Working Groups

The AOGO reviews various issues through a set of working groups
These are responsible to the General Body for reviewing the issues and developing AOGO position thereon.

The working groups currently operational are-

HSE Group

This group is focused on the issues of health Safety, Environment & Human Resources. It looks at ways of improving our environment consciousness, procedures for approvals, requirements for monitoring , auditing of approved practices.

Nominee	Company
L B Murlidhar	BG
Ulganathan	Hardy Exploration
K Jaishankar	Cairn India
Dr. Patnaik	Niko
Ashu Sagar	AOGO - Convener

Fiscal Group

This group is focused on the of Fiscal & Legal issues. It also vets the Financial Implications of all proposals, reviews the implications of new and likely regulations on the upstream industry , and recommends appropriate course of action.

Nominee	Company
V K Duggal	Niko Resources
Mauro Gamba	ENI
Santosh Rangnekar	BG
Swagat Bam	Reliance
S Suriyanarayan
Cairn
P K Manocha	Focus
Ashu Sagar	AOGO - Convener

Logistics Group

This group is focused on the issues of Logistics, Contracts, Materials Management & Commercial and Cost Efficiency Issues.

Nominee	Company
Dalu Paul	Hardy Exploration
M Ajith	Niko Resources
Vinay Sharma	Reliance Industries
Ram Gajare	BG
Claudio Ortolani
ENI
A K Jain	ONGC
James Lobo	Geo Petrol
Ashu Sagar	AOGO - Convener

Licensing Policy Group

This group is focused on the issues of NELP OALP , PSCs.

Nominee	Company
C S Jain	ONGC
Franco Conticini	ENI
Larry Fischer	Niko
Rajiv Kumar	BP
Madhu Toshniwal
Santos
Prabhat Singh	BG
Sastry Karra	Hardy
Ashu Sagar	AOGO - Convener

Operating Environment Group

This group is focused on the issues of Best Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, Operating Environment, Knowledge Base.

Nominee	Company
Larry Fischer	Niko
Sastry Karra	Hardy Exploration
Sunil Bharati	Cairn India
Ashu Sagar	AOGO - Convener

Standard Procedures Group

This group is focused on the issues of Best Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, Operating Environment, Knowledge Base.

Nominee	Company
Larry Fischer	Nikofont
Sastry Karra	Hardy Exploration
Sunil Bharati	Cairn India
Ashu Sagar	AOGO - Convener

Scout Check Information Interchange Group

This group is focused on the issues Operating Issues and provides a platform for Information Interchange on Operating and Exploration Issues

Nominee	Company
K R Bhagat	Assamco
Prabhat Singh	BG
Rajiv Kumar	BP
Jayant Sethi	Cairn
Andrea Deglialessandrini	ENI
Bhatt	Focus
P K Alley	Geopetrol
R N Pandey	GSPC
J. Sahu	Hardy
Manish Maheshwari	HOEC
Hari Kumar	Jubilant
Shyam Sunder	JTI
Larry Fischer	Niko
Abhay Singh	Prize
Dave Beckett	Santos
Rohit Kapur	Selan
Ashu Sagar	AOGO - Convener

Information about the activities of the group may be obtained from contacting the nominated members, Bulletin Board, or writing to Experts@Aogo.in