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From the Editorial Desk Never say die!

Dear Member, Fire! Fire! Fire! The new year 2007 started on a high technical note with the Tête-à-tête with Col. S.P.Wahi organization of 7th PETROTECH-2007, a bi-annual international Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition at Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt of . The theme of this conference was 'Energy, Economy, Equity, Ecology' a very SPENDSEC is happy to bring you the doyen of Indian oil comprehensive one covering all aspects of the energy business and its industry, Col. S.P.Wahi, who received the Petrotech-2007 impact on society. Apart from the technological developments and Lifetime Achievement Award recently. Col. Wahi is in initiatives, this conference gave special emphasis on the global conversation with AT Kabilan and Debdulal Adhikari, both warming concerns by organizing a pre-conference on carbon credits. The uniqueness and grandeur of this conference lied in the patronage SPENDSEC members working with ONGC. from the global professional cum political fraternity, record participation of professionals apart from the variety of topics which has certainly benefited oil industry of Indian sub-continent. This Petrotech series of oil & gas conferences and exhibitions has come a long way in providing a global platform to all stake-holders for interaction and sharing of knowledge and experience, in a collegial approach to addressing some of the most vital global concerns. It was attended by Corporate leaders like CEOs of BP, , British Gas, Shell, , PDVSA, , , ONGC, Reliance Petroleum Ltd, Ltd, HPCL, BPCL, GAIL, , , Reliance, Schlumberger, Halliburton and Transocean alongwith the Who's Who of global Oil and gas business. This was a good exposure for all of us.

Apart from our Section Chair Mr. A K Hazarika being the Chairman of the Organising committee, several SPE members were deeply involved in its successful organization. Former ONGC Chairman Col S P Wahi was conferred with Life Time Achievement award during this conference for his contribution to the E&P Industry. He Col. S.P. Wahi receiving Lifetime Achievement Award from shared his views and thoughts with SPENDSEC, which gives a glimpse of vision & thinking process of leaders and thinkers. Honourable Minister of External Affairs Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. Continued...... page 3 The SPENDSEC team had long since desired to organize a family get together for the spouses and children of SPE members. The evening of I N T H I S I S S U E February 3, 2007 proved to be another hallmark in the section's

activities when more than 200 persons gathered at the Silver Oak From the Editorial Desk 1 E lawns of India Habitat Centre. This was an evening full of thematic Never say die! Fire! Fire! Fire! 1 cultural program on Ethnic India, which was a good exposure of India What’s New! 2 U cultures not only for the foreign nationals but also for many Indians. March Meeting Notice 2 S

There was active participation of all guests who had all ears for the Glimpses of Family Get-together, February 3, 2007 6 S details of SPE activities carried out by members. The evening of Fun Corporate sponsors 2006-07 9 I

& frolic also saw some magic shows and games for kids and ladies. First GBM of SPE Chennai resolves to broaden base 10

Advertising Opportunities 10 S Come March 13, and our section will be 2 years old. Once again it has R.K. Vij, SPE receives ONGC Honours 11 I been planned to celebrate this occasion grandly. This occasion is Forthcoming Regional and International Events 11 H SPE turns 50 12 clubbed with the visit of SPE Distinguished lecturer Colin J. Mason of T Section Officers 14 BP who will be talking on Wellbore Quality Characterization for March Meeting Preview 15

Drilling and Casing Running in Challenging Wells. N Petroleum Minister of Yemen visits, MIT, Pune 15 SPE 50th (1957-2007) 16 I

The SPENDSEC team invites you all on 13th March 2007 at Windsor Place, Hotel Le Meridien, Delhi Issue Co-sponsored by Continued from...... page 1 What’s New! March Anniversary Meeting TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2007

Wellbore Quality Characterization for Drilling and Casing Running in Challenging Wells SPE Distinguished Lecturer SPE turns 50 Colin J. Mason You shall be pleased to know that SPE shall turn 50 on October 6, 2007. Some of the important BP facts about the SPE International and its growth in India.

