OGDCL Final Internship Report
OGDCL Final Internship Report
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
I did six weeks internship at OGDCL as a compulsion for my BBA Hons degree
from Bahria University. It is a necessity for every student to do internship
with any organization relevant to their subject of studies. This stipulation is a
way of familiarizing the students with the practical world which they intend
to enter after completion of their education. During the tenure of my
internship I got an opportunity to understand the organization and apply my
knowledge and theoretical concepts in a better manner. This report precisely
states my experience.
The following report has been written on the format provided by the
university administration. It initiates with an introduction of the company’s
background and proceeds with its contribution to Pakistan’s economy.
OGDCL forms the industrial base of our country and plays a dominant role in
energy generation activities to support the nation on the whole. This sector
dates back to the creation of Pakistan and ever since owing to its importance
it has been pampered by all sectors of production.
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INTRODUCTION
During the 1950s, these companies carried out extensive geological and
geophysical surveys and drilled 47 exploratory wells. As a result, a few small
gas fields were discovered. Despite these gas discoveries, exploration
activity after having reached its peak in mid-1950s, declined in the late
fifties. Private Companies whose main objective was to earn profit were not
interested in developing the gas discoveries especially when infrastructure
and demand for gas was non-existent. With exploration activity at its lowest
ebb several foreign exploration contracting companies terminated their
operation and either reduced or relinquished land holdings in 1961.
Oil and gas sector has been the oldest industrial base for Pakistan and the
world around us. It is the source of all kind of activities geared towards the
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generation of energy, for the use of other industries and activities that
support the economy of a nation. This reason alone has let the energy sector
to be pampered by all the sectors of production and society around us. The
setup of oil and gas related infrastructure and institutions started with the
formation of Pakistan. The then governments (in the first decade of
formation) did take some very useful decisions for the later generations of
Pakistan. They made sure that our energy needs were made secure enough
so that we could count on them. Many energy generation and exploration
projects were started which really proved useful in that decade of intense
growth of industrial development. These explorations fueled the
development process further to attain one of the fastest growths in the
history of Pakistan. This also proves that if these projects weren’t initiated
maybe the picture would have been much different and grotesque today.
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
In the public sector many companies and firms are operating including
OGDCL, PPL, PSO, SSGCL, SNGPL and PARCO. Private sector companies of
Pakistan have done a formidable job in attracting much needed investment
and also in fulfilling much of the strategic fuel needs of Pakistan. Major
Private Sector companies include: British Petroleum (BP), Asia Petroleum
Limited, Shell Pakistan, OMV Pakistan, Attock Petroleum Limited (APL) and
Chevron (Caltex) private limited.
The primary commercial energy supplies for the year 2006-07 in Pakistan
have been 60.4 million tons of oil equivalent (mtoe) from 57.9 mtoe in 2005-
06. Natural Gas holds a share of 48.5% in primary energy supplies followed
by oil 30.0%, hydro electricity 12.6%, coal 7.3%, nuclear electricity 0.9% and
LPG 0.5% while imported electricity is only about 0.1%.
PETROLEUM
Fuel or petrol has many forms and is one of the most important energy
constituent as the world today depends on it. Most of its transportation and
many other needs would remain unfulfilled if this energy source is not
available in a timely manner or as per requirement. The total amount of
identified recoverable reserves of crude oil, according to the report of GSP
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(Geological Survey of Pakistan) is 341.800 million barrels. The average
production of crude oil during the 2006-07 was 67,438 barrels per day.
During the same period a total of 36 wells were drilled. The number of
development wells drilled during 2006-07 was 41. The drilling efforts
resulted in 17 discoveries mostly of gas/condensate, out of which, 10 were
by OGDCL and 7 by the private sector. The consumption of Petroleum
products in 2007 was 1685 million tons. The percentage share of different
sectors in its consumption is as follows: Households (0.6) Industry (9.5),
agriculture (0.6), Transport (47.4), Power (40) and others (1.9) percent.
