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02) Message From Editor
03) From President’s Desk
06) PDPU SPE FEST 2016 - INAUGURAL CEREMONY AND PANEL DISCUSSION
- SHOWCASE: Technical Paper and Poster Presentation Competition
- MUD-O-GEE: Drilling Mud Preparation Competition
- GEO-LOG: The Geology Challenge
- WORKSHOP : On Seismology
- ENERGY MANIA
- BID YOUR BLOCK: Virtual Block Bidding Competition
- QUID PRO QUO: Spot Trading Competition
- EXEGESIS: Well Log Interpretation Competition
- CONUNDRUM: The Crossword Puzzle Solving Competition
- CATECHIZE 2.O: The International Quiz Competition
- OIL and GAS FORUM: The Debate Competition
- APOTHEOSIS: The Model Making Competition
- EXAMEN : Case Study Interpretation Competition
- NETWORKING NIGHT and GALA DINNER NIGHT
- CLOSING CEREMONY
27) WORKSHOP (on ENHANCING OIL and GAS PRODUCTION FROM CAMBAY BASIN
- WESTERN ONSHORE) (21st September, 2016)
28) INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on SHALE GAS and OIL (6th October,
2016)
30) SPE WEEK 3.o (12th – 17th September, 2016)
33) SPE 8th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS (1st Dec, 2016)
34) SPE WEEK 4.o ( 22nd –28th November, 2016)
37) SPE WEEK 5.o (21st –28th March ,2017)
41) Representation
44) Social Initiatives
47) Weekly Initiatives
Message From Editor
Dear Readers,
It gives us immense pleasure to present you all with the next edition of SPE
Orbit. On behalf of the SPE PDPU Student Chapter Documentation and
Designing Team, We would like to extend a very warm welcome to the
readership of SPE Orbit. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) PDPU Student
Chapter has been actively trying to bridge the gap between
industry and academia. SPE PDPU Student Chapter organizes various events
and activities throughout the year to keep the students updated about the
recent practices in Oil & Gas Industry. The chapter also tries to give students
a hands-on experience on software, interpretation through interactive and
practical sessions conducted by industry experts and at the same time
Chapter do work for the Social Causes.
Through this edition we would like to update all our readers about the efforts
SPE PDPU Student Chapter has made in the recent past. We take this
opportunity to thank our authors, editorial team, designing team and SPE
PDPU Student Chapter, and all of those who have volunteered to contribute
to this edition, with their undying spirit, enthusiasm and efforts.
This issue of Orbit attempts to illustriously cover all the major events and
drives conducted by SPE PDPU Student Chapter in recent past. This issue
covers PDPU SPE FEST 2016 in brief.
We hope that our readers would appreciate the efforts of our editorial team
who have worked day and night to put up this issue. The entire editorial
board of Orbit humbly welcome your suggestion and feedbacks.
Editorial Team
SPE PDPU Student Chapter
FROM PRESIDENT’S DESK
Hello Readers
I hope SPE Orbit is serving its purpose, as it is the chapter's effort to bring you
a quality for-the-students-by-the-students magazine. It is a pleasure to write
a column for SPE Orbit and get a chance to interact with you all. SPE PDPU
Student Chapter has been thriving on bringing Oil and Gas Industry closer to
academia and has left no stone unturned in providing students with the
opportunity to get acquainted with the industry better. The previous year
brought laurels to the chapter as we could manage to stay aligned with our
goals and provide service to the student fraternity.
This year the chapter aims at making the programs more interactive and
more of member driven so that everyone can take part and learn while
doing. This approach shall facilitate the members with a choice to select
what suits them rather than sitting and waiting for what's being served.
SPE PDPU Student Chapter has set a goal for making the student members
more deployable in the industry and also make them conscious towards the
society and the environment. The Chapter's aim is to assist student to unfold
his/her true potential and facilitate with a platform to do so. For this the
chapter has planned an array of events throughout the year covering
different domains of life and sciences, with an ultimate goal of producing a
responsible human being.
Talking about what are we doing now, we are ready with our shoe laces
fastened to run towards a successful organization of the next big thing PDPU
SPE Fest '17 such that it shall deliver the best to everyone who participates.
- Palash Dhurvey
President
SPE PDPU Student Chapter
-Palash Dhurvey
President
SPE PDPU Student
Chapter
Team
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Anirbid Sircar
Designing & Content
Palash Dhurvey
Deepali Gupta
Kartikey Mishra
Vivek Thakar Dhruvin Kaneria Piyush Nahar
Yasin Matadar Ashwith Kyatham
The second edition of PDPU SPE Fest
commenced with greetings to the
guests from eminent oil and gas
c o m p a n i e s , f a c u l t i e s a n d
participants from distinguished
universities from India as well as
overseas and l ightning the
auspicious lamp by dignitaries on
the dais, after which the three day
fiesta was launched successfully.