Lto R: Mr. A.K. Hazarika Chairman Organizing Committee Petrotech-2007 (SPENDSEC Chair), Mr. Sarthak Behuria, C & MD, IOC, Mr. SPE History: R.S. Sharma, C&MD ONGC, Col. S.P. Wahi Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Honourable Minister of External Affairs Mr. Pranab SPE originally began in 1913 under the American Mukherjee, Honourable Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas - Mr. Murli Deora. Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Excerpts: time of my taking over there was not a single Member Engineers (AIME) as the Committee on Oil and (Board Level) of the Commission, as it was called then, who Gas. In 1922, the Committee became the Heartiest congratulations from had risen from the first batch of executives of 1956. When I Petroleum Division of AIME. The division grew left ONGC, 100 percent Members had risen from within the SPENDSEC to you, Sir, on your receiving organisation. and in 1950 became one of three separate branches the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at Petrotech 2007. We are from of AIME. In 1957, the Petroleum Branch of AIME Time : 1900 hrs It was the enthusiasm which people generated by their own SPENDSEC, a newsletter published by efforts on modernization of equipment, improving the was expanded once again, and on 6 October 1957, the Society of Petroleum Engineers New infrastructure, improving technology, setting up the most Venue : the first SPE Board of Directors meeting was held, Delhi Section (SPENDSEC). We would modern computer system in Dehradun and in every region. Windsor Hall, Le Meridien, A lot of effort was spent in training and development, not marking the date when SPE became a full-fledged like you to share with our esteemed New Delhi-110001 readers what this award means to you. only to improve Managerial and Professional skills, but also professional society. Since then, SPE has grown to develop leadership ability to take quick decisions and To check details visit “Events” section at grab the opportunities for growth. Everyone had the slogan Col. S. P. Wahi: My thoughts raced back to the days when I from its initial membership in 1957 of 12,500 “Growth with stability and continuous improvement in our website at joined ONGC…and the period I had the good fortune of productivity” members to over 73,000 members today. http://newdelhi.spe.org serving ONGC - for Eight years and about two-and a-half months…I had outstanding colleagues, I used to call them Sponsors Not many people including industry watchers know that we diamonds, some were uncut diamonds but they were all were the No. 1 company in the country in profit-making We shall bring you the milestones of SPE diamonds…and that's how their efforts resulted in total even when we were working under a controlled regime of transformation of ONG in every area of its operations. worldwide and also share the growth of SPE in less than $9 a barrel even when the market price was $38 a barrel. That will show you the contribution made by my India in the forthcoming issues of SPENDSEC For the first time in the country, I would say, we had team which finally got me this award. News. prepared a long term 20-year plan for the growth. This was all done in-house by our own people. I believed and I still I am very proud of my people and I will continue to be proud believe that in house people are the best to undertake Editorial / Publication Team: of them. We spent a lot of effort together, as a team which SWOT analysis and identify opportunities for growth. It is ensured outstanding performance in every area of operation. Sunil Kumar Singh ([email protected]) Ramendra Sinha ([email protected]) not merely the growth of the organization but people could Three new R&D institutes were setup IOGPT, IEOT and Ajay Dashore ([email protected]) Rajesh Dixit ([email protected]) see their our own growth. That is how the morale and laid the foundation for the Institute of Petroleum Safety and Rahul Bali ([email protected]) motivation improved and those people who were stagnating Environment at Goa. People were not only able to develop for years were able to get their rightful positions. We had For Private Circulation only. new technologies in R&D in these institutes to support the spent a lot of effort on organizational development. At the Please visit our website at: http://newdelhi.spe.org operation but were able export the technologies.