There is excessive increase in the demand for Petroleum since the number of
vehicles has increased at an alarming rate. This demand for petroleum is
expected to increase consistently over the years
Major products or kinds used and produced in Pakistan are Motor Spirit,
Kerosene, HOBC (High octane blending component), Diesel (HSD and LDO),
Furnace oil, Aviation Fuels and Naphtha. We export various by-products of
petroleum and in fact crude oil itself when it becomes more than necessary
and when there is no stocking space left in the storage depots.
INFRASTRUCTURE
At present the publicly owned shipping vessels in the industry are only 3;
held by NTC (National Tankers Corporation). Since 80% of our oil
requirements are fulfilled through the import of oil, our port facilities are of
absolute importance for the Petroleum sector. We have 2 major ports in the
country: Karachi and Port Qasim. Bulk of the traffic is handled by the Karachi
Port. Pipelines are the major transportation mode in the transfer of oil to
different locations. There are a variety of pipelines operating in the country
namely PARCO, Mahmood Kot-Faisalabad-Machike (MFM) Pipeline, APL Fuel
Oil Pipeline, White Oil Pipeline Project, Machike-Taru Jabba Pipeline Project
(MTJPP) and the trans-Karakoram oil pipeline. Refineries and the OMCs have
key installations and terminals to receive and store crude and petroleum
products in Karachi (Keamari, Korangi, Zulfiqarabad, and so on), Mahmood
Kot (mid-country) and Morgah (Rawalpindi). In addition, the PARCO pipeline
system has its own terminals at Korangi, Gujrat (mid-country), Faisalabad
and Machike.
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• Upstream (Oil Exploration companies e.g. GSP)
The Upstream sector of our Petroleum industry consists of the Oil exploration
and extraction companies. The Midstream sector represents the oil refineries
operating in the sector. The downstream sector comprises of the firms that
directly market the petroleum and its by-products to the final consumer.
PIPELINE NETWORK
Pakistan has the world’s second largest pipeline network after America in the
world which is being run by two companies namely the SNGPL and SSGCL.
The transmission system of SNGPL is in Punjab and NWFP. The key
installations for Gas are the areas where it is discovered, since it's from there
that the gas is being pumped into the pipeline system of the country. For
example the main Transmission system for most of Pakistan is situated near
Sui.
Gas is brought out from the gas fields, processed sent to the distribution
networks and from there sent to the consumers as required. There is a
vertically integrated environment for Gas sector. The upstream sector
consists of different companies that may or may not be involved in the
petroleum
sector as well.
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Production & Down-
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Reserves Exploratio s Developme Production/Operatio
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Success Ratio
Reserves Production Cost
Finding and Development
Replacement Operations
Development Spend
Rate Effectiveness
Cost, Spend
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Enabling
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KPIsSupply Chain
Corporate HR Safety
Requisition to
Planning Technical Staff Gap Employee
Order cycle
Productivity Safety
time
Many companies are operating exploratory wells and development drilling
wells in Pakistan. Midstream sector is processing gas and distributing it to
networks for transporting and home delivery. Downstream sector is where
the gas is supplied to the end users the main suppliers being SSGCL and
SNGPL who have been marketing and setting the price for different
consumers.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
ESTABLISHMENT
The Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) was created under an
Ordinance in 1961, to undertake comprehensive exploratory program and
promote Pakistan’s oil and gas prospects. In 1997, it was converted into a
Public Limited Company and is now governed by the Companies Ordinance
1984.
Prior to 23rd October 1997, OGDCL was a statutory Corporation and was
known as Oil & Gas Development Company. It was incorporated as a Public
Limited Company w.e.f. 23rd October1997 and became known as Oil & Gas
Development Company Limited.
DEVELOPMENT
OGDCL plays a leading role in developing oil and gas resources in Pakistan.
Our principle objective is to first expand and accelerate onshore exploration
and development activities and, contingent upon theses activities, undertake
carefully selected offshore and international development activities to
augment our oil and gas resources. With a balanced, efficient and
competitive structure, OGDCL explores and exploits indigenous resources for
optimum production of oil and gas, besides seeking opportunities abroad.
