PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, GLOBAL WARMING, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAMPAIGN: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

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1 PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, GLOBAL WARMING, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAMPAIGN: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS eni Children s Education Programme 8 th November, 2011, Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India) The first three prizes winning posters drawn by the students in the Poster Painting Competition in Children s Education Programme at Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India) Event Report By Prof. G. M. Bhat, Mr. Naveen Hakhoo, Mateen Hafiz (IERT University of Jammu) and Dr. Bindra Thusu (MPRG, University College London) 1

2 INDEX Background History of EEC Programme...2 8th November, 2011: Children s Education Programme at Science Block, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India...9 Proceeding of the Workshop...10 Registration Session...12 Poster Painting Session...13 Inaugural Session...14 Press Conference...16 Lecture Session...17 Laboratory Exercises Session...18 Prizes Distribution...18 Poster Prize Winners...21 Concluding Session th November 2011, Workshop at DAV Public School, Hazaribag...23 List of the students who participated in the Workshop at VBU, Hazaribag

3 Petroleum Geology, Global Warming and Energy Efficiency Campaign: Climate and Environmental Concerns - eni Children s Education Programme Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India), 8 th November, 2011 TILAIA DAM, JHARKAND Petroleum Geology, Global Warming and Energy Efficiency Campaign: Climate and Environmental Concerns eni Children s Education Programme Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India), 8 th November, 2011 Background history of Energy Efficiency Campaign This all started from the conference on Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Neoproterozoic- Cambrian Basins in India, Pakistan and the Middle East, which was organized in February, 2008, by University of Jammu and MPRG, University College London, at Jammu, India. This conference was sponsored by eni India; EGI, University of Utah; ONGC, India; Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India; J&K State Council for Science and Technology and the Department of Geology and Mining, J&K Government. Dr. Bindra Thusu, one of the technical conveners of the conference, put forth the idea of this workshop, which was to inculcate the interest of geological science among the students of 10 th 12 th standards. The reason for selecting the students of this age group was to build their interest in geosciences and inspire them to choose this subject as a carrier. Another motive was to sensitize these young brains how to cope with Global Warming and Climate Change, because they are our future and they have to face this menace. This idea was welcomed by other technical conveners of the conference and it was 3

4 decided to organize the workshop two days before the conference on 19 th February, More than 150 students and accompanying teachers from 75 different schools of Jammu and Kashmir participated in this workshop. The first addition of the booklet on Petroleum Geology, Global Warming and Energy Efficiency was published and distributed among the students. The first copy of the booklet was presented to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon ble Prime Minister of India, on 16 th February, 2008 at his residence in New Delhi. First eni Children s Education Programme launched at University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K, India) on 19 th February, 2008 The meeting with Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India to muster support for the Global conference on Neoproterozoic Hydrocarbon Potential of India, Pakistan and Middle East. The delegation included Dr. Bindra Thusu (MPRG, UCL), Prof Alan Smith (Cambridge University), Prof. G. M. Bhat (Jammu University) and Dr. Jonathan Craig (eni, Milan) 4

5 A lecture series were delivered by Dr. Jonathan Craig and Prof. G. M. Bhat in which the students were given a broad outline of petroleum systems and how hydrocarbons are generated and trapped, the consequences of the Global Warming and Climate Change due to the excessive usage of fossil fuels. The programme was well received by the students and everyone who attended it. It was also appreciated by the State Government and requested to repeat this activity for the children of Jammu and Kashmir State in three different provinces separately. After achieving the success and popularity, the programme was organized within a very short period of time in July 2008, at Leh and Kargil towns of Ladakh province of J&K. The events were organized by University of Jammu and MPRG, University College London and were sponsored by eni India under the umbrella of Corporate Business Sustainability Programme ([email protected]). Children s Education Programme at Leh and Kargil (J&K, India) on 19 th and 22 nd July, 2008 Subsequently, two programmes were organized in partnership with the Rajasthan State Education Department in Jodhpur in October 2008 and later in February 2009 in Jaisalmer for which the second edition of the booklet was published and distributed among the students. Later, in May 2009, the workshop was organized at S. P. College Srinagar, Kashmir where around 400 students, their teachers, faculty members of the S. P. College and parents of the Dr. Thusu (MPRG, UCL) and Prof. Bhat (University of Jammu) with their prizes at Getnergy Conference at Kuala Lampur, Malaysia in