2 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 3 by wandering when people could meet me freely. Through this strategy, Chinese have literally taken over the market in toys and manufacturing, in every area. The second F is Fairness the basic inherent potential of the people matters and not their color, caste, creed… In fact All principles of war are applicable to the business. There is when people talk about the caste, I don't even understand no shortage of managers in this world who can give you this word. We don't believe in any religious rituals but answer to every issue but there are only 10% people who believe in fundamental values of each religion Doing good take decision at the right time; they do not keep on waiting. to others. That is leadership. That is the philosophy we are taught right from day one in the Services. Take action so that you do not The next F is Firmness you should follow every method to miss an opportunity. improve a person if he is on the wrong path. But when the situation demands you should be firm, otherwise you will The army training and experience has been of great help in have a bigger problem. creating correct relationship with our own people as well with other stakeholders and those in similar businesses. A Are they contradictory, Sir, slightly culture of collaboration was created. Col. Wahi sharing the Lifetime Achievement Award with his life friendliness and firmness? We had developed excellent relationship with international partner. Mr. R.S. Sharma, C&MD, ONGC, welcoming Col. Wahi. Col. S. P. Wahi They are inter-related for the growth of the oil companies as well. During my association we wanted to organization, and to build the team. You cannot allow enter into an MoU on technology with Shell; the top man of When I received the Award, I felt so proud that the indiscipline, or allow laxity or laziness only then you can There was not one rig in operation in Rajasthan, 2 rigs were , Mr. Van Engleshoven, who was a friend performance of People of ONGC during the period of my achieve results. But as I told you friendliness means you lying on the railway station, in dismantled state. In Krishna- said, “Colonel, neither for love nor for money, R&D is our association was getting appreciated. Kam kisi ka naam kisi should be able to solve the problems which are hurting the Godavari area, there was one drilling rig, which was also not most guarded secret. But since you're a friend, I will allow ka! People worked; I got the reward. So thank you very people also. working. We had a total of 38 land rigs in ONGC out of your scientists and engineers to come to our R&D Institutes much! which only 15 were in operation. The rest 23 were either out and discuss your problems with our people. Then I will send When I went to Rajasthan first time you touch the steel pipe of date or not in working condition. When I left, we had you a team based on the problems you wish to discuss- they That is being so modest of you, Sir. The in summer, and you get a blister our people were working almost 149 rigs in operation. will come as a courtesy from our side”. After the visit of our citation that was read out at the time of in that kind of environment. How could they work at the people, their team came headed by the most outstanding your receiving the award spoke of the optimum level? It is not possible so what did we do? We gave There was mutual respect and confidence. The strengths of reservoir engineer of the world, who happened to be an philosophy of 3 Fs Friendliness, Fairness them air-conditioned bunk houses, gave them three-star individuals were used to improve team performance. A Indian, Dr. Menon. The best reservoir engineers in the world are from India. and Firmness. food. And see the results that they had achieved: the seismic culture of excellence was created and ensured mistake survey productivity improved about 6-times. And today the tolerance so that people could use initiative, work with benefit of the work of our people of those times, - is being confidence and without fear. The problems being faced in Assam and also Col. S. P. Wahi: We had actually not one but three enjoyed by the whole country in Rajasthan, Krisha Bombay were discussed with SHELL team. They said that philosophies. If you want to be a leader, you must believe in Godavari and Cauvery basins. The Krishna, Godavari and The Sagar Vikas blow out was handled with great confidence we were not producing adequately from these fields. Some 7 Cs Character, Courage to take decisions, Concern for Cavery became oil/gas producing basins through the - you may remember It worked out beautifully and got us of our so called eminent people to get consultancy your people and the organization you work for, fourth C is exploratory efforts. international recognition for handling the crisis as a team. assignments, started a canard that we were over producing Competence, the fifth C is your Commitment to achieve Basically the culture which was created was one of mistake from Bombay High. The subsequent events have proved the results, and next C is your ability to Communicate, and the tolerance. But the philosophy was that of “zero defect”. This credibility and competence of our scientists. last C is your ability to Conceptualize, so that you should enabled every one to put in their best efforts. not be missing the woods for the trees. I had spent about a year attachment with the British Army in