OGDCL has the largest acreage position in Pakistan and currently operates
17 exploration concessions and holds non –operated working interest in
another 7 exploration concessions. In addition OGDCL has 35 Mining and
Development & Production Leases, which are operated by it besides having
working interest ownership in 28 non-operated Mining and Development &
Production Leases, OGDCL has an extensive database. Services of the
Company’s highly qualified and skilled expertise in the fields of geology and
geophysics are frequently availed y the local and foreign oil companies. It
also leases out its drilling rigs to the private sector and carries out seismic
surveys and data processing on contract for these companies on extremely
competitive rates.
OGDCL now holds the largest shares of oil and gas reserves in the country,
i.e. 48% of total oil and 37% of total gas reserves. Its percentage share of
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the total oil and gas production in Pakistan is 34% and 28% respectively. On
the basis of its activities since inception, the company has until June 30,
2003 and made 59 discoveries with a success ratio of 1:3. OGDCL’s updated
estimates for remaining recoverable oil and gas reserves as on 1st July, 2003,
stood at 9.228 billion standard cubic feet (BSCF) of gas and 164.25 million
barrels of oil including company’s share in non – operated Joint Ventures.
During the last 42 years OGDCL has grown into a technically and
commercially viable organization.
In order to achieve this goal, the Company seeks to execute the following
strategies:
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3. Maintain Low Cost Operations: OGDCL’s operating environment,
namely the geographic concentration of its reserves base within
Pakistan, will be a major factor in allowing it to control its low cost
structure. Within Pakistan, the Company’s leading position also enables
it to access economies of scale across its significant reserves base and
operations.
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COMPANY’S ANALYSIS
OPERATION ANALYSIS
There are six customers of OGDCL, 4 oil refineries and 2 gas companies.
Crude oil from the fields is transported to the two oil refineries in Karachi,
PARCO in Multan and Attock oil refinery. Gas for further processing is sold to
SNGPL and SSGCL. Transportation of the products is the responsibility of
OGDCL.
Gas is only transported through gas pipelines to the gas processing plants of
the respective companies where it is processed for daily consumption. No
other means are used. However raw gas extracted from underground has
very variable composition; it contains a lot of impurities in various quantities.
Before the raw gas which can be fed into the processing plants, it needs to
be of the required standard. There are several on site gas processing plants
which process it so that the required standards are met and then it is
transported. Oil is transported through pipelines and also through oil tankers.
The gas pipelines are set up in collaboration with the government where
possible. These pipelines take the oil directly from the oil fields to the
refineries. Where pipelines are not present or cannot be made due to any
reason third party carriers are used to transport the oil. NLC tankers are
often used by OGDCL for this purpose. OGDCL doesn’t own any oil tankers or
any oil carrying vehicles however it bears the cost.
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
OGDCL financial performance has been consistently improving with
sustainable growth since the time it became a self-financing Company. The
Company is the single largest contributor of more than Rs. 37 billion to the
national exchequer in the shape of royalty, duties, taxes and other
payments.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
OPERATING LEVERAGE
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OGDCL has high operating leverage as it has high total Fixed Expenditures
as compared to variable expenditure, it gives a magnifying effect. It also
shows that the company is risky one.
GROWTH IN SALES
The sales of OGDCL have also grown insignificantly. In 2002 the sales of
OGDCL million barrels of oil and now it has reached to 14500 barrels of oil.
This growth in sales is due to increasing demand of oil. The sale of Gas has
also increased from 250000 MMcF in 2002 to 300000 in 2005 which was also
same in 2007, now it has increased to 350000.
The EPS of OGDCL has increased from 4 in 2002 to 11.54 in 2008. The
Dividend payout rate of OGDCL is very high because of the government
control due to 85% share in capital. Government covers its losses of petrol
by getting these dividends.
All policy related issues are dealt by the board of Directors that is headed by
a non-executive Chairman and a full time Managing director. The general
direction, policies and affairs of the Company vests in a Board of Directors,
which consists of 01 Chairman, 10 Directors and 01 Managing Director (MD).
