured fields and expeditious development of discovered fields are the other priorities... Our endeavour would be to complete these projects on schedule and consolidate our efforts towards value-chain integration.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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