India’s Hydrocarbon Outlook 2024 162 A Report on Exploration & Production Activities Table 6.13: OALP I to VIII CWP & INVESTMENTS (Operator-Wise) Operator No. of Blocks Committed Work Programme 2D Seismic (LKM) 3D Seismic (SKM) Exploratory Wells (No.) Core Analysis (No.) Investment in MM USD ONGC 52 7580 33229 176 35 1603 Vedanta Limited 51 10620 22971.59 192 190 786 Oil India Limited 30 17510 4088 74 53 742 Sun Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd. 4 8005 2829 37 0 103 RIL-BP 2 8000 2714 6 3 85 GAIL 2 0 292 3 1 10 BPRL 1 0 174 3 1 15 HOEC 1 0 79 2 2 3 IOCL 1 10 469 6 5 24 Total 144 51725 66845 499 290 3371 * The committed 2D & 3D Seismic figures are after swapping. Monitoring of OALP Blocks Coordinators have been designated for each Block to monitor the Petroleum Operations in the Blocks. Management Committee Meetings are being conducted regularly in every six (6) months. Management Committee comprising representatives from the Government and the Contractor to closely review and monitor the Exploration activities in the Blocks. Grievances of the Contractors are also resolved during the MC Meetings. Furthermore, other tools to monitor Petroleum Operations are Quarterly Progress Report (QPR), Quarterly Gantt Chart and Review meetings. Quarterly Progress Report comprises the actual number of Exploration Work Programme completed during the relevant quarter against Committed Work Programme. Operators also provide planned work programme for upcoming quarter and for current Financial Year. Contractors submit Gantt chart for monitoring overall activities carried out during the relevant quarter to accomplish Committed Work Programme. It comprises comprehensive list of activities mandatory to complete Exploration Work in the Blocks. To improve the coordination between DGH and Operators, DGH organized a workshop on “Review of Exploration Work Progress in OALP & NELP Regimes” in September-2023 at DGH. The workshop provided an open platform to discuss Operator’s action plan to complete the committed work programme and assess the area which need Government intervention / support. To sensitize the operators about critical RSC provisions, DGH also made a presentation.
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