Dear IRSians and their family members, students from tiny tots/KV/estimated guests!

Greetings to all of you on our 72 nd Republic Day & congratulations to all awardees for
exemplary service to organization and setting a motivating example for others to follow.

As we stand here today, one cannot help appreciate the amount of turmoil our lives have been
put through due to COVID-19. By jeopardising the economies across the world, the
pandemic has taught us better to appreciate all that we have today and never take anything for
granted. With that attitude, we all stand here, with our allegiance, appreciation and gratitude
for our Consitution more than ever. Today, it seems apt to learn from the history that set the
stage for the Constitution.

Although India was not a stakeholder of the WW 2, it was not far away from the theatrics of
the war. With 2.5 million Indian Soldiers who fought the war at different places, the event
sets the preface to an India that would be an independent, republic, sovereign.
The reason this army never got the attention was because traditionally, “collaborators” were
studied less than “resistors” of the colonial empire. In this era of pandemic, we stand at the
face of a humongous war against it. The world has been collaborating with each other to
resist the pandemic. Let us never forget that each of our precaution is our contribution to our
win in this great war.

One of the most interesting facts about our constitution is that it has been created by adopting
various features from different constitutions across the globe. Our constitution nevertheless
remains to be unique and the foundation of us being the largest democracies. As an institute,
we should never stop getting inspired by global advances in E&P and always come forward
from adapting and innovating to suit our needs.

India became a Republic on January 26, 1950. This was the second major milestone in our
nation building process. Independence had come a little over two years earlier. But it was
with the framing and adoption of the Constitution - and the birth of the Republic of India -
that we truly achieved the ethic of equality among all citizens, irrespective of religion, region
or community. Our forefathers could have let down their guard at after getting independence,
and remained satisfied with political freedom. But they did not rest. They immersed
themselves in the process of writing a Constitution. They saw the Constitution not just as a
basic law for a new nation, but as a scripture for social transformation. We are fortunate to
have inherited the great legacy in the form of the Constitution and the Republic.

A confident and forward-looking nation is built by confident and forward-looking generation.

Today India is an optimum mixed blend of experience and youthful; ready for strive to march
ahead. The same is true for IRS also. With this amalgam, IRS is involved in research in
cutting edge-technologies in the fields of EOR, water flood, CO2 injection, polymer jobs and
many mores besides chalking-out development plans of existing fields and fields to be put on
oil map, to compete in a globalised world to make our country independent in energy
resources. Sizeable resources have been set aside for these programmes. It is for our talented
young people to make the most of these opportunities under guidance of their experienced
learned superiors. At this occasion, I will like to share few of our endeavours with you:

• Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) in Lanwa

 Low Salinity Water Flood (LSWF) Pilot in Mumbai High South field
 North Kadi polymer flood
 Bechraji Polymer flood pilot
• Commercialization of ASP Flood in Viraj (K-IX+X)/Jhalora (K-IV)
• Immiscible gas injection in Borholla/ Kasomarigaon fields

 Simulation studies for dev. of Basal Clastics of Mumbai High

• Development of Daman Upside, KG-OSN-2004/1 Block, Khubal field:
• Feasibility studies for CO2 EOR: Laboratory and simulation studies in Narimanam
and Tiruvarur fields completed. (The studies envisages recovery of 4% & 7%
respectively).
• Patents registered: Although applied R&D work is the major focus area of IRS
wherein it provides Reservoir Engineering solutions to the operating Assets and
Basins, a significant amount of R&D efforts is also put in Basic Research mainly
through collaborative approach to bring out innovations in E&P arena and also
provide opportunities for patenting the R&D work. IRS is in possession on 4
Patents (2 Indian and 2 International Patents) and 2 copyrighst.
 Future plans
 EOR in Carbonate Reservoirs: Offshore Carbonate Fields in ONGC are the main
contributor of Oil & Gas in the country. As per the current estimates the offshore
carbonate oil fields are likely to produce 35% of the in-place volume leaving large
volumes. However, this oil would be mostly either under residual conditions or
bypassed due to inherent heterogeneity and would require innovative techniques
to be studied for exploitation. IRS would continue to search for solutions either
through independent R&D or through collaborative research with world leading
 researcher for exploitation of this oil. ONGC and University of Texas, Austin
entered in to an agreement for handholding and Long term collaboration for 10
years for the Dev. of Chemical EOR. Mumbai High and Bechraji field studies are
in progress at University of Texas, Austin, USA.
 Low Salinity Water Flood in offshore studies (N&H)
 Surfactants for High Temperature and High Salinity reservoirs: High temperature,
high performance surfactants suitable for enhanced oil recovery are commercially
not available in India. ONGC and University of Texas, Austin entered in to an
agreement for handholding and Long term collaboration for 10 years for the Dev.
of Chemical EOR (
 Nanoparticles in EOR: Feasibility of the Nano-fluids based EOR would be
performed through core flood study in comparison to the conventional chemical
EOR with the association of IIT (ISM), Dhanbad.
 Development of GK-28/42 to bring Kutch-Offshore on hydro carbon map of
India. Feasibility report prepared.
 Development of Fields having tight sands & HP-HT: It has been identified as a
focus area for enhancement of Oil & Gas production. These fields hold substantial
hydrocarbon reserves but current recovery is poor due to intrinsic challenges faced
in producing from tight reservoirs. The major tight sands are located in fields of
southern region at Rajahmundry and Cauvery Assets and in some fields of
Ahmedabad & Cambay Assets.
We need to continue to modernise and strengthen our development groups and labs so as to
provide the valiant personnel of our working forces at onshore and offshore fields, the
equipment that they need. We need to move ahead rapidly on our Goals - Goals that commit
us to reaching out new avenues to reduced our country’s dependency from oil and gas import.
The promise of a developed India beckons us. This is the new stage of our nation building
project on which we have embarked. This is the Republic that our people need to take
forward and enhance - in keeping with their vision, their ambition and their ideals. I am
confident, all these will always draw inspiration from both our republican values - as well as
from our ancient Indian ethos.

With those words, I once again wish all of you a very happy Republic Day. And wish all of
you a very bright and fulfilling future.

Thank you,

JAI HIND!