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JANUARY 2020 ISSUE: EDN VII

PaL OSTRINGING TOGETHER A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Hazira-Dahej Naphtha Pipeline (HDNPL)

Dahej

C O V E R S T O R Y

- Vigilance awareness week - - 13th Foundation Day - Business Partners MeetK Show in Dusseldorf, GermanyIn This Issue

Editors:

• Mr. Suvendu Senapati Manager - Corporate Communications

• Ms. Mansha Sarkar Asst. Manager - Corporate Communications

• Mr. Aniket Deshmukh Sr. Executive - Corporate Communications

Contributing Members:

• Mr. Saumya Chakrabarti, COO

• Mr. Nirmesh Sharma, GM - HR

• Mr. Ashish Nair, Sr. Manager - HR

• Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Sr. Manager - Marketing

• Mr. Devang Shah, Sr. Manager - Finance

• Mr. Mukesh Thapliyal, Sr. Manager - Security

• Mr. Sunil Patel, Sr. Manager - Maintenance Electrical

• Mr. Somnath Sarkar, Sr. Manager - HSE

• Mr. Sukanta Sen, Manager - Marketing

• Mr. Atul Mehta, Manager - MM

• Dr. Bhaumik M. Acharya, Manager - OHC

• Mr. Himanshu Srivastava, Manager - HR

• Mr. Vijayinder Singh, Manager - Security

• Mr. Ashok Pathak, Manager - Operations (Cracker)

• Mr. Prashant G. Nighot, Manager - Operations (Polymer)

• Mr. Jinalkumar V. Shah, Manager - Maintenance (Electrical)

• Mr. Rahul Gupta, Manager - CS

• Mr. Sourav Mandal, Dy. Manager - Operations (Polymer)

• Mr. Himanshu Patel, Dy. Manager - HSE

• Mr. Shaileshkumar M Mistry, Dy. Manager - HSE

• Mr. Durgesh Kumar Verma, Dy. Manager - Operations (U&O)

• Mr. Narendra Jarugu, Dy. Manager - Marketing

• Mr. R. Sankar Kumar, Dy. Manager - Projects

• Mr. B. Karthik, Dy. Manager - CTS

• Mr. Sourav Chaudhuri, Dy. Manager - Operations (Polymer)

• Mr. Neelamadhaba Panda, Assistant Manager - Operations (Cracker)

• Mr. Tapan Shah, Assistant Manager - Operations (Cracker)

• Mr. Harshal B. Patil, Assistant Manager - Maintenance (Instrumentation)

• Mr. Vikram Singh Kashyap, Sr. Executive - Maintenance (Electrical)

• Mr. Deepak Kumar, Sr. Executive - HR

• Mr. Vineet Gupta, Sr. Executive

MD Speaks

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I see our house magazine, OPaL Beads as a perfect forum for sharing signicant events in the company while also showcasing our employees' accomplishments and to bring to fore the interesting facets of the personalities of our employees.

This quarter was studded with various outstanding achievements. The most signicant and outstanding one being the inauguration of Hazira-Dahej Naphtha Pipeline (HDNPL). The launch of this project will substantially increase operational efciency. It will further strengthen OPaL's position in the petrochemical domain. I congratulate all the team members of OPaL who worked untiringly to make this project a reality.

One of my priorities at OPaL has been to build communication bridges between OPaL and all its stakeholders. In the same spirit, this quarter, OPaL management had fruitful interactions with the customers in Indore and Kanpur. These regular interactions are helping us build comprehensive business strategies to benet all. Going forward, we will have more outreach programs and we would seek closer association with all our stakeholders. In October, OPaL made maiden appearance in the biggest plastic & polymer exhibition in the world - K Show in Dusseldorf, Germany. OPaL delegation had an excellent experience in interacting with customers of new territories. These events provide a passage for OPaL to expand its brand presence in newer markets.

As you are all aware we are in the 4th quarter of our Financial Year and we need to step up and accelerate our efforts to be able to achieve the group targets that have been shared with each one of you. I strongly believe that these targets are within our reach, having witnessed the capabilities exhibited during the last few months.

We are briskly moving in the direction to full the combined goal of our organization to accomplish our mission of making OPaL a ag-bearer of the petrochemical industry. In this New Year, let's renew our pledge to work towards making OPaL an indomitable force to reckon with.

I wish all the readers of OPaL Beads a very Happy New Year. I hope 2020 will take us closer to achieving our business objectives and will be a year of rewarding accomplishments.

Avinash VermaManaging Director

Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL, was the Chief Guest at the One Day Workshop on Industrial Catalysis (ICAT 2019) on 23rd November 2019 at Grand Mercure, Vadodara. Shri Manoj Srivastava addressed the gathering with a presentation on the Role of Catalysts in Petrochemicals. The intensive presentation covered various dimensions of the Petrochemicals & Polymer industry. He also shed light on the challenges before India in terms of petrochemical production and talked about the possibilities ahead for the sector. Shri Manoj Srivastava's insightful presentation was well received by the attendees.

Industrial Catalysis Workshop (ICAT 2019) was organised by the Department of Chemicals, Faculty of Science, M.S University, Baroda, in association with Catalysis Society of India, Baroda Chapter. Many scholars from academics and the chemical industry were present at the event.

OPaL COO AT THE PRESTIGIOUS IRPC CONFERENCE

Shri Saumya Chakrabarti, COO-OPaL, represented OPaL at International Renery and Petrochemicals Conference (IRPC) organized in Houston in the U.S.A between 24th to 27th September 2019. Shri Chakrabarti had submitted an abstract to the committee in May 2019. It was selected by the Hydrocarbon Processing selection board for the presentation in July 2019. For last eleven years, Hydrocarbon Processing's International Rening and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) has been the leading downstream technology event. This event brings together academics, industry professionals and experts in the eld of petrochemicals. OPaL congratulates Shri Saumya Chakrabarti for presenting the paper at the conference.

OPaL MARKS THE HIGHEST DAY PRODUCTION

OPaL was commissioned in March 2017. Since then the company has achieved various landmarks in the petrochemical industry. From 100% capacity utilization to become the best brand in polymers, many feats have been achieved. The series of clocking in new milestones continues this quarter too as the plant marked highest production in a single day. On 17th November 2019, PWH achieved the production and bagging of 5060.175/MT. This is a proud moment for team OPaL. Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL, and Shri Saumya Chakrabarti, COO-OPaL, congratulated M/s LARAON, the bagging team and OPaL team for this extraordinary achievement.

OPaL PRESIDENT CHIEF GUEST AT INDUSTRIAL CATALYSIS WORKSHOP (ICAT 2019)