The Welcome Address was given by
Dr. Anirbid Sircar, Director SPT, PDPU
and Mentor SPE PDPU Student
Chapter and the fest trophy, ‘The
Chalice’ was unveiled, followed by
an opening remark by Dr. T. Kishen
Kumar Reddy, DG, PDPU. The
inaugural ceremony witnessed
presence of prominent dignitaries:
•Shri Siddhartha Sur, Head IRS,
ONGC
•Shri Niladri Mitra, COO, GSPC
•Shri P. P. Deo, GM, Head CEWELL,
ONGC
•Shri Shridhar Tambrapani, Joint
Prasident, CGD, Adani Gas Limited
•Shri Rajan Desai, International
•Coordinator-India, HTRI
•Shri Abhijit Pal, Center Manager,
UOP Pvt. Ltd.
•Shri Kartik Suryanarayanan, Director
Engineering, UOP Pvt. Ltd.
INAUGURAL CEREMONY AND
PANEL DISCUSSION
Later, as an effort to keep students
updated with recent news and
technology innovations pertaining
to Oil and Gas industry, a mobile
app named Nexter, was launched
by SPE Innovate team.
A panel discussion on ‘Career
Opportunities during Downturn in Oil
and Gas Industry’ was organised as
a part of PDPU SPE Fest’16. The
panel members included experts
f rom ONGC, Gujarat State
Petroleum Corporation (GSPC),
Adani Gas, Honeywell and Heat
Transfer Research, Inc. This discussion
was curbed by Dr. Anirbid Sircar,
Director SPT, PDPU. The dissertation
longed to find new opportunities in
the industry during the period of its
downswing through their expertise,
knowledge and experience.
The panel members were the same
guests of the inaugural ceremony.
This discussion proved very beneficial
to the students.
Lightning of the lamp by Dr. T. Kishen Kumar
Reddy, DG, PDPU and Dr. Anirbid Sircar,
Director SPT, PDPU and Mentor SPE PDPU
Student Chapter.
Showcase – THE PAPER AND POSTER
PRESENTATION COMPETITON was the
flagship event of the PDPU SPE FEST
2016. The competition invited all the
budding engineers who had new
and innovative ideas, and gave
them a platform to showcase their
ideas to the esteemed judges, who
were people from industry having
expertise and years of experience in
their respective fields. Each team,
were given 10 minutes of time,
which was divided as 8 minutes for
presentation and 2 minutes of
question and answer session by the
judges. The s tudents were
evaluated in the on the basis of the
content of paper, presentation skill,
accuracy of content, and based on
the answers in question and answer
session.
The panel of judges comprised of
dignitaries from highly ranked Oil
and Gas Companies, PDPU faculty
members and notable alumni of
PDPU placed at different positions
having varied experiences. They
were like:
Mr. Ajay Verma, Director, Rig World
Mr. Krishna Bordeori, ONGC
Mr. Mayank Kumar, ONGC
Mr. Dwijen Vaidya, Research
Assistant, Centre of Excellence for
Geothermal Energy (CEGE)
Ms. Forum Shah, Sr. Engineer,
Gujarat Gas Limited
SHOWCASE: PAPER AND POSTER
PRESENTATION COMPETITION
SPE PDPU Student Chapter has
conducted “Mud-O-Gee” on 22nd
of October, 2016 as a part of its
PDPU SPE Fest’16 to enhance the
skills of the budding petroleum
engineers. Students were judged on
the basis of how closely they
prepared the drilling mud based on
the physical properties. The whole
event was judged by Mr. Maunish
Shah, Mr. Aman Sharma and Ms.
Aritri Roy. Mr. Maunish Shah is the
Assistant Professor in the subject of
Drilling fluid and Cementation at
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum
University. Ms. Aritri Roy is the Drilling
Fluid Engineer at Schlumberger.
MUD-O-GEE: MUD PREPARATION
COMPETITION
Mr. Aman Sharma is the alumni of
School of Petroleum Technology,
PDPU placed as a Graduate Trainee
at GSPC.
SPE-PDPU Student Chapter has
conducted “Geo-Log: The Geology
competition” on 22nd October, 2016
as a part of PDPU SPE Fest’16. It was
the perfect opportunity to the
enthusiastic students to identify and
know about different types of rocks
and minerals. The event mainly
concentrated on the knowledge of
students regarding different
geological features. The event
started by giving a brief detail of
different rounds to be held and rules
for the event.
The final winning teams were
declared on the last day of the fest
in the ending ceremony.
