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6th World PetroCoal Congress-2016

T he 6th World PetroCoal Congress-2016 was or-

ganised at New Delhi, India, with the participation of

323 national and international delegates from Australia, Bel-

gium, Canada, Hong Kong, Sin-gapore, South Africa, UK, USA.

The Conference brought to-gether leading international

and domestic players, policy makers, government officials

and technocrats on a common platform. The theme of the 6th

World PetroCoal Congress, “Petroleum-Coal-Gas: Ensur-

ing Sustainability”, provided

an appropriate platform for tak-

ing stock of new fossil fuels,

cleaner use of existing fuels and the need for closer networking

among the various agencies handling different fuels for syn-

ergising their operations and strategies to achieve higher

value addition to secure and depleting resources, enhancing

benefits to society, and encour-aging better environmental

management.

The 6th WPCC-2016 was inaugu-

rated by Mr. Anil Razdan, For-mer Secretary Power, Govern-

ment of India on 15th February 2016 and highlighted the impor-

tance of fossil fuels in the en-

ergy mix for greener growth. Speaking on the inaugural func-

tion Dr. Satish Agnihotri, Presi-dent Energy And Environment

Foundation gave emphasis on the synergy for energy for a sus-

tainable development, Ms. Melanie Kenderdine Director of

Office of Energy Policy and Sys-tems Analysis, U.S. Department

of Energy, Mr. Benjamin Spor-ton, Chief Executive, World

Coal Association UK, Dr. Robert C. Armstrong Director MIT En-

ergy Initiative USA, Mr. Sudhir Vasudeva Former CMD ONGC,

Mr. Alok Perti Former Secre-

tary Coal, Government of India

highlighted the importance of

energy security and sustainabil-ity. Dr. Anil K. Garg, President,

World PetroCoal Congress em-phasised the importance of

global cooperation in explora-tion, production and cleaner use

of the fossil fuels, ensuring sus-tainability in Petroleum, Coal &

Gas Sectors.

At the inau-

gural cere-mony of the

congress, Mr. Anil Razdan

Former Sec-retary Power,

Government of India gave

away the p res t i giou s “ E n e r g y

And Envi-r o n m e n t

Foundation Global Ex-

cellence Awards 2016” in the Petroleum, Coal and Gas

Sectors. Energy And Environ-

ment Foundation conferred the

Excellence Award to Professor Richard Paul Philp School of

Geology and Geophysics The

University of Oklahoma Nor-man USA; Mr. B. Ashok, Chair-

man, Indian Oil Corporation

Limited for providing transfor-m a t i o n a l

lea dership , i n s t i tu t io n

building and for their ex-cellent con-

tribution in Petrole um

Sector. Mrs.

M e l a n i e

Kenderdine Director Of-

fice of Energy Policy and

S y s t e m s

Analysis U.S. Department

of Energy, USA was

conferred the

Global Award in Gas Sector for

demonstrating excellence, crea-

tivity and innovation. In Coal Sector Mr. Sutirtha Bhatta-

charya, Chairman, Coal India Limited; Capt. R. S. Sindhu

CMD ACB (India) Limited; Mr. S. K. Chowdhary Former Chair-

man, Coal India Limited; Dr. Dave Osborne Director Re-

search and Technology, Somer-set International Australia were

awarded for their outstanding contribution in Coal Sector

especially for promoting clean

coal technologies and sustain-

ability.

Energy And Environment

Foundation in the memory of

Dr. A.N. Saksena Former Addi-

tional Secretary and Financial

Advisor to the Government of India and the First President of

Energy And Environment Foun-dation, constituted an Life Time

Achievement Award in order to remember him, his vision and

pay tribute to this great person-ality. The first Dr. A.N. Sak-

sena Memorial Life Time Achievement Award 2016

awarded to Dr. TSR Prasada

Rao, Former Director Indian

Institute of Petroleum, De-

hradun.

Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Government of India Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi gave away the “Energy And

Environment Foundation Global Awards 2016” to WSS

ONGC, The Singareni Col-lieries Company Ltd., ICICI

Bank Limited & Tata Steel Limited in Safety and in CSR

Adani Enterprises Ltd, In-

dian Oil Corporation Lim-ited & JK Lakshmi Cement

Ltd grab the awards.

The concurrent conference ses-sions were comprised of Plenary Session on “Coal: Global & I n d i a n S c e n a r i o ” ,

“Exploration & Production

Challenges – A Way For-

ward” and “Natural Gas: Fu-eling the Future”, keynote

sessions on “Clean Coal Tech-nologies” “Euro / Bharat 6

Liquid Fuels” and “Coal-Gasification and Coal-to-

Liquid Conversion were high-

lights of the Congress. Interest-

ing, interactive panel discus-

sions on

Skill Development & Talent Management in the Petro-

Coal Sector” “Fossil Fuels and Environment” &

“Future of Energy” environ-

mentally friendly solutions for

Coal handling and loss preven-tion was also discussed. A

Thought Leadership Summit,

Special Interactive Group Meet-ing on “Energy Supply, Fossil

Fuels and Climate Change: The Potential Role of Natu-

ral Gas” special attraction. All

distinguished participants in-

teracted and viewed various technologies and products on

display.

The Conference served as a

platform and an important gate-way for worldwide energy com-

panies to access the Indian mar-ket to foster partnerships and

collaborations with local play-

ers.

The Congress was supported by Ministries of Petroleum & Natu-

ral Gas, Coal & Power Govern-ment of India and sponsored by ONGC, Coal India Limited, ACB (India) Limited, Indian

Oil Corporation, Oil India

Limited, GAIL (India) Lim-ited, Adani, Engineers India

Limited and SAIL. Large num-

ber of professional associations,

media partners supported this international Congress. EMPI

was the Knowledge Partner of

the Conference.

Energy And Environment Foun-dation invites the global energy

community to assemble again at New Delhi, India in 15th to 17th

February 2017 for the 7th World