DGH

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D G H
Presented By:
Harsh K. Shah (14MT0286)
Rakesh Kumar Pandey (14MT0287)
Kumar Abhijeet Raj (14MT0452)
Rajak Kumar Jhalendra (14MT0458)
08th April, 2015

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About DGH
• The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH)
was:
– established on 8th April, 1993
– under the administrative control of MoP&NG as
through Government of India Resolution.
• Objectives
– to promote sound management of the oil and
natural gas resources having a balanced
regard for environment, safety, technological
and economic aspects of the petroleum
activity.

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Vision and Funding
• To be an upstream advisory & technical
regulatory body of international repute,
creating value for society through
proliferation & dissemintion of E&P
knowledge optimal hydrocarbon resources
management & environment friendly
practices.
• DGH is funded through OIDB grants.

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Responsibilities
• Review exploration programmes of companies for
adequacy
– Half yearly review of work programmes in Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL)
areas of ONGC & OIL, awarded on Nomination Basis.
– Processing and review of all the PEL and ML cases for the Ministry.
– Review of work programme and budget of all exploration blocks and fields under
PSCs.
– Monitoring of all CBM blocks awarded under CBM rounds I, II & III.
– Change of Participating interest and assignment cases.
– Participation in Management Committee meetings.
– Cost monitoring, statutory payments to government, Profit sharing to government.
– Facilitating statutory & other clearances.
– Extension of phases, relinquishment of acreages, assignment, appointment of
auditor, approval of audited accounts and other PSC related issues.

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Responsibilities
• Technical & financial evaluation and review of
development plans of commercial discoveries
• Concurrent review of reservoir performance of
all the major fields under private / JV operators
and major fields of NOCs including Bombay
High .

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Staffing
DGH is manned by staff drawn on deputation/tenure basis
mainly from upstream Public Sector Undertakings like
ONGC & OIL.
The major Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs) of India
from which employees and staff have been deputed to
DGH are:-
> ONGC
> OIL
> IOC
> BPCL
•The requirement of staff is supplemented through trainee officers.

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DGH’s Activities
• E & P and CBM Acreages
– DGH is broadly bestowed with the responsibility of
managing the various activities with regard to Indian
E&P acreages.
– They are in terms of awarding blocks, executing
production sharing contracts, monitoring
developments etc.
• In PSC
– Review of work Programme and budget of all
exploration blocks and fields under PSC’s.
– Facilitating of statutory and other clearances.
– Management Committee Meetings.

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DGH’s Activities
– Assignment of Participating Interest.
– Extension of phases, relinquishment of acreages,
assignment, appointment of auditor, approval of
auditing account and other PSC related issues as and
when arise.
• G & G Activities
– Data Acquisition
– Processing
– Interpretation
– Visualization

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DGH’s Activities
• Drilling Activities
– Monitoring of Drilling activities in Onland and Offshore
wells of NELP Pre-NELP blocks/fields.
– To prepare various data related to rigs and wells.
– Evaluation of drilling work programmes and budgets
for all blocks and fields.
– Evaluation of all EC applications related to drilling
wells, rigs,OSVS etc.
– Estimation of cost of unfinished drilling work
programme of operators.
– Technical scrutiny of all matters related to
drilling/workover activities.

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DGH’s Activities
• Other Activities
– Production and monitoring
– Data Management and NDR
– Clearances
• Through Ministry of Home Affairs
– Conducting Bidding rounds
• Pre-NELP
• NELP
• CBM

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Thank You!
Any questions ???