Participants actively discussing among
themselves to crack the quiz. To proceed
further in to the competition, the students
had to clear the screening round which
was a basic geology quiz.
GEO-LOG: GEOLOGY
CHALLENGE
SPE PDPU Student had conducted a
workshop on the topic of seismology
as a part of the PDPU SPE Fest’16.
This workshop was supported and
conducted by Reliance Industries
Limited. The concept of seismic
waves, their interpretation and their
relevance with the crude potential
of the block, which is under the
study, was gained by the people
who attended the workshop. This
workshop was of great importance
as it concentrated on the
understanding of the students and
tested their technical abilities. Mr.
Atul Kumar Patidar, Chief Geologist,
SEISMIC WORKSHOP
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
conducted the workshop.
To make the workshop more fun to
learn and easy to understand,
various animations were presented
a l o n g w i t h t h e d e t a i l e d
presentation. At the termination of
the workshop an exercise was given
to the students which helped them
test their understanding & assess
themselves. Later, the procedure of
the interpretation of the seismic
image in the exercise was provided
itself by Mr. Atul Kumar Patidar. This
workshop attracted a huge crowd
and was greatly successful.
SPE PDPU Student Chapter believes
that our responsibility for the society
we live in is paramount and that
knowledge is better shared than
hoarded. In light of this, SPE PDPU
Student Chapter had organized
ENERGY MANIA as part of Pre PDPU
SPE Fest’16.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers
(SPE) encourages its members to
educate the public about energy
and put a face on the industry.
Energy is a critical issue worldwide
and face-to-face contact is the
ideal way to spread the word about
energy conservation, the future of
the oil and gas industry and its
impact on the planet. To carry out
the good work of Energy4me, SPE
PDPU Student Chapter had
independently organized Energy
Mania to support the noble cause.
The Energy Mania workshop was
aimed towards creating awareness
about energy education particularly
petroleum and the attendees com-
prised of high school students from
Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar as
they would be shortly opting their
career streams in coming few
months.
ENERGY MANIA
The three day mega event witnessed
a Virtual Block Bidding Competition
that gave the students a deep insight
of bidding associated with the oil
and gas industry. The event was
conducted by Directorate General of
H y d r o c a r b o n s ( D G H ) . T h e
competition was conducted in two
rounds where first round was a quiz
round conducted one day prior to
the competition. The 6 teams
comprising each of 4-5 members
made it to the second round which
was the bidding round. The next
round began with a brief
introduction about NELP, HELP and
other bidding rules by Dr. Anil
Sood, DGM, DGH and Sh. T. P. Rao.
After this the teams were given
different blocks explaining clearly
their properties and were given a
chance to bid. The team with
maximum profit was declared the
winner of the competition.
BID YOUR BLOCK: BLOCK
BIDDING COMPETITION
The students during the introductory session of Bid Your Block: Virtual Block Bidding Competition
This was the virtual spot trading
competition and an excellent
opportunity for the participants to
understand the working finance
and trading in oil and gas sector.
The students tried to interpret the
data put in their stakes in the kind of
crude, they believe to have
superior quality. Their stakes then
underwent gain or losses according
to the decision of the panelists.
QUID PRO QUO: SPOT TRADING
COMPETITION
SPE-PDPU student chapter has
conducted Exegesis- the well log
interpretation competition on 22nd
October 2016 as a part of PDPU SPE
Fest 16. This event mainly
concentrated on the knowledge of
t h e s t u d e n t s i n We l l l og
interpretation. Participants had to
Utilize their knowledge about well
logging in deciphering petro
physical properties of formation such
as porosity, mineralogy, formation
factor, saturation and hydrocarbon
type for essentially clean reservoirs.
They got a realistic exposure through
this extensive log interpretation
exercise. The competition of this kind
shall be highly productive from the
perspective that participants gain
realistic experience by working in
teams on a comprehensive log
interpretation exercise. The judges of
the events were Dr. V.L.N. Avadhani
and his team members from ONGC.
EXEGESIS: WELL LOGGING
INTERPRETATION COMPETITION
Conundrum was a crossword puzzle
solving competition was organized
as a part of PDPU SPE Fest 2016. The
competition attracted a lot of
students, who kept interest in solving
riddles and loved brainstorming.
There were prizes worth 10000 INR for
the winners of the competition. The
students were to register themselves
in a team of maximum 5 members.
There were around 40 teams
participating in the competition. The
competition was organized in three
rounds, each round eliminating a
few teams. First round - DOVETAIL
WINNER had questions, in form of
text. Each question was screened for
only 60 seconds, to which the
participants had to solve.