MD is responsible for operational and other activities. The OGDCL has been
re-organized during the last few years; it now operates much purely as Oil
Company does. Emphasis is on Professional Competence and getting things
done. OGDCL can broadly be divided in to following three companies:
• Corporate
• Technical Services
The whole organization has been streamlined on the functional basis and it
has emerged as an efficient unit, while speed and competence are its Hall
Mark. It is now divided into separate departments and each department is in
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a position to work independent business unit. For effective operational
activities, different Executive Directors performs following activities in
consultation with General Managers, who are assisted by the concerned
Departmental Managers:
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The Executive Director Exploration:
Supervises all the geophysical and geological and exploration activities and
is assisted by different Manager.
When a potential oil or gas field has been identified through seismic surveys,
it is then drilled to assess the quality and quantity of the deposits. This
process is achieved through drilling. ED (Drilling) is responsible for all the
drilling activities carried out by OGDCL in the country.
6. Maintenance of Database-Computerization.
Hiring of lodges, rest houses for staff and officer at big cities like Lahore,
Karachi Peshawar etc.
FUNCTIONS
Actually PAO is the head of two major sections, that in general admin section
and housing section. All type of documents/cases are tabled to the PAO for
verification and signed. He may approve the legal cases and also has the
power to reject illegal cases. Particularly in housing cases the approval of
PAO is must. The posting (DAK) of all Islamabad come to the PAO and also he
distributes the post to the required party/person. He is the in charge of
overall staff of both sections.
TRANSPORT SECTION
For each department they provide special vehicle for emergency cases.
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VEHICLE FOR PICK AND DROPS
Large number of coasters for officers and buses for other lower staff are
available which perform the duty of to pick early in the morning and drop at
the end of office time the staff to perform their duties.
At each field from 5 to 6 vehicles ready every time for field duties at the time
of emergency.
Similarly some vehicles are available for engineers and other staff.
Legal service department is one of the most simple and little department but
its functions are always maintained on climax position in OGDCL. To deal
with court and legal cases, whenever occur in OGDCL. If any body from
outside accused on OGDCL in any affair, then legal service department
stands from management side of OGDCL. They have their own advocates,
but mostly they consult with outside advocates on various fees. On the other
side when OGDCL claims on any person or body of person, so at this also
they deals the cases same as above. But when inside OGDCL any employee
appeal against any officer under the section rule 25, so if the case is lower
level then legal service department delete that claim by negotiation with
employee. After that if the employee is frustrated then he can go to the court
for appeal. It is not essential for employee as well as for legal service
department that they hire advocate for case. Employee can witness in court
personally, but legal service department are always advocates from the
management side. It is the information from the department that mostly
cases are go in favors of OGDCL.
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Medical Center Department Organogram
Every year medical centre make an arrangement with any drug store on 6%
discount. It is a permanent discount so after check up, the patient may
receive the drugs from that particular drug store. For verification the owner
of the drug store send bills to the DCMO at the each month. DCMO checks
and make verification and signed on those bills. After that they refer the bills
to the account department for payment. Vaccination programmed is also
processed in MC. They keep money for vaccination.
Diagnostic Facilities
Hospitalization
Medicines
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Vaccination
Vaccination facilities for children are available at both medical centers and
every Monday is specially fixed for this purpose.
Ambulance
Welfare Section
It is just like a bridge between the union and management. It is also a proper
channel between the two bodies.
Distress grant, at the time when any staff member die, the amount will be
given to his wife.
Similarly large number of facilities they provide to the staff member, due to
the arrangement with management. The union and management make on
agreement after every two years. Welfare section negotiates with union from
the management side.
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Pension Section
Pension was introduced in OGDCL after 1984. After 10 years in OGDCL the
staff member qualified for pension and after 25. Years he can demand for
pension. The super innovation of the pension is maximum 60 Years. After 60
years he can not stay more. Accommodation allowance is 50% of the growth
monthly pension supposes that on the age of 25 years of service his pension
will be counted of the 14th scale employee.As a whole it means that OGDCL
will provide pension till 15 years and something. After that the pension
allowance will be counted again.
