1. What is broad outline of your position in this organization?
I am a General Manager (Production) and I am looking after various Production
Sharing Contracts (PSC) as a cCoordinator, facilitating resolution of various
proposals / issuespertaining to E & P activities in a block put up to me through
Nodal Officer.
2. Key deliverable for the organization?
i) Co-ordination- Management of PSCs of producing fields on behalf of
Government and participation in Management Committee Meetings. Co-
ordination among nodal officer dealing with different PSCs and other
departments for timely completion of PSC s matters as follows:
a. Preparation Review of record notes of MCMs and TCMs Matters
relating to determination/ Extension of contracts/ MLs/Annual Work
Programme
b. Implementation of FDPs (write full) as per approved schedule
c. Enabling third party audit of reserves/resource assessment
d. Coordinating Field surveillance/metering validation and measurement
operations of petroleum in various oil & gas blocks in the Country..
e. Enabling asset and inventory verification of producing fields/blocks
ii) Monitoring – Monitoring of operation & practices in line with PSC
provisions including timelines etc. Day to day monitoring of production,
reservoir & drilling operations of producing fields Oil, Gas & water
production (well wise-field wise).
iii) Delegation- Assigning jobs to my subordinate according to their capability.
iv) Supervising &Mentoring
v) Meetings/presentation- It involves meeting with Contractor and inter-
departments to resolve any issues pertaining to PSCs.
vi) Interface with Industry Participants-
i) Enabling latest technology application
ii) Enabling resolution of PSC related issues
vii) Assessing training needs of Employee
3. Broad time allocation with respect to key duties you perform?
Starts with morning meeting with Management apprising various developments
in the block and any other issue which require intervention of higher
management
Discussion with the Nodal officers working under me with regard
progress/update on various activities in the respective blocks
Review of various proposals put up to me for appropriate decision
Meeting with Contractors take status update of development activitiesin their
block and for resolution of any issue which require my intervention
4. Routine duties and specific roles?
Apart from above, my job involves giving reply to RTI, Parliamentary queries,
court cases meetings with operators and field visits as and when required.
5. What challenges are you looking for in this organization?
Proliferation of various Contract regimes which need standardization for smooth
implementation.
6. What is the organizational need from your position?
As you know that country’s energy requirement is met by importing ~80% of
crude oil from outside India. So approval of Field development plans, its
implementation within timeline and compliance of PSC provisions is very critical
on my part.
7. Tell us your experience in managing key decisions?
Oil and Gas blocks have been awarded under different PSC regimes like Pre-NELP,
NELP, OALP etc. Subsequently, Government has brought out various policies to
regulate the oil and gas sector. We come across various issues where provisions
of PSCs and related policies are not clear.
Suggest ways to improve the fit between how you he spend your his time and
the demands of your his jobs.
i) Automation of various processes through computer based applicationto
streamline the system which will introduce efficiency in the system
ii) Introduction of file tracking system to know the current status of the file
under review which will expedite the review process
iii) Clearly defining the roles and responsibility of each employee in order to
make them accountable for a specific job
iv) Training needs to assessed of their employee especially in Contract
managements and facilitating suitable training for them to have a clear
understanding of various provisions of PSC
The above measures may help further in fast tracking the decision making process in the
organization.