At the end of the first round, a total
of 15 teams were qualified for the
next round. Second round – The
POLYMATHIC SAGE, had questions in
form of pictures, videos, gifs, etc. This
was a little more challenging than
the previous round. In the third
ultimate round, there were questions
of mixed type, ones having texts,
pictures, videos and gifs. Teams had
to go through serious brainstorming
to get answers to the questions.
CONUNDRUM: PUZZLE SOLVING
COMPETITION
CATECHIZE: INTERNATIONAL QUIZ
COMPETITION
SPE-PDPU student chapter has
conducted Catechize 2.0 on 22nd
October 2016 as a part of PDPU SPE
Fest 16. This event mainly
concentrated on the knowledge of
the students in the petroleum
industry, and tested technical as
well as general knowledge of Oil
and gas of the participants. The
quiz took place in 2 rounds. The
preliminary round was the online
round which was conducted on
10th September 2016. In association
with dare2compete.com, the
preliminary round screened teams
from various colleges of India that
would play the main Quiz during the
fest. Mr. Prakhar Sarkar, Process Data
Engineer at Shell Business Operations
at Chennai, and a notable alumni
of SPT PDPU was the quizmaster for
this International quiz competition.
Catechize 2.0 served ultimate
platform for petroleum enthusiasts to
prove expanse of their knowledge
of the hydrocarbon sector from the
source to the consumer level.
SPE-PDPU student chapter has
conducted Oil and Gas forum on
23nd October 2016 as a part of PDPU
SPE Fest 16. This event mainly
concentrated on the knowledge of
the students in the petroleum
industry, and provided a medium of
expressing ones thoughts and ideas
through this debate competition
participants. Oil and Gas forum was
A debate competition based on
several pervasive and prevalent
topics of Oil and Gas industry. It
provided an ebullient platform to
facilitate flow of knowledge through
constructive clash of ideas and
visions of students all over the world.
It certainly made one contemplate
upon their conceptions and notions
and expanded the horizons of their
visions about the industry. The topics
ranged from relevance of Indian
gas pricing policy to NELP, HELP and
also included open ended
questions like is Oil fuelling terrorism.
10 teams were selected for second
round and finally top 3 teams
bagged prizes after a constructive
clash of ideas. Oil and Gas forum
served ultimate platform for
petroleum enthusiasts to expand
t h e i r k n o w l e d g e o f t h e
hydrocarbon sector over the whole
gamut of business.
OIL AND GAS FORUM: DEBATE
COMPETITION
The fest witnessed a model making
competition in which the students
displayed dynamic and static
models related to the oil and gas
industry. Apotheosis is an event in
which students get an opportunity
to build and showcase the effective
solution to the problems and
liabilities faced by Petroleum
Industry. The event is aimed at
building problem solving intellect
among the students associated
with Oil and Gas industry and
provide them platform showcasing
their problem solving skills. The
students were required to submit
the synopsis of their models on the
basis of their selection was made
and then during the fest they were
given 3 days time to actuate their
models which were then judged by
various judges like Mr. Ajay Kakkar,
Retired DGM, ONGC; Mr. AS Murthy
and Mrs. Kiran Sharma from ONGC.
APOTHEOSIS: MODEL MAKING
COMPETITON
SPE PDPU Student Chapter has
conducted “Examen: - Case study
solving competition” on 23 rd
October, 2016 as a part of PDPU SPE
Fest’16.It was a perfect platform
given to the fanatical students to
evaluate practical problems and
situations. The event mainly focused
on the skill and ability of the students
to develop a holistic solution to the
problems placed before them. The
event started by giving a brief detail
of different rounds to be held and
rules of the event. On 22nd October,
2016 case studies were provided to
the participating teams and they
were briefed about the case study
by Dr. Anirbid Sircar, Director SPT. The
solutions of the case studies were
collected on the next day at 2:00
PM in hard copy. Six teams were
selected for the second round on
the basis of solutions given by
them for the case study. The
second round started by giving a
brief detail of the rules to be
followed during the presentation.
Then the judges introduced
themselves to the participating
students.
The judges were:
• Ms. Neeharika Agarwal, ONGC
• Mr. Pragyan Sharma, ONGC
• Mr. Lokendra Sharma, ONGC
• Mr. Anand Gupta, ONGC
and after that the participants
were called one by one to give
their presentation. During the
presentat ion, at f i r s t the
participants were given time to
explain their presentation and then
they were asked questions by the
judges one by one.
EXAMEN: CASE STUDY SOLVING
COMPETITION
and exchange ideas.
“All work and no play, makes jack a
dull boy” – Gala night gave the
participants a chance to unwind,
relax, rejoice and party. This night
was based on a soothing and calm
theme which will take all the
tiredness away.