We had the 3 M Mantra the first 2 Ms are Morale and We're looking forward to reading your Motivation of the employees; the third M is Money, the much-awaited book “Leading from the bottom line of the organization. They are all inter-related. Front”, which is scheduled to be released You cannot take any decision without taking all these 3 Ms in April 2007. Would it be right to say into account. that your management philosophies were shaped during your formative And for dealing with people the 3 Fs that was mentioned in years with the Armed Forces? the citation: Friendliness to the extent that people an cry over your shoulders when they have a problem. Col. S. P. Wahi: Basically all management thoughts have come out of the Services. But basically all the thoughts You believed in lending your shoulder connected with leadership…imagine Kargil…how did many for other people to cry… Army Officers die? If you want the soldiers to make the sacrifice of their lives they must know the leader is going to Col. S. P. Wahi: Why not, that is the real point of being the be with them. This is the philosophy that we followed… I Rahul Bali escorting Col. Wahi to the award function. head of an organization. You should be able to lend your don't know if you know of the book “Art of War” written support to solve the personal problems of individuals, as by Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, a couple of centuries ago well the organizational issues. I did believe in management based on this ,Chinese say that business is like a battle field Col. Wahi delivering his acceptance speech.

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UK and Germany. Had no difficulty in establishing mutual lack of knowledge of local issues or communication gaps. respect at professional and social levels. This experience was You have to understand the needs, problems and dreams of of great help, later in life. the people through personal contact and other formal means, for action to get full support. Leadership is the ability Based on the strategic thinking developed over the years in to influence and inspire the people to achieve common We thank our the Army and subsequent experience , a long term 20 years objective willingly and enthusiastically for this Leader has strategic plan was prepared and presented to all the policy to remember the seven Cs mentioned earlier makers, in one go in one place; even the present Prime corporate sponsors Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was present; he was then What would be your message to oil Member, Planning Commission. The detailed 20 year plan industry people of India, particularly was appreciated and approved. This enabled us to move 2006-07 with speed with support of all concerned in the government. ONGCians? There was phenomenal growth. The production in the terminal year of my association has still not been matched. Col. S. P. Wahi: Never say die! Fire, fire and fire! What I mean is work, work, and work! The reward will come to In the politically disturbed areas of North East in Assam, you. Don't look for reward. Recognition will come. But you Nagaland and Tripura our operations multiplied in line have to ensure growth with stability and continuous with our plan. A collaborative culture was established improvement in productivity. It will bring prosperity all within and outside the organization in all these areas and around. Stability and improvement in productivity in every again performance till date has not been matched. aspect of our life and not only in oil exploration or production. All problems whether within or outside the organization are normally related to human relation issues either due to

Audience giving a Standing Ovation to Col. Wahi.

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8 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 9 First GBM of SPE Chennai R.K. Vij, SPE receives ONGC Honours