Recruitment Section
Organogram
After the completion of organogram they take the official approval from
chairman and give advertisement through public relation department of the
most required vacancies. The recruitment procedure of the OGDCL is mostly
related with CSS of Pakistan .i.e. as under:
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Merit 10%
Punjab 50%
N.W.f.P 11.5%
Baluchistan 3.5%
Fata 04%
A.j.k 02%
After the advertisement they receive application from all Pakistan and take
written examination. This examination is held in those departments, where
the candidate want to join and that department send the result to
recruitment section.
Written Test
40%weitage
Experience 30%weitage
The time for a written test is usually one hour. Those candidates who
qualified the test then they send a call for interview if they are not low merit.
It should be kept in mind that the interview has no value and no marks. It is
just only for to and to analyze the courage, boldness communication skill,
convincing power and also his dealing with other people.
RECRUITMENT TYPES
Regular
Contract Basis
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Hiring through Contractor
Classified appointment
Relevant subject
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DISCIPLINE SECTION
FUNCTIONS
Discipline section deals with those matters which depend upon any
misbehavior, mis-conduct or any offence which occur in fields and offices by
the employees. In OGDCL there is delegation of powers .Every higher
authority can take action against that evil. After taking action he send a
report to discipline section then discipline section help him in penalties with
the approval of executive directors and chairman under the rule of 1973.
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PENALTIES
MINOR PENALTIES
Censure;
Stoppage for a specific period, at an efficiency bar in the time scale, other
wise then for unfitness to cross such bars.
Recovery from the pay of the whole or any part of any pecuniary
(minority) loss caused to corporation by negligence or breach of orders.
MAJOR PENALTIES
Compulsory retirement.
Removal from the service does not but the dismissal from the service
does disqualify for future in this rule, removal or dismissal from service
does not include the discharge of a person.
APPEAL
Provided that whether the penalties are imposed by order of the board of
directors, there shall be no appeal but the person concerned may apply for
review of the order.
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NOTE
The chairman’s approval is necessary at all the stages for issuing the show
cause notices and enquiry letter for awarding the final punishment.
CAREER PLANNING
The promotion and recruitment criteria of the corporation was notified vide
O. M.N.AA, 0103-15 dated 12 November, 1984, where after a few
clarifications were also issued from time to time. However, there have been
some problems in application of the promotion criteria in some cases.
Therefore to remove these difficulties, the promotion criteria has been
reviewed and revised under the guidance of the executive directors.
The revised promotion criteria are notified herewith which shall be effective
from first July, 1991.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
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The scoring system is also having a major impact on effective performance
appraisals. The accuracy and reliability of any scoring system increases with
full descriptions/definitions, and better still with examples for each score
band. This gives everyone the same objective scientific reference points, and
reduces subjectivity.
Outstanding 05%
Normal 50%
Marginal 20%
Poor 05%
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BARRIERS TO PROMOTIONS
SUGGESTIONS
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MARKETING ANALYSIS
PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT
Initially it was started and performs duties in Karachi, but in 1985 shifted to
Islamabad along with whole records.
Public relation department is more concerned with press. The main objective
is to provide accurate and an esteem information to the general public about
OGDCL’s functions that what OGDCL is doing. For the development of oil and
gas sometime press conference also arranged for this purpose. Public
relation department deliberate plan and sustained efforts to established and
maintain natural understanding between an organization and its public.
The operations of OGDCL are such that it does not require a formal
marketing department. As is evident in the diagram below, OGDCL supplies
gas and oil through pipelines. The product is transported to oil companies
such as PSO, Shell and gas companies such as SSGCL and SGNPL. The
product reaches the end consumers through these companies.
Since the gas is supplied to the end users the main suppliers being SSGCL
and SNGPL who have been marketing and setting the price for different
consumers.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
INDUSTRY & MARKET ANALYSIS
At home the demand for energy in the form of gas and oil has skyrocketed.
With the shortage of electricity the industrial sector is also looking to gas for
its energy supplies. Therefore right now there is a deficit between demand
and supply.
