Yogendra Thakur

Leading the new start up, conceived as "The Cradle to Knowledge" in Clean Energy (JV/partnering with Technology leaders in housetop independent solar, wind energy production systems, offshore wind, tidal energy), Climate Reality and Eco-solutions,; Defense and Security, Digital Solutions (Digitizing, Resources Management for Corporate, Govt., UNI); dual use technologies(thermal imaging, night vision, communications system etc.) for disaster rescue/security; Education & Entrepreneur development, infra and Water. strategic consulting (JV, Strategy, advisory on M&A, Due diligence, re-structure etc.), re-engineering corporation & government (processes, tools, resources, e-library, connecting inter-entities/offices via servers & satellite); develope upstream, midstream oil, gas, LNG assets, export pipeline, terminal, SBM and sub-sea pipelines; FEED Review, FEL, asset/pipeline integrity management/IPMS; Education and entrepreneurship development, Training workshops, Conferences on Oil, Gas Asset Investment Optimization & Risk Management, Gated Process for Oil and Gas E&P / EPCI Co.’s, , Hydrocarbon Flow Assurance, pipeline/sub-sea pipeline engineering; Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD), Finite Element Analysis(FEA), Global Best Practices, Program/Project/ Contract Management/Project Controls using Shell CTR/DSR System, Change Management etc.
A project initiated for Virtual Classes project for BS/MS program in Energy Studies, Advanced Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Pipeline Engineering Engineering, Science - mathematical modelling & computational mechanics etc. beamed from overseas UNI via satellite; Languages - French, Hebrew, Japanese for scientific, technical and strategic partnership. .

Program manager PMC; ExxonMobil Zadco Partnership Venture/WoodGroupKenny (2013 - 2014)
Led upgrade of Upper Zakum offshore brownfield new gas injection/Gas lift/Oil Production Facilities, as part of UZ 750K MBoPD Development Programme under Exxonmobil - Zadco Partnership, for drilling and production of oil and gas off the Gulf of Abu Dhabi in the Arabian Sea. The scope included topside modifications of Well Head Production Towers (WHPTs), hook-up with new gas injection/gas lift/oil production wells, subsea pipelines and composite cables (power + FO) from Central Island (UZCI) thru' Central Processing Complex (UZCC) to WHPTs, install and hook-up new Pig launcher/Receiver system on five WHPTs, commissioning and hand over. The role reported to Snr. Program Manager -offshore brownfield projects upgrade, under VP - offshore Brownfield Projects.

CEO/Director, GeoResources Solutions/GeoResources NZ Ltd. (2007 - 2013)
(A Solutions And Services Provider registered in New Delhi, India/Auckland, New Zealand with interests in Geothermal, Wind, Solar, Tidal Energy, Climate Change and Environment. Oil and Gas, Ocean Eng. etc.)
led strategic consulting (Strategy, M&A, Due Diligence, Re-structuring, Resources etc.), prepared winning bid proposal, jointly with SHI, Korea and India delivered, post award, Conceptual and HSE studies for development of offshore oil, gas production and processing facilities, pipeline, storage facilities for Conoco Phillips, Norway

Development Manager/Project Director (sponsored by Ranhill Worley Parsons, Malaysia) for BP Exploration Operating Co./Petro Vietnam; led USD 350 mln Nam Con Son gas project involving development of LAN TAY and LAN DO offshore fields, laying of 2-phase pipeline and construction of 720MW power plant PHU MY3 onshore. The EPIC scope involved engineering, procurement support, module fabrication management, brownfield modifications, upgrade of Two-Train gas compression facilities with compressors and solar turbines on existing LAN TAY platform, offshore installation, laying of 2- phase pipeline, Tie-ins to debottle-neck to ensure uninterrupted gas production to current level of 530 mmcft per day, hook-up and commissioning of facilities).

Head (Gr.GM) of Development & Eng., Cairn Energy India Pty. Ltd./Cairn Energy Plc (2004 - 2007)
(Cairn Energy India Pty. Limited, registered in New South Wales, Australia is an E&P arm of Cairn Energy Plc, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK with interest in India and South Asia)
led development of six (6) oil and gas fields; strategy and FDP, Concept selection/evaluation for surface production facilities, FEED, obtaining approvals from Regulatory Bodies and Stakeholders, representing company on stakeholder's Operations Committee, Management Committee and Regulatory Authority's meetings etc.; Team Building and Alignment of Integrated Project Management (IPM); managed FEED and EPCM of continuously heated upstream oil/gas production facilities, co-ordination thereof with Mustang Engineering at their office in Houston USA; route reconnaissance /selection, conceptual studies/design, FEED and EPCM of 24"x670 km continuously heated crude pipeline, world's longest, using skin heat management system, from oilfields in Barmer/Northern India to terminal facilities at Jamnagar port, west coast India. The Role reported to Group Operations and Engineering Director, Edinburgh. Scotland. UK

Offshore Projects Manager, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co ( 2001 - 2004)
led team building and Integrated Project Management of EPCM of USD 1.4 bln. Sour Gas Re-injection Facilities Upgrade Program at Zakum West oilfield, off gulf of Abu Dhabi in the Arabian sea. The role reported to Manager of Facilities Engineering Division.
Project Manager, led managing FEED for replacement of fixed oil export berth with SPM (Basic Design verification of 3 pipelines and a SPM, detailed design of SBM, shore tank farm modification) BY INTEC Eng./TEBODIN BV. The role reported to Manager of Facilities Engineering Division.

