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Tamil Research Institution (TRI)<br />

India's <strong>Hydrocarbon</strong> Outlook : 2015-16<br />

9.2 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)<br />

Table 9.1: Status of active MoUs signed between MoP&NG/DGH & National <strong>and</strong> International Organisations in the area of upstream<br />

E&P sector<br />

Sl.<br />

No.<br />

MoU signed between<br />

1 Lebniz Institute of Marine Sciences<br />

(IFM- GEOMAR)of Germany & DGH<br />

2 GFZ German Research Centre for<br />

Geosciences & DGH<br />

3 Japan Oil, Gas Metals National<br />

Corporation (JOGMEC) & DGH<br />

4 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) of<br />

The Department of Interior of The<br />

United States of America & DGH<br />

5 The Minerals Management Service<br />

of The Department of the Interior<br />

of The United States of America &<br />

DGH<br />

6 Department of State (DoS), USA &<br />

MoP&NG GoI<br />

7 Norwegian Petroleum Directorate<br />

& DGH<br />

Agency, Country<br />

IFM- GEOMAR,<br />

Germany<br />

GFZ Potsdam,<br />

Germany<br />

MoU Signed<br />

on<br />

Valid upto<br />

Objectives<br />

30.08.2010 29.08.2015 Joint Researches in Marine<br />

Gas Hydrate, Research <strong>and</strong><br />

Development<br />

17.04.2012 16.04.2017 Collaborative research in Gas<br />

Hydrate Laboratory Studies<br />

JOGMEC, Japan 16.02.2007 Extended<br />

15.02.2019<br />

Exchanges of technical knowledge<br />

<strong>and</strong> information, workshops,<br />

meetings on Gas Hydrates<br />

Research <strong>and</strong> Development<br />

USGS, USA 16.12.2008 Open ended Resource exploration hazards <strong>and</strong><br />

environmental issues associated<br />

with Gas Hydrates, Field studies &<br />

research for Gas hydrate<br />

US MMS USA (now<br />

US BOEM)<br />

21.08.2009 20.08.2014<br />

extension<br />

of MoU is<br />

underway<br />

Leasing/ Tendering programs,<br />

Resource estimation <strong>and</strong> Methane<br />

Hydrate R&D activities <strong>and</strong> Human<br />

resource development<br />

DOS, USA 06.11.2010 Open ended Exchange of knowledge<br />

<strong>and</strong> expertise in the areas<br />

concerning Shale Gas resource<br />

characterization <strong>and</strong> assessment<br />

in India<br />

NPD, Norway 21.09.2012 20.09.2017 Petroleum Resource Management;<br />

Human Resource Development;<br />

Petroleum related R&D <strong>and</strong><br />

technology sharing<br />

8 IOCL & DGH IOCL, India 03.01.2013 02.01.2016 IOCL has studied samples provided<br />

by DGH.<br />

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