6 children participated. The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir State, Mr. Omar Abdullah was highly impressed with the success of the programme and sent a letter of appreciation to the top management of eni at Milan. Based on the success, the eni Children s Education Programme attracted the prestigious Getenergy award for excellence in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia in Children s Education Programme at Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India) on th October, 2008 EEC Programme at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (India) on 11 th February,

7 EEC, children s Education Programme at S. P. College, Srinagar, J&K (India)on 19 th May, 2009 The group photograph of the advisory board among others after officially launching the Institute of Energy Research and Training (IERT) at Gulmarg, Kashmir (India) on May,

8 Within the short period of two years, this programme achieved global appreciation and it was decided by eni e & p division in Milan to organize such programme beyond the subcontinent in different countries of the world. In 2010, the first international event of Children s Education Programme was held in Accra (Ghana) where eni is actively exploring for offshore oil and gas. This programme was held at University of Ghana in partnership with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, the Ministry of Education of the Republic Ghana, the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Ghana; MPRG, University College London; EGI, University of Utah and Institute of Energy Research and Training (IERT), University of Jammu. IERT was established at University of Jammu in May 2009, with the objective of developing a new centre of excellence for energy related research. The IERT was founded in collaboration between University of Jammu, University of Kashmir and Ministers of Government of J&K State. In November 2011, the Children s programme was organized for the fifth time in India and this time in Hazaribag city of Jharkhand State. Future programmes are planned in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Togo, Congo, Angola and Kenya in The first international EEC Programme held at University of Ghana, Accra on 15 th September,

9 8 th November, 2011: Children s Education Programme at Science Block, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India The 5 th Children s Energy Efficiency Programme in India at Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag (Jharkhand) was organised by eni Milan, eni E&P Division, eni India, Institute of Energy Research and Training (IERT), University of Jammu, MPRG and Department of Earth Science, University College London, in cooperation with the Department of Geology, Vinoba Bhave University. Dignitaries present included: Dr. Ravindra Nath Bhagat (Vice-Chancellor, Vinoba Bhave University), Dr. Jonathan Craig (Vice-President, Regional Studies and Exploration Opportunities Selection, eni E&P Division, Milan, Italy), Dr. P. Mahto (Registrar, VBU), Dr. Margaret Lakra (Dean, Student s Welfare, VBU), Dr. Subodh Kumar Sinha (Proctor, VBU), Dr. Bipin Kumar (Head, Department of Geology, VBU), Dr. Hareshwar Sinha (Senior Lecturer, Department of Geology, VBU), Prof. G. M. Bhat (Director, IERT, University of Jammu), Prof. Juergen Thurow (Department of Earth Science, UCL), Dr. Bindra Thusu (MPRG, Department of Earth Science, UCL), Mr. Abhay Kumar Sinha (Department of Geography, VBU) amongst others; including 90 plus students and accompanying teachers from different secondary and higher secondary schools of Hazaribag and adjoining areas and the people from electronic media were also present. Dr. Hareshwar Sinha, the convenor of the workshop with other university officials welcomed the guests and participants of the programme. We had a per-workshop pre-review meeting with Dr. Hareshwar Sinha and his colleagues at Vinoba Bhave University to make the arrangements for the workshop. On 8 th November morning, the programme started with the poster painting competition, where the students drew the poster on the themes like, Global Warming, Save Electricity to Avoid Power Cuts and The less You Burn, The More You Earn. All the students participated in this one hour competition and the standard of the poster drawn was very high. The inaugural session started with the lightening of the traditional lamp and the official anthem of Vinoba Bhave University. Dr. Bipin Kumar, Head, Department of Geology (VBU) officially welcome all the dignitaries, students and accompanying teachers of different schools, professors and the students of Vinoba Bhave University. He briefed about the history of Vinoba Bhave University and the role played by the department of Geology in building the stature of the university by producing many scientists. 9