Project Manager-ABB Lummus Global/Petrofac JV, Petrofac Intl Ltd./Petrofac Group (2000 - 2001)
(A Transnational E&P Co. of USD 8 bln Petrofac Group with business interests in EPC, O&M of small oil and gas assets, etc.)
led development of four (4) onshore gas fields, Conceptual studies/design, Front End Design, management of USD 1.4 bln Engineering, Procurement, construction and Installation (EPIC) Contract; project services for Production and storage facilities, export pipelines in North Africa for BHP Petroleum Australia Pty. Ltd.; Bid Proposals for FEED services for KHUP oilfield development for Qatar Petroleum; EPIC services for surface production facilities, export pipeline facilities for development of oilfield asset at Kharg Island, Iran for NIOC; EPIC services for 170 Km pipeline and compressor stations in Kazakhstan for Hurricane Hydrocarbon Ltd, UK. The role reported to JV Project Director, Hague, the Netherlands and Vice - President, Middle East and North Africa.

India Operations Manager, Bechtel Group Inc., London and New Delhi Offices (1994 - 1999)
( A USD 27 bln Transnational Bechtel Group Co. headquartered in Sanfracisco, USA with interests in LSTK/PMC/EPC business interests in Petroleum & Chemicals, Power, Mines and Metals, Civil Infra spaces)
Team India Management led by India MD implemented Bechtel's 1995 Strategic Initiative (set-up fully automated India Office building around eight hundred strong organisation comprising 500 technical staff, 100 CAD Designers, and 100 plus finance, Admin staff by 1997); led business Business/Financial Planning (CAPEX/OPEX Budgeting, Revenue, Expenditure, GM Forecast) and management, operations (P/L) management, Resources management using HRIS/TRMS, Bid proposals and pricing, Company/Business Line operations & Financial Reporting, Review with EAMS Regional Business Manager in London; managed project engineering, Procurement & MPAG, Construction Management & Resources Support to project sites for 1460 km Pipeline from West Coast India to HPCL's new refinery in Northern India for Indian Oil Corp; 27 mtpa refinery in West Coast India for Reliance Group; Engineering Services for 450 MW combined cycle co-gen power plants in USA, UK and Enron India; Dubai airport expansion jointly with Bechtel Sanfransico, USA; 2.0 mln tpa Alumina plant for COMALCO, Australia jointly with Bechtel Perth, Australia; DFR for 2.0 mln t/a Alumina project in Eastern India for Aditya Birla Group. The role reported, functionally, to EAMS Regional Manager, London and, administratively, to MD - India office.

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PMC Program Manager/Snr. Manager - Projects/Project Manager/Project Services Manager, Engineers India Limited (1982 - 1994)
LNG/Gas Business - PMC Program Manager, US$ 2.4 bn. Brownfield, 22-Trains in-operation LNG liquefaction plants, storage facilities, world's largest, at four distant sites in Algerie, North Africa by Halliburton KBR, Bechtel, Sofregaz and Tractebel for Sonatrach, National Oil co. of Algerie, North Africa. The role reported to Directeur-de- Lequifaction, Sonatrach, Algerie and Executive Director (EIL) -site; Project Manager, prepared a winning proposal for PMC, against global tender, for a multi-billion dollar Petrochemicals complex at Tabriz for TPC, Iran.
Petroleum Refining Business - Snr. Manager - Projects/Project Manager, EPCM of 6 mtpa refinery project in Northern India for Indian Oil, 3.0 mtpa brown field refinery and tank farm facilities upgrade project in eastern India for Indian Oil. The role reported to General Manager - Refinery.
Ocean Eng. Business - HO Manager, led Management, Project Services for development of oil/gas fields FED, EPIC and project cost estimates; selection of EPIC contractors, engineering/review of EPIC contractor's design, procurement assistance; fabrication, installation and commissioning supervision of $ 2.4 bln production, processing, water injection facilities for offshore Bombay High oilfield, $ 2.5 bln production, processing facilities for South Bassein Gas Field; 42"x255 km oil/gas Trunk pipeline from offshore South Bassein gas field to shore terminal in west coast India; 26"/24" oil/gas pipeline from Heera offshore oilfield to shore Terminal in west coast India for ONGC; R&D Program for development of Tidal energy from Indian Ocean for Department of Ocean Development (DoD), Govt of India. The role reported to General Manager - Ocean Eng. Business.
Ocean Eng. Business - Field Office- Field Manager, led co-ordination with HO, fabrication yards, offshore sites, fab/installation contractors, review their performance; review contractor's welding, fabrication, Load-out and offshore Installation Procedures for jackets, piles, Topsides, bridges, S/sea Pipelines for production/process platforms, for Bombay High South, South Bassein fields off Gulf of Bombay for ONGC.
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Co-ordinated Transfer of Technologies and Basic Design, under License Agreement, by Snamprogetti SpA, Milan and Haldor Topsoe AS Copenhagen offices to PDIL - India; EPCM and Project Controls, using HP 3000 IPCAT/IBM 370 PROJACS Programs, for gas based Ammonia Plants (2x1500 tpd) licensed by Haldor Topsoe AS, 3x 1100 tpd Urea Plants, licensed by Snamprogetti SpA, offsite gas/ammonia storage facilities-site fabricated Horton spheres-and utilities, feed Gas, liquid Ammonia pipelines; Jetti designed and constructed by Lee and Muirhead in West coast India for RCF;
Site Engineer - Mechanical & Piping, supervised equipment, piping erection, testing etc. The role reported to Project Manager.

/Development Engineer, Burma Oil CO., UK(Acquired by Government of India in 1981 and renamed Oil India Ltd.)with interest in E&P business in Petroleum, was fully acquired in 1971 by the Indian Government.)
led development of oil/gas fields surface production facilities, midstream infrastructure facilities (pipelines, storage, loading/unloading arm facilities) involving conceptual studies, design/engineering, construction/installation, commissioning in upper Assam/north eastern India. The role reported to Facilities Engineering Manager.