Networking Night on 21st October
was the living proof of the dynamism
and connectedness of the SPE
student chapter community. This
n i g h t m a d e n e t w o r k i n g
opportunities fun, informal in a
relaxed setting. The students were
made to interact with one another
NETWORKING NIGHT AND GALA
NIGHT
The flourishing comprehension of the
events at the fest was remarked by
felicitation of event winners at the
closing ceremony. The event was
opened by a vote of thanks by Mr.
Palash Dhurvey, President, SPE PDPU
Student Chapter. The event also
contained the felicitation of the
gems of SPE PDPU Student Chapter
Ms. Shreya Sahajpal (Mentor- SPE
PDPU Student Chapter), Ms. Shubhra
Dhale, Mr. Dwijen Vaidya and Mr.
Manan Shah. The event also
witnessed the felicitation of the final
year committee members who
guided the chapter and its activities
at all point of time and were solely
responsible to bring the chapter to
the heights as it is seen today. The
excitement for the championship
trophy winner of PDPU SPE Fest 2016,
‘The Chalice’ was being built among
the participants as the function
succeeded further. The event
consumed the photo session for all
the participating universities. Team
PDPU cropped out as the victor of
PDPU SPE Fest 2016. The Chalice was
rendered by Dr. Anirbid Sircar,
Director SPT, PDPU. With this, the
astounding PDPU SPE Fest 2016 came
to an end, making the event bigger
and better than ever.
CLOSING CEREMONY
INFORMALS
Online T-shirt designing
competition
Video blogging
competition
Theme-based
photography competition
With the mission of SPE International
to stay connected among various
professionals, academicians and
students associated in the oil and
gas sector, SPE PDPU Student
Chapter along with SPE RGIPT
Student Chapter and SPE UPSTU
Student Chapter had video
conferencing where all the
members of the committee of
various chapters along with other
individual experts had a talk on how
to cope up with the falling prices of
the crude oil. We also discussed
about the activities that need to be
conducted to enhance the
knowledge of the students pursuing
their career in petroleum
engineering.
We also conversed on the basic
skills and sensitization towards the
society which must be possessed
by the students to prepare them
to step out and reach heights even
in the most toiled and rugged
situations. The next most important
point that was brought by
everyone was the need to hold
such conferences and have
events in collaboration so that the
students can have exposure
not only in the same country but
even out of the country. We even
talked about the challenges faced
by the committee and how they
can be solved so that each and
every student is benefitted out of it.
E-CONFERENCE
SPT - PDPU under the aegis of
Directorate general of hydrocarbons
(DGH) had organised a full day
workshop on "ENHANCING OIL AND
GAS PRODUCTION FROM CAMBAY
BASIN - WESTERN ONSHORE".
The objective of the workshop was
to provide outcome based learning
and knowledge sharing by means of
a Technical Case Study on Recent
P roduct ion & Enhancement
Technologies in Cambay Basin. In
this workshop, Lead Oil and Gas
Industry Experts and Researchers
had focused on the following thrust
areas:
• Exploration and Production
Potential
• New zones in old discovered
and producing fields
• Product ion Enhancement
Techniques
• End to End solution for improving
existing Production with case
studies to support the same.
• Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
application in enhancement of
Hydrocarbon Production
• Matrix Acidization and Coiled
Tubing operations in Production
enhancement.
The program had commenced
by lighting the lamp by the
various industry leaders i.e Shri.
Atanu Chakraborty (IAS), Director
General, Directorate General of
Hydrocarbons, Shri. T. Natarajan,
Joint MD, GSPC, Dr. T.K Reddy,
DG (PDPU), Shri. D. Rajagopalan ,
CSC ,PDPU.
WORKSHOP ON ENHANCING OIL AND GAS
PRODUCTION FROM CAMBAY BASIN, WESTERN
ONSHORE (21st September, 2016)
SPT - PDPU under the aegis of
Directorate general of hydrocarbons
(DGH) had organised a full day
workshop on "International Shale
Gas and Oil" on 6th October, 2016.
This workshop provided a unique
platform to exchange ideas and
expertise pertaining to the current
emerging issues and challenges
related to the shale gas exploration
and production in India. The
inaugural ceremony was attended
by the dignitaries from various oil
and gas industries.
This included:
• Dr. T. K K Reddy, Director General, PDPU;
• Shri. Arun Kumar, Group General Manager, ONGC;
• Shri. Utpal Bora, Guest of Honor, CMD, Oil India Limited;
• Shri. Rajagopalan, IAS, Chairman Standing Committee, PDPU;
• Shri. Mahendra Pratap, Deputy Director General, DGH and
• Dr. J. N. Singh, Chief Guest, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Gujarat.