10 Dr. Hareshwar Sinha introduced the theme of the workshop, which was the sensitization of young brains with the concept of Energy Efficiency, Global Warming and Climate Change, for which he approached 22 different schools of Hazaribag to draw the students for this global energy efficiency campaign. Prof. G. M. Bhat presented the brief history of the Children s Energy Efficiency programme, which started in Jammu University in 2008 and subsequently organized at five different places in India and the first international event in Accra, Ghana in After this, the booklet was released by the dignitaries present on the dice and the token of appreciation was presented to all luminaries. Prof. Ravindra Nath Bhagat, Hon ble Vice-Chancellor, Vinoba Bhave University inaugurated the workshop. In his address, Prof. Bhagat appreciated the efforts of eni E&P Ltd and the University of Jammu for choosing Hazaribag for this event. He advised the students to take the full advantage of this workshop and prepare themselves to extenuate the Global Warming because they are the one who are going to meet the consequences of the climate change in the future. He remembered Acharya Vinoba Bhave who devoted his whole life for the social reconstruction and to protect the environment. The university in Hazaribag was aptly named after this great saint and the pioneer of Bhoodan (land gift) movement. Prof. Bhagat expressed his concern regarding the environmental pollution due to the exploitation of coal in the Jharkhand state, which in fact is supplying 40% of coal to the country but at the stake of environment. He highly appreciated the tireless efforts and allegiance by Dr. Jonathan Craig to launch this programme in India and abroad. Mr. Abhay Kumar Sinha, Lecturer, Department of Geography (VBU), conducted the proceedings of the inaugural function of the workshop and thanked all the speakers for their commendable speeches at the end of the inaugural session and requested the participants to pose for a group photograph. A press conference was held after the inaugural session where the local and national electronic media persons posed many questions regarding the energy, economy and environmental issues of the country. Dr. Jonathan Craig, Prof. G. M. Bhat and Dr. Bindra Thusu answered all the queries regarding the environmental issues, energy crisis and the future direction of alternative fuels for the development in the energy deficient country. Proceedings of the Workshop Energy Efficiency Campaign (EEC): A lecture series was delivered by Dr. Jonathan Craig, Vice- President, Regional Studies and Exploration Opportunities Selection, eni E&P Division, for the school children of Hazaribag and adjoining areas. More than 90 students from different government and private secondary and higher secondary schools of Hazaribag district 10

11 (Annexure 1) attended the programme. Prof. G. M. Bhat, Dr. Bindra Thusu, Dr. Hareshwar Sinha and the research scholars of IERT (Mr. Naveen Hakhoo and Mr. Mateen Hafiz) supported and helped Dr. Jonathan Craig in the translation of his lectures into Hindi language. The lectures given by Dr. Jonathan Craig covered the following topics: Petroleum Systems and Petroleum Geology The Search for Oil and Gas, Exploration and Development Techniques Climate Change, Global Warming and Environmental Concerns Energy Efficiency and Conservation The children showed quite interest in this programme and asked many questions during the lecture session. In addition, exercises were given to the students to differentiate various types of minerals on the basis of physical properties like colour, lustre, streak, fracture and specific gravity. Several igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks were introduced to the students and were educated with different processes of origin of these rocks. Many fossils were displayed and their history and importance in the geological record were demonstrated by the research scholars of IERT, University of Jammu and students of Department of Geology, Vinoba Bhave University. A kit of teaching material was provided to each student and accompanying teachers which included a booklet on Petroleum Geology, Global Warming. And Energy Efficiency Campaign: Climate and Environmental Concerns, a set of CDs of the eni presentations on Petroleum Geology and Exploration, Climate and Energy Efficiency, eni and IERT T-Shirt, writing pad, pen, pencil, eraser, sharpener and a carry bag. In the valedictory function, the prizes were awarded for the best posters drawn by the students as judged by Prof. G. M. Bhat, Prof. Juergen Thurow, Dr. Bindra Thusu and other three Professors from Vinoba Bhave University. Although all the posters presented by the students were of high standard, three posters were selected for the first, second and third prizes and seven posters for the consolation prizes. Mementos were given to the best poster painting competition awardees. All the students and teachers who participated in the programme were given the certificate of participation. 11

12 Registration Session 12

13 Poster Painting Session 13

14 Inaugural Session Dignitaries on the dice (from left to right), Dr. H. Sinha (VBU), Prof. G. M. Bhat (IERT, Jammu University, Dr. J. Craig (eni Milan), Prof. R. Bhagat (Vice-Chancellor, VBU), Dr. B. Thusu (MPRG, UCL), Prof. J. Thurow (UCL) and Dr. B. Kumar (VBU) Dignitaries lightening of traditional lamp and reciting the official anthem of Vinoba- Bhave University Official Welcome by Dr. Bipin Kumar Dr. H. Sinha introducing the theme of the workshop, Prof. Bhat presenting the brief history of the EEC Programme and the people from print and electronic media listening serenely 14

15 Luminaries releasing the Third Revised Edition of EEC Children s Education Programme booklet Token of appreciation to (Clockwise from top) Prof. J.Thurow, Dr. J. Craig, Prof. G. M. Bhat and Dr. B. Thusu 15

16 Prof. R. Bhagat, Hon ble Vice - Chancellor of VBU addressing the gathering Group Photograph of Hon ble Vice Chancellor and others with students Press Conference 16

17 Lecture Sessions First lecture delivered by Dr. J. Craig; Dr. H. Sinha helping him in the translation of his lecture Dr. B. Thusu demonstrating the sedimentary rock samples and Prof. Bhat answering the queries from the students. 17

18 Refreshment Break Poster display and their evaluation by the judges Second lecture by Dr. J. Craig and students expressing their thoughts 18

19 Laboratory Exercises Session Winners of the Consolation Prizes 19

20 Winners (from Left) of: The IERT, Jammu University Third Prize; The MPRG, UCL Second Prize and The eni First Prize The group photograph of the winners of Poster Painting Competition with Dr. B. Thusu (MPRG, UCL), Dr. J. Craig (eni-milan), Prof. G. M. Bhat (IERT, University of Jammu) and Prof. J. Thurow (UCL) at the end of the programme 20

21 Poster Prize Winners The eni First Prize: Akash Kumar Gupta (Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Parnala, Jharkhand) The MPRG, UCL Second Prize: Gautam Kumar (DAV Public School) The IERT, University of Jammu Third Prize: Shubham Prakash (DAV Public School) The Vinoba Bhave Consolation Prizes: Kanaklata (Vivekananda Central School) Atharva Kumar (Shiksha Niketan HS) Soni Kumari (Kendriya Vidyalaya, BSF, Meru) Megha Anand (Indira Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya) Khushboo Goyal ( St. Xavier s School, Hazaribag) Reeha Singh (Carmel Balika Vidyalaya, Hazaribag) Vijay Singh (DAV Public School) Dr. Hareshwar Sinha announced the winners of the poster painting competition. Dr. Subodh Kumar Sinha, Proctor, Vinoba Bhave University presented the vote of thanks. He thanked all the delegates, guests and participants for making the event successful and requested informally to repeat the programme in near future in Jharkhand (India). With this the workshop concluded successfully. Concluding remarks by Dr. Subodh at the end of the workshop and vote of thanks by Prof. R. Bhagat (Vice-Chancellor, VBU) to the organizers of this Programme. 21

22 First Three Prizes winning posters Consolation Prizes winning posters 22

23 9 th November 2011, Workshop at DAV Public School, Hazaribag Next day, on 9 th November, 2011, a workshop was organized by DAV Public School, Hazaribag, where the dignitaries from eni-milan, UCL, IERT, University of Jammu and VBU were invited. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Principal, DAV Public school welcomed the guests, which included Dr. Jonathan Craig, Dr. Bindra Thusu, Prof. Juergen Thurow, Prof. G. M. Bhat, Dr. Subodh Sinha and Dr. Hareshwar Sinha. The theme of this workshop was Save Electricity to Avoid Power Cuts. The poster painting and debate competitions were organized on the given theme, where many students of the DAV Public School participated and all the students performed very well. The dignitaries applauded and praised the efforts done by the students and commended their awareness and concern about the global warming and climate change. They advised them to continue their good work and maintain their enthusiasm to combat the global warming and wished them good luck for their future. Dignitaries at DAV Public School, Hazaribag 23

24 List of the students who participated in the Worksop at VBU, Hazaribag Annexure 1 S.No. Name of the School Name of the Students 1. Rajyakrit +2 High School, Katkamsandi Manish Kumar Rana 2. Do Abhay Kumar 3. Do Ratnesh Kumar 4. Do Dhiran Kumar Gupta 5. Rajkiya +2 High School, Barkatha Jitendra Kr Singh 6. Do Pravin Kumar 7. Do Indradeo Kumar 8. Do Suraj Modi 9. Project Girls High School, Charhi Rani Kumari 10. Do Puja Kumari 11. Do Salma Khatoon 12. Do Tabassum Nisha 13. Do Sajrah Khatoon 14. Carmel Balika Vidyalaya, Hazaribag Ayushi Sharma 15. Do Reeha Singh 16. Do Isha Chourasia 17. Do Ankita Gupta 18. Do Shreya Karan 19. St. Xavier s School, Hazaribag Meghna Chakravorty 20. Do Kumar Aditya 21. Do Atishay Jain 22. Do Khushboo Goel 23. Kendriya Vidyalaya, BSF, Meru Jayrom Kumar 24. Do Bindiya Soreng 25. Do Soni Kumari 26. Do Mani Babu 27. Ananda High School Lawan Kumar 28. Do Rakesh Kumar 29. Do Vishal Kumar 30. Do Monu Kumar 31. R.N. +2 High School, Padma Abhishek Pandey 32. Do Vikash Kumar 33. Do Isha Kumari 34. Do Manish Rana 35. K.N. +2 High School, Ichak Ashish Kumar Gupta 36. Do Rahul Kumar Soni 37. Do Saroj Kumar 38. Do Md. Saifee 39. Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Parnala Rupak Kumar Sinha 40. Do Akash Kumar Gupta 41. Do Ajay Gokul 24

25 42. Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Parnala Sandeep Kumar 43. Indira Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Ritu Singh 44. Do Sonam Oraon 45. Do Megha Anand 46. Do Sonamuni Hembrom 47. Vivekananda Central School Santosh Kumar 48. Do Priyanka Kumari 49. Do Sunil Suman 50. Do Kanaklata 51. Do Neha Kumari 52. St. Robert s +2 High School Niraj Kumar 53. Do Prakash Kumar 54. Do Shubham Kr Mehta 55. Do Anurag Gupta 56. DAV Public School Sushmita Prakash 57. Do Gautam Kumar 58. Do Vijay Singh 59. Do Shubham Prakash (Abs) 60. St. Stephen s School Jack Dang 61. Do Chandrakant 62. Do Vivek Omkar 63. Do David Barla 64. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Ravi Ranjan 65. Do Prem Ashish 66. Do Tapnarayan Mehta 67. Do Jitendra Paswan 68. Lord Krishna Residential H/S Shashi Kr Paswan 67. Do Rahul Kumar 68. Do Rafat Azamin 69. Do Anil Kumar 70. Dr. Radhakrishna School Roushan Kumar 71. Do Nitin Kumar 72. Do Bimal Kumar (Abs) 73. Do Ankit Kumar 74. Do Santripti Kumari 75. Shiksha Niketan H/S Vicky K Gupta 76. Do Shubham K Gupta 77. Do Atharva Kumari 78. Do Abhishek Kumar 79. Saraswati Vidya Mandir Korrah Prabhat 80. Do Chandni Vishwakarma 81. Do Kamlesh Kumar 82. Do Ananya Rani 83. Amritnagar High School Priyanka Thakur 25

26 84. Amritnagar High School Laxman Kumar 85. Do Mohd. Arif 86. Do Abhishek Kumar 87. Do Rakesh 88. Jack and Jill School Ishrat Jahan 89. Do Gaushiya Perveen 90. Do Mritunjay Kumar 91. Do Gaurav Sharma Vinoba Bhave University Jharcraft, Hazaribag 26