S P E N D S E C resolves to broaden base Mr. Vij chaired technical congratulates Mr. R.K. s e s s i o n s i n v a r i o u s The newest 'Section' of the Society of Vij on his receiving international conferences / Petroleum Engineers (SPE) at Chennai in its “Manager of the Year” ATWs of SPE namely first GBM held on February 08, 2007 resolved award. to involve a cross section of hydrocarbon Integrated Asset Management, engineers and scientists in furthering the cause 2004 at Kuala Lumpur, ATW - R. K. Vij, Sub-Asset Water Flooding in 2005 held at of information sharing and knowledge Manager -Geleki, Assam exchange. Mumbai and Integrated Asset Asset, ONGC, an active Management 2006 at Goa. member of Society of Besides this he has also served The programme chaired by Mr. Ravi T Job in Petroleum Engineers as steering committee member the absence of the Section Chairman Dr. C.S. (SPE, USA) since last 22 for various SPE international Jain, set out a road map for the development of years, has been honored conferences, technical paper the Section. Briefly noting the initiatives that with the prestigious evaluator for SPE Conference had gone into creating the Section at the close “Manager of the Year- at Tokyo Japan, 2002. Mr. Vij of last year, Mr. Job envisaged the growth of 2006” award by ONGC Mr. R. K. Vij receiving the award from Mr. R.S. Sharma, has around 20 technical papers the Society among professionals of the Mr. Stephen Pickering of WesternGeco brings the excitement f o r h i s e x c e l l e n t C&MD, ONGC. presented / published during hydrocarbon industry and hoped that Chennai would serve associated with 4-D contribution towards his professional career. He also as a worthy hub for the learning body. The GBM approved integration of surface, sub-surface and service functions in received Best Paper award from SPE ATW. the constitution of board for the term Oct'06 to Sep'07. Mr. Stephen Pickering who besides bringing out the finer Geleki field and implementation of new ideas. Coinciding with the Meeting, the Chennai fraternity was nuances of the seismic method, illustrated it with case He is the founder secretary SPE North East Section being treated to a brilliant talk on 4-D seismics by WesternGeco's studies across the world. The award was given to Mr. Vij by Mr. R. S. Sharma, organised for northeastern region of India. Mr. Vij served as C&MD, ONGC in Republic Day Function at Dehradun organizer for various national & international conferences on 26th January, 2007. Mr. Vij has served North-India SPE like PETROTECH, IOR 2000 etc. His notable ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES section, India Section, for pretty long time as Tariff in INR for SPENDSEC News Letter & Website achievements are miscible gas injection for GS-12 sand of membership chairperson, programme chairperson and Gandhar Field, additional development project of Mumbai secretary till the year 2005. High North L-III and formulating exploration strategy for 1. Company / Recruitment Advertisement - News Letter (coloured) - A4 Size D-I South field of Western Offshore. Sl DESCRIPTION FULL PAGE HALF PAGE ¼ PAGE FORTHCOMING REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 1 Back Cover Page 50000 30000 17500 Dates Meeting Location 2 Back Inside Cover 30000 20000 12500 3 Other Pages 20000 12500 7500 18 - 21 Mar 2007 SPE Young Professionals Workshop - ATW Putrajaya, Malaysia 6 - 28 Mar 2007 Reserves Estimations for Business Decision-Making - ATW Muscat, Oman 2. Training / Seminar / Conference Advertisement- News Letter (coloured) - A4 Size 27 - 29 Mar 2007 Coalbed Methane - ATW Colorado USA Sl DESCRIPTION FULL PAGE HALF PAGE ¼ PAGE 1 - 3 Apr 2007 Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium Dallas, Texas USA 1 Back Inside Cover 25000 17500 15000 5 Apr 2007 Technology Ladder Workshop Houston, Texas USA 2 Other Pages 10000 10000 6500 16 - 18 Apr 2007 Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium Colorado USA 3. Rates For Website Advertising 22 - 26 Apr 2007 Gas Field Development - ATW Taipei, Taiwan ADVT. TYPE 1 MONTH 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS 23 - 27 Apr 2007 Challenges and Solutions for Heavy Oil Recovery - ATW Qingdao, China

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10 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 11 2006 SPE MEMBERSHIP REACHES NEW PEAK SPE Year-End Membership in India Membership Update- International, Regional and National 600

Rahul Bali, Secretary, SPENDSEC, Chair 2007-SPE International Membership Committee 500 At year-end 2006, 73,235 upstream industry professionals and students in 113 countries were members of SPE, up more than 5.6% compared with 69,339 at year-end 2005. SPE's 2006 membership includes a 16,739 student members. Chart 1 The membership growth in India vis a vis Middle East Region is shown in chart 2. India has nearly 20% of middle east members. 400

