India's Hydrocarbon Outlook – 2022-2023

188 DGH: 3 DECADES OF UNLOCKING INDIA'S HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL 9.4 From Classroom to Career: How the National Data Repository is Shaping the Next Generation of Oil and Gas Professionals The National Data Repository (NDR) under the aegis of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has set up a data repository for upstream exploration and production (E&P) in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. After publicly been launched on 28th July, 2017, it further got aided with the establishment of secondary data center (SDC) on 04th Aug, 2018 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Irrespective of their geographical locations, these data repository centers cater to the need of professionals working in hydrocarbon E & P sector, all throughout the country. Being the custodian of the national data repository, the DGH has immense responsibilities to shoulder upon. So merely not restricting itself to data repository and recovery center, the flagship programs of SDC however have a clear-cut objective of nation building though industrial and educational trainings to the students of various academic institutions and organizations. Albeit, the different educational background, syllabus and course curriculum of the students, these training programs are intended towards giving a subjective and simplified approach for the better understanding of each student. The course content of these training programs has rigorously been worked out by technical experts keeping in mind the syllabus of the students and its linkage to E& P sector. Without any doubt these training programs will be highly beneficial to scores of students across the country. Apart from covering different theoretical aspects of oil and gas exploration and production, idea regarding the seismic data acquisition and interpretation, attribute map preparation, overview of electrical logs and its interpretation, well log correlation, petro-physical parameter calculation and hydrocarbon in-place calculation etc., also were demonstrated to the students. The students also briefly exposed to the industry standard software like Petrel, Geology etc. Further they got a chance to work on all these platforms (industry standard software and hardwire) during the hands-on practice sessions. This opportunity not only give them the firsthand idea regarding the utility of these software, rather it would enhance their basic understanding of the processes involved in the E & P of oil and gas industry. During the FY 2022-23, two (02) such training programs were successfully organized for the students at various universities. The briefs of the internship programs are outlines below: 1. Summer Internship Programme: The summer internship program was organized by SDC in between 18th to 22nd July 2022, at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. This was first of its kind and aimed towards giving an overview to the students regarding the scope and avenues of hydrocarbon exploration in Mahanadi Basin, Odisha. A total of twenty-two (22) students from two different universities from Odisha