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Narayan Ramaswamy

Mumbai , India

Summary

Accomplished executive with over 31 years’ of overall experience including hands on offshore, project and operations management. A strong leader with a upstream Jackup rig operations background with strategic planning , safety management, equipment commissioning, employee development skills. Collaborative communicator continually focused on building relationships and promoting synergy across business lines and global units to drive positive change in working environment.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief Executive Officer

Jindal Drilling And Industries Limited
Mumbai, India
01.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for the entire technical & business operation of Jindal Drilling And Industries Limited.
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Head-Operations

Jindal Drilling And Industries Limited
Mumbai, India
09.2016 - 01.2023
  • Responsible for day to operations of five jack ups oil rigs with ONGC in Western offshore, India . One new rig was successfully tested and handed over to Saipem on a long term bareboat charter in Jan 2019. Also lead the directional Drilling and Mud logging services units of the company offering services to ONGC, OIL
    India and other Indian companies .
  • Total of about 750 personnel in the division including the office, offshoreRigs, DD,MLU sites.
  • High focus on safety, optimization of operational costs and efficiency.
  • Annual operational revenue of about 500 crore INR

Head-Projects

Dev Drilling Pte Ltd-D.P. JINDAL GROUP
Sharjah , UAE
02.2012 - 08.2015
  • Competently monitored three new build offshore oil rig construction projects with overall value of close to 600 million USD. Two Letourneau Super 116 E rigs with Lamprell energy Ltd, UAE and one B- class with Keppel group Singapore
  • Identified suitable multi-disciplinary actions in engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning to accomplish projects. Led the teams in all important techno commercial negotiations with the shipyard management ,
    suppliers and other stake holders
  • Assisted the drilling operations division on many technical matters including bid submissions to probable operators and pre- purchase inspections. Traveled widely to Singapore, USA, Africa.

Vice President

ESSAR OILFIELD SERVICES INDIA LIMITED
Mumbai/Dahej ,India
05.2009 - 01.2012
  • Moved from Singapore to India to take up challenging assignment leading 440 million USD Jack up construction project for the 16 billion ESSAR group in ABG shipyard, Dahej-India.
  • Assisted the operations and business development divisions in various projects including refurbishment and deployment of drilling rigs.

Consultant

GREAT SHIP GLOBAL ENERGY SERVICES PTE LTD
Singapore ,Singapore
02.2009 - 04.2009
  • Worked as a consultant during the final stage of commissioning, load out on heavy lift vessel and field deployment of a high spec jack up rig for the Greatship group.

Deputy Project Manager

VIRTUE DRILLING PTE LTD. D.P, JINDAL GROUP
Singapore , Singapore
07.2006 - 01.2009
  • Steered all efforts of project including office set up, engineering review, construction monitoring, commissioning, procurement and deployment of two high spec jack up rigs in Keppel FELS Singapore total project value was 330 million USD. Liaised with the client to keep them informed of progress and to make relevant decisions.

SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC
Mumbai , India
09.1990 - 07.2006
  • Joined India's premier E and P Company as a trainee engineer in 1990 and functioned hands on offshore oil rigs as a barge engineer for close to 10 years before moving to shore based coordination, involved in multi-faceted roles.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
Thrissur , India
08-1989

Skills

  • Project management
  • Major negotiations
  • Technical Skills
  • Operations management
  • Relationship Building
  • Strategy & BD support
  • Profitability Enhancement
  • Organizational Development
  • Staff Training & Leadership
  • Process Improvement
  • Pre purchase Inspections
  • Cost control & Budget Management

Languages

English
Full Professional
Hindi
Full Professional
Malayalam
Full Professional
Tamil
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Chief Executive Officer

Jindal Drilling And Industries Limited
01.2023 - Current

Head-Operations

Jindal Drilling And Industries Limited
09.2016 - 01.2023

Head-Projects

Dev Drilling Pte Ltd-D.P. JINDAL GROUP
02.2012 - 08.2015

Vice President

ESSAR OILFIELD SERVICES INDIA LIMITED
05.2009 - 01.2012

Consultant

GREAT SHIP GLOBAL ENERGY SERVICES PTE LTD
02.2009 - 04.2009

Deputy Project Manager

VIRTUE DRILLING PTE LTD. D.P, JINDAL GROUP
07.2006 - 01.2009

SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC
09.1990 - 07.2006

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
Narayan Ramaswamy