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12 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 NEWS JAN-FEB. 2007 13 SECTION OFFICERS-NEW DELHI M A R C H M E E T I N G P R E V I E W SPE SECTION ROSTER FOR 2006-07 (1OCTOBER-30SEPTEMBER) Wellbore Quality The talk will provide an overview of issues relating to wellbore quality, explain the issues in quantifying it and POSITION NAME / TEL / EMAIL POSITION NAME / TEL / EMAIL Characterization for Drilling and discuss the implications of having a common industry Casing Running in Challenging definition. Details of the literature review and discussions SECTION A.K.Hazarika PUBLICITY Ajay Dashore with those involved in drilling operations will be given to CHAIRPERSON Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. CHAIR Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. allow assessment of how wellbore quality is perceived by Tel. +91.11.2331.4552 +91.11.2240.6334 Wells [email protected] [email protected] the industry. An evaluation of the relative merits of Colin J. Mason, SPE Distinguished Lecturer explicit and implicit methods for characterizing wellbore quality is also given. The philosophy behind a wellbore CHAIRPERSON N.M.Borah LIAISON YOUNG Andrew MacGregor BP ELECT 2007-08 Oil India Limited PROFESSIONAL Schlumberger Asia Services Limited quality scorecard is described and the methodology +91.11.2307.4259 + 91 11 26108354 ext 104 +91 98119 28787 Abstract: illustrated on a number of field case studies. [email protected] [email protected] The recent maturing of 3D rotary steerable systems has generated renewed interest in understanding wellbore Colin Mason is a senior specialist based quality and its impact on the success of drilling and casing PROGRAMME Ian Galbreath TECHNOLOGY Robert Brewin at BP's Exploration and Production Technology Group, CHAIR Schlumberger Asia Services Limited TRANSFER Consultant Engineer running operations. Interestingly, the term wellbore Sunbury, UK. He holds BSc (Hons), +91.11.2610.8354 CHAIR +91.124.407.9366 quality is not particularly well defined, its context often MSc and PhD degrees in mathematics. [email protected] [email protected] misunderstood and is usually considered too complex to He started his career as an academic at quantify. the University of Southampton; he then worked as a network analyst for a Recent work has been carried out to provide clarity and MEMBERSHIP Ramendra Sinha major oil and gas distribution CONTINUING P.G.Sudhakaran CHAIR Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. rigour around the subject of wellbore quality. This has company and then as a pipeline design EDUCATION OVL +91.11.2240.6524+91 98682 02661 involved a review of industry literature, discussions with CHAIR +91.11.4129.1411 engineer for an international [email protected] pg_sudh [email protected] operators and service companies and a search for engineering consultancy. He joined [email protected] analogues both within and outside of the oil industry. BP's Technology Centre in 1997 Based on this work, a novel approach has been developed initially provided engineering support which has the potential to provide a practical means of to extended-reach drilling operations at Wytch Farm. In SECRETARY & Rahul Bali PUBLICATION A. B. Chakraborty quantifying wellbore quality. This process involves addition to working on drilling research and technology WEBMASTER Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. MENTOR Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. evaluating responses from drilling, tripping and casing projects, he spends the remainder of his time supporting BP's +91.11.2240.6592+91 98116 23480 +91.11.2244.0829 running operations. Each response type and global ERD operations. He has authored more than 12 [email protected] / [email protected] [email protected] characteristic is correlated with a reference card to papers and participated in a number of SPE forums. calculate a wellbore quality score.

SPONSORSHIP Tim O’Sullivan TREASURER Gautam Sinha COMMITTEE Cair n Energy India Directorate General Hydrocarbons CHAIR [email protected] +91.11.2335.2617+91.98.9934.8681 Petroleum Minister of [email protected] Yemen visits, MIT, Pune DIRECTOR Dr Michael Kingsford Jackson Sunil Kumar Singh NEWSLETTER Premier Oil plc Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Mr. Khalid Mahfood Bahah, Hon. Minister for Petroleum COMMITTEE +91 11 23321303 +91 98682 82231 CHAIR and Minerals, Govt. of Yemen along with a high level [email protected] [email protected] delegation from the industry visited Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune on 14th January 2007.

Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad felicitated the guests. Dr. L. K. DIRECTOR Dr. P. Gopalakrishnan SCHOLARSHIP/ Anil Swani Kshirsagar gave an overview of the facilities available and Consultant Reservoir Engineer CARRIER Schlumberger Asia Services Limited achievements of the Department of Petroleum +91.11.5166 3820+91 98103 87117 GUIDENCE CHAIR +91.11.2610.8354 [email protected] [email protected] Engineering. Hon. Minister in his speech highlighted the possible avenues of working in Yemen and suggested areas for mutual cooperation between the faculty of MIT and various petroleum industries in Yemen. Training courses DIRECTOR H.P.S.Ahuja SPE STAF F Abeer Al-Zubadi Mr. Khalid Mahfood Bahah, Hon. Minister for Petroleum and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. in upstream, downstream and piping industry will be LIAISON SPE Middle East, India & Africa taken up initially. Minerals, Govt. of Yemen (centre) being welcome by Dr. +91.11.23320526 Tel.: +97143903540 Vishwanath D. Karad at MIT, Pune, extreme right Dr. L. K. [email protected] [email protected] Kshirsagar.

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