INTERNATIONAL SHALE GAS AND OIL
WORKSHOP
(6th October, 2016)
After this, the second technical
session discussed management and
development of shale gas resources
in India. The speakers of the session
were Mr. Ajay Borthakur, GM, Oil
India Limited; Mr. Himanshu Pant,
Lead Fracturing engineer, Baker
Hughes, India and Mr. Thomas B.
Murphy, Director, Penn State
Marcellus Centre for Outreach and
Research.
The workshop was carried forward
by third technical session on policy
and economics consideration in
shale gas projects in which the
speakers were Mr. Manish
Maheshwari, CEO, Essar Oil Limited;
Dr. Venkatesh Raman Prasad,
Partner, Jyoti Sagar Associates and
Mr. Abhishekh Sinha, Vice President,
Transaction Advisory Services, EY.
At the end there was a panel
discussion on policy framework for
exploration and exploitation of shale
gas/oil in India. This was attended by
various speakers of previous
technical sessions. The participants
gained extensive knowledge on
various shale gas technologies from
the workshop sessions.
DAY-1
12th September – PDPU SPE Fest’16
Orientation Session: An orientation
session was organized on the first
day of SPE Week 3.0 which aimed at
briefing about the PDPU SPE Fest 16,
and its various events. The
orientation session was specially
aimed for freshers and for
encouraging them to participate in
the fest thus expanding their
knowledge and exposure. They
were informed about various events
that’ll be organized in International
Oil and gas tech fest extravaganza
and how they can participate. The
session was an interactive one and
at the end there were positive
response from the crowd and all
were excited about participating
in the PDPU SPE Fest 16. Lots of their
queries were solved and the
orientation session was a success,
which also lead to increase the
rapport and communication
between the freshman students
and the SPE committee member.
SPE WEEK 3.0 (12th September to 16th September, 2016)
DAY-3
14th September – Tarkshastra-
Annual Debate Competition: SPE
PDPU student chapter organized
Tarkshastra - 2016 which mainly
focussed on the soft skills
development of the budding
petroleum engineers. The event
provided an excellent opportunity
for the students to express their views
and ideas on various topics
prevalent in Oil and gas industry. The
event mainly focussed on the
presentation skills and the public
speaking capability of the students.
It provided an ebullient platform to
facilitate flow of knowledge through
constructive clash of ideas and
visions of students all over the world. It
certainly made one contemplate
upon their conceptions and notions
and expanded the horizons of their
visions about the industry. The event
was judged by Mr. Shishir Chandra
and Ms. Manisha Rose. The event
witnessed exchange of some great
thought provoking ideas. Enriched
discussions, both technical and non
technical took place through the
course of three rounds of
competition.
DAY-4
15th September – Social Initiative
Program: On the occasion of World
Humanitarian day and as a social
responsibility of the students the
chapter the committee members
distributed sweets in a nearby village
and had an interaction session with
them and enjoyed with them.
DAY-5
16th September – SPE Bonding: In
order to give the insight of what
petroleum industry is all about and
how it works, Mr. Prakhar Sarkar,
Data Engineer at Royal Dutch Shell
and a notable PDPU Alumnus
conducted an introductory session
for the freshers discussing in brief the
petroleum industry and answering
the questions of the students and a
healthy discussion after that. This
session proved very beneficial for
the students and attracted a large
number of crowd.
DAY-6
17th September, 2016 – SPE Day Out:
This day was a time for all the
committee members to relax and
enjoy the nature. All the students
gathered at a nearby garden and
had a leisure time by clicking
hundreds of pictures, enjoying the
street food and other fun activities
planned by the members.
Students eagerly listening to Mr. Prakhar Sarkar
sharing his insight on the industry.
SPE PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER was
established in the year 2007. From
the very first day of establishment it
has strived each and every minute
to help each and every individual
develop and drive them closer to
their aspirations by organising
various activities, events, workshops
etc. So in order to cherish the
accomplishments and to focus on
the future objectives, the chapter
organised a small gathering during
"SPE PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER 8th
Anniversary Celebrations"
SPE PDPU STUDENT CHAPTER
8th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
The exquisite delicacy…
Day 1: SPE Day Out
SPE Week 4.0 commenced with the
SPE Day Out. The day not only
turned out to be great fun but also
was a great opportunity for the
freshman committee to bond with
the senior committee members. The
evening was filled with enthusiastic
co nver sa t i ons b r i ng i ng the
committee closer as family.
Day 2: Terrain Cartography –
The Contour Workshop
The workshop was held on the
second day of the SPE Week and
was conducted by Ms. Saheli
Sanyal, Lecturer, Pandit Deendayal
Petroleum University. It provided
students with a good opportunity
to understand and experience
contour mapping which will prove
to be quite beneficial in the years
to come .