In the product line of OGDCL, the following are its products by which it is
earning profits:
PROJECTS
Qadirpur gas field, one of the large fields in the country was
discovered in 1990. It is located in the central Indus basin,
south of kandhkot and Sui gas field. In accordance with the
consolidated revised development plan dated 30 November,
2002 phase-II “revamp project” was commissioned on 23
January 2004 to process MMscfd of gas. Under this plan
pretreatment memguard unit and new membrane elements
were installed and drilling of one well was completed.
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Until 2030, global energy demand is expected to increase by
50% of which around 60% of the energy supply is expected
to be met by oil and natural gas. Currently 74% of the
energy mix, will still be by far the dominant contributor to
the energy mix in 2020. Oil will remain the dominant energy
source for the transport sector and feedstock for the
petrochemical industry. Gas will take an increasing market
share in energy supply, essentially for power generation.
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COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
MAJOR COMPETITORS
OMV Pakistan
Mari Gas
Mari Gas Company Limited is one of the largest oil & gas
exploration and production companies in Pakistan. Over the
years with the development of the Field and the subsequent
evaluations its gas reserves were enhanced to 6.8TCF, thus
making Mari the country’s 2nd largest gas field.
PPL
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Pakistan Petroleum Ltd is Pakistan's Premier E&P Company,
the oldest Exploration and Production Company in the
country was incorporated on 5th June 1950. The gas, LPG
and NGL production from PPL operated and non-operated
fields for the year 2004-05 in terms of oil equivalent, was
about 171,205 barrels of crude oil per day.
TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS
Technology is of crucial importance to enable oil and gas
companies to grow their business. It is important to
benchmark their use of technology with industry peers.
Instilling value management as a key competence supports
business / IT strategy alignment.
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Machinery that is being used in the Upstream sector
including OGDCL includes Pumps that bring Gas out and
pippin’s responsible for taking that gas to the processing
plants if the impurity content is too high. This machinery has
many parts like piping and nuts and bolts connecting them
that are made in Pakistan but like oil most of the rigs that
are used to bring gas out from under the crust are made in
countries like Italy, Russia and Germany. China has also
gone into this sector but yet has not shown any important
signs.
Innovation
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DEPARTMENT WORKED DURING
INTERNSHIP
Personnel (HR) Department Functions
Maintenance of personnel files
Correspondence
2. Staff (1 - 16)
3. Contractual Staff
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
During my stay at OGDC head office, I have observed some
weaknesses in the organizational setup functioning of
various departments. The main issues are with the Hr
department and are briefly described below.
PROBLEMS
Lack of Awareness of Employees Regarding Latest
Technological Changes
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Unnecessary Purchases at Sites
Promotion Policy
RESULT
My stay at OGDCL was a very eye-opening and valuable
learning experience for me. I am awed by how well things
can work in state run organizations. My internship at OGDCL
removed my previous misperceptions regarding the
inefficiency, chaos and unprofessional attitude of
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government organizations. Despite the fact that
bureaucracy, nepotism and corruption are very much
present in the organization but overall there is a smooth
running of operations and profitability is very much there.
There is great focus on the company’s mission of providing
oil and gas to Pakistan and maintaining productivity.
Discoveries of energy reservoirs are made on a regular basis.
RECOMMENDATIONS
During my stay in OGDC I carefully observed the major flaws
and setbacks face by the company. I put forward my
suggestions the following practicable remedies to improve
the existing practices.
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6. Responsibility of clearing/correcting the entries should be
fixed with the section generating the activities.
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14. They should to pay full attention to the intensive
professional training of staff in related fields. The
department concerned can organize professional training
at OGDC or with outside agencies etc and latest
literature newspapers and magazines etc of professional
interest should be provided at sites free of cost.
CONCLUSION
The production of oil and gas is contributing a lot in reducing
the country’s import bill. Power generation by IPPs
(Industrial Power Projects) in the country is a major source of
energy. OGDCL’s Uch Gas field and Panjpir/ Nandpur Gas
Fields are the two main fields, which have now started
supplying Gas to power companies. This is not only meeting
the requirement of the IPPS but also contributing a lot
towards meeting the demand of electricity in the country.
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18. Strategic Plan, 2006, OGDCL
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