India’s Hydrocarbon Outlook 2024 196 A Report on Exploration & Production Activities 8.6 Stakeholder Workshops: The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has played a pivotal role in organizing workshops involving Central Government officials and representatives from the Exploration & Production (E&P) Oil and Gas industry. The primary objective of these workshops is to provide comprehensive support to E&P operators. This includes offering services such as the sharing of facilities and infrastructure available at DGH, creating a Knowledge Sharing Platform, and organizing regular workshops, seminars, conferences, training sessions, and discussions. 8.7 Formation of North East Coordination Cell To streamline and expedite the process of regulatory clearances for Exploration and Production projects particularly in the NorthEast region of India, DGH established the North East Coordination Committee (NECC) on July 02, 2021. This committee operates within the framework of the Hydrocarbon Cell (HCC) under DGH, in collaboration with National Oil Companies, the North Eastern states of India, and other relevant stakeholders. As part of the operational strategy under the HCC, young professionals with designation of Hydrocarbon Professional, have been appointed to serve as a centralized point of contact for all regulatory matters. This initiative aims to address the identified bottlenecks in the timely issuance of statutory clearances, particularly within the North-Eastern states. Currently, 16 hydrocarbon professionals are associated with this cell, and they are posted in various state departments across Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura. To date, the Environment Division of DGH, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), has conducted three joint workshops aimed at sensitizing operators to the latest Government policies, technologies, and usage of inventories, as well as recent policy reforms in the areas of Environmental and Forest Clearances (EC and FC). These workshops have facilitated positive interactions between the Government and key stakeholders, namely the Project Proponents. The sensitization workshops on EC and FC were held on June 10, 2022, September 30, 2022, and June, 20, 2023, respectively.
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