SPE WEEK 4.0 (22nd November to 29th November, 2016)
Day 4: Membership Renewal Drive
SPE PDPU SC organized membership
renewable drive for all the members
of SPE Student Chapter. This initiative
was taken as part of SPE WEEK 4.0. In
this regard proper arrangements
were done by the members in CP
LAB 2 for all the students. In the first
shift i.e. from 4pm-5pm renewal for
1st year students were done and
they were guided by their seniors so
that they can complete the
renewable without any difficulty.
New registrations were also done for
both 1st and 2nd year students. In the
second shift renewable of SPE
membership were done for 2nd and
3rd year students.
Day 3: Petroquest 3.0
SPE PDPU Student Chapter
organized Petroquest 3.0 with an
agenda to encourage young
minds to explore every nook and
corner of the petroleum industry. It
provided students with a platform
to showcase their knowledge.
The interactive organizers kept the audience actively participating. The quiz had two rounds and
was conducted by Mr. Dhruvin Kaneria and Mr. Sagar Dadhich.
Day 5: Social Initiative
On the fifth day, we took a social
i n i t i a t i v e t o b e n e f i t t h e
underprivileged children of a nearby
village in which SPE members
distributed stationary items such as
notebooks and pens.
Day 7: SPE International Giving
Tuesday
At the beginning of the week, SPE
PDPU Student Chapter had kept a
donation box in the college campus
where lots of students as well as
faculties donated. Students were
asked to donate their old clothes
and belongings for the welfare of
people who are in need. The
response was heart-warmingly huge.
On Day 7, SPE members divided into
two groups to go to Akshardam and
Raisan village respectively. Then the
donations were distributed amongst
the needy.
DAY 1: BRIEF HISTORY OF OIL
SPE PDPU Student Chapter had
organized “Brief History of Oil” on the
first day (21-03-17) of SPE Week 5.0.
The event aimed at enhancing
knowledge of participants about
the Oil and Gas industry. It was a
brief walk down the memory lane
and all the significant events in Oil
and Gas industry, from spindle top to
OPEC were highlighted.
DAY 2 : CONUNDRUM: The Crossword Puzzle Solving
Competition
The competition was organized in
two rounds. All the teams were
provided with crosswords. Each
question was screened for only 60
seconds, to which the participants
had to write the answer in their
respective puzzles.
SPE WEEK 5.0 (21st March to 28th March, 2017)
DAY 3: KNOWLEDGE CAFÉ
SPE PDPU student chapter
organized a completely new event
named as ‘knowledge café’. This
was actually an interactive
discussion and debate amongst the
audience. This helped the students
to actively participate in the
discussion. The topic of the
discussion was ‘Merging of oil
companies in INDIA under the
action of Union Budget’. This event
was a great success with the active
participation of many students. A
major part of the success was a
result of consistent perseverance
and dedication of the committee.
Knowledge café not only provided
a stage for active discussion but also
provided an active flow of the ideas
by debating over it. As we know
that the best way to get a good
idea is to have a lots of ideas
similarly this event helped the
students to learn and discussion
their ideas to reach to common
solution.
DAY-3: Social Initiative
SPE PDPU Student Chapter has
always worked for the development
and welfare of the society. In this
regard on 24th march the members
of SPE PDPU SC took a step to aware
people regarding the importance of
saving energy in their life and how it
is beneficial for the society. They
introduced people to Earth hour. It’s
a initiative according to which on
25th March from 8:30 - 9:30 PM
everyone will save some extra
electricity by not using any
electronic devices other than those
for critical needs.
At first the members went to different
shops and stores and enlighten the
owners about the shortage of
electricity other people are facing
and how they can help them by
saving electricity. They were asked to
use minimum lights and electricity
consuming decorative in their shop.
Then the members went to some
fitness centers and interacted with
people over there regarding the
methods to save energy.
The students urging the people in the society to
save electricity by turning of the unnecessary
electronic devices for just one hour.
#EarthHour
Our Chief Guest, Shri Nitinbhai Patel,
Honorable Dy. Chief Minister of
Gujarat and Guest of Honor, Shri
Chimanbhai Sapariya, Honorable
Energy Minister of Gujarat, graced
us with their benign presence. The
research center has cutting edge
equipment for applied research, skill
development, industry proprietary
projects and many more.
INAUGURATION OF DRILLING, CEMENTING
AND STIMULATION RESEARCH CENTRE
A state of the art “Drilling,Cementing
and Stimulation Research Center”
has been establ i shed and
commissioned at PDPU under the
aegis of Government of Gujarat
(GoG) and Gujarat State Petroleum
Corporation (GSPC). It is India’s first
such one of its kind research center,
worth ₹ 10 crores, which aims to
develop World Class Research and
Development Center and it also
aligns with the objective of “MAKE IN
INDIA” as per the vision of our
honorable Prime Minister.
REPRESENTATIONS
We are very proud to announce
that Yasin Matadar, Officer of our
chapter presented a paper in Oil
and Gas Horizons 8 held in Moscow.
He won third prize in the paper
presentation competition.
He also attended BRICS Youth
Summit where he stood first.
We congratulate him for his
achievements and wish him good
luck for all his future endeavours.
Shri Shantanu Das, DGM (P), ONGC
delivered a lecture on Advanced
hydraul ic f ractur ing: design
optimization. Many notable
dignitaries also attended the meet.
Officers of SPE Student Chapter
attended Domain Expert Lecture
organized by SPE India Section at
ONGC western onshore basin
office, Vadodara on 17th February,
2017
innovation, collaboration and
development. It also provided a
unique way to meet the SPE Board
Members and have a word with
them. Here are some captures of
the conference.
The members of SPE PDPU SC
attended the SPE DEEPWATER Work-
shop in Mumbai on 6&7th October,
2016. This conference provided a
platform to understand the indian
prospective of deepwater
SPE India Section has organized an
SPE Technology Meet "Addressing
Upcoming Challenges Through
Technology Advances" on 28th
February, 2017 at Institute of
R e s e r v o i r S t u d i e s , O N G C ,
Ahmedabad. This is a one day
technology meet wherein industry
experts from various disciplines will
be delivering talks with a focus on
new challenges being faced in oil
and gas industry to produce the yet
to be recovered. The presentation
sessions are accompanied with
poster session. We encourage
students to participate in large
numbers so that maximum of them
can take benefits of the industrial
interaction.
SPE TECHNOLOGY MEET
YES! I am the Change
SPE PDPU Student Chapter believes
in making change and influencing
lives of as many people as possible
in positive way. Thus we strive for
making a mark and contributing to
the society we live in. In this pursuit,
we keep on doing several social
initiatives, of which Yes, I am the
Change was one, and aimed at
bringing a change and giving our
little but significant contribution to
society. The campaign started from
1st August, 2016 and ended on 7th
August, 2016. Participants showed
great enthusiasm from different
colleges and various videos were
made regarding their acts of
kindness, or acts that bought
changes to society. Several entries
about cleanliness drives, cloth
donation drives, .
SOCIAL INITIATIVES
• Earth Hour (Details on Page
no. 39 )
• Giving Privilege to the
Underprivileged (Details on
Page no. 36 )
Republic Day Celebration
This 68th Republic Day, SPE PDPU
Student Chapter decided to put
a smile on children's faces by
distributing sweets among them.
Cashless Payment
Awareness Campaign
SPE PDPU Student Chapter decided
to promote vision of Indian Prime
minister of Digital India and cashless
economy. Thus we as a team tried to
spread the word of "Digital
Transactions" in the rural villages. We
taught people in nearby villages to
make online transactions and had
encouraged them to make a habit
of it. We discussed the perks which
comes with online payments and use
of PayTM. The people were more
than happy to learn this and the
response was overwhelming.
The students trying to explain how cashless transaction could make the people’s life a whole lot
easier. Since the demonetisation, many shopkeepers have started accepting PayTM.
WEEKLY INITIATIVES
February 20th, 2017 issue
SPE Info is the weekly newsletter that
all the students receive, to keep
them updated about all the major
events happening in the oil and gas
industry in our country and also
internationally. A small column
dedicated to crude oil and natural
gas prices is also there. Being a
petroleum engineering student, it’s
vital that we know about the
developments taking place; This is
the primary motive behind this
initiative.
LATEST REPRESENTATIONS
The SPE Oil and Gas India
Conference and Exhibition, on 4–
6 April 2017 in Mumbai, saw the
participation of Ms. Deepali
Gupta . M any p romi nent
personalities such as Mr. Darcy
Spady, SPE President 2018
graced the event with their
presence. We would like to
congratulate Ms. Gupta and
acknowledge her achievement
so that others may take
inspiration from it.
KNOWLEDGE CAFÉ
First Prize: Dhruv Maradia
Second Prize: Palash Dhurvey,
Jai Mehndiratta
Third Prize: Abhay Jani, Ankit Rajput
CONUNDRUM
First Prize: Tirth Raval, Param Pandya
Second Prize: Kishan Jadav, Pratik Gal
Third Prize: Kartikey Mishra, Yasin Matadar,
Ashwith Kyatham
