Safety Seminar 2024

Seminar on Safety in Natural Gas Transmission & City Gas Distribution

September 13, 2024, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida

The NATURAL GAS SOCIETY (NGS) organised a Seminar on “Safety in Natural Gas Transmission & City Gas Distribution” at Noida on 13th September 2024.

The response was overwhelming with a large participation of delegates from the NG/CGD industry and associated sectors.

Shri D V Shastry, ED, NGS welcomed the gathering. The event was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Shri Bhuwan Chandra Tripathi, Former CMD GAIL and Non Executive Chairman, Essar Group, with a special address by Shri Rajeev Kumar Singhal, Director (Business Development). GAIL. Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh, CGM, Indian Oil Corp Limited was the Keynote speaker on this occasion.

The CEO / Leaders’ Panel Forum Session on “Governance Mechanism & Role of Leadership in Achieving Safety Excellence” was moderated by Dr S P Garg former ED (HSE), GAIL / Dy MD, MYPG TIS; and the eminent panelists were: Sh Kamal Kishore Chatiwal, MD, Indraprastha Gas Limited, Sh Gautam Chakraborty, GAIL Gas Limited, Sh Bhashit Dholakia, COO, IndianOil – Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd., Sh Sandeep Trehan, CEO, THINK Gas LNG Investments Ltd and Sh Rakesh Mewada, AVP-HSSE, Pipeline Infrastructure Limited

The technical sessions comprising Presentations & Experience sharing were held and were Chaired by Sh Sunit Verma, Principal Consultant, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), Prof. Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta, PD-HighCAP, HoD, National Institute of Disaster Management and Shri U K VERMA, Executive Director (Technical), Engineers India Limited respectively.

The Speakers and Delegates were from Petronet LNG Limited, GAIL (India) Limited, Indraprastha Gas Limited, Mahanagar Gas Limited, Engineers India Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Adani Total Gas, Alethe Labs India Pvt Ltd., MNGL (JV of GAIL & BPCL), Indian Oil Corp Limited, GAIL Gas Limited, Green Gas Limited, Pipeline Infrastructure Limited, Bhagyanagar Gas Limited, @Unison Enviro, SANMARG Projects, India, IMC Limited, Oil Industry Safety Directorate, Ambetroics Ltd., Respoproducts Ltd. etc.

Natural Gas Society expresses its gratitude and thanks to all the Dignitaries, Panelists, Speakers and Delegates from various reputed companies in the Natural Gas/CGD Sector for making the Seminar a great success.

Presentations

 1. Experience sharing on Safety during Storage, Loading & Unloading of LNG Truck at LNG Terminalat by Shri Upinder Kumar, CGM & VP, PLL, Kochi

 2. Experience Sharing on Safety during Storage and Dispensing at Bhubaneswar Shri Adwait Suresh Bhave, DGM (F&S), GAIL

 3. Experience sharing on Safety while dispensing LNG to LNG-Powered vehicles by Shri Srinivasan Murali, CEO, Unison Enviro

 4. Latest Revisions and Amendments in the OISD Standards for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines and CGD Networks by Shri Amar Singh, GM (GAIL) / Addl. Director, OISD

 5. Experience sharing on ERDMP- Preparedness for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines by Shri O.T. Sharma, DGM (Safety), GAIL

 6. Experience sharing on ERDMP- Preparedness for CGD Pipeline Networks by Shri Raman Srivastava, Sr. VP (HSE), IGL

 7. Safety measures to be adopted during laying of PNG pipeline connections in high rise building and densely populated areas by Shri Gurvinder Singh Anand, VP (Projects)Mahanagar Gas Ltd.

 8. Innovation in Gas & Flame Detection Industry by Shri Manan Shah, CEO, Ambetronics Engineers Pvt Ltd.

 9. Advanced Sensor Technologies for the Detection of Flammable Gases by Shri Vishaal Kaushal – MD & CEO, RESPOPRODUCTS

 

Glimpses of the conference
Session I

Session II

Session II

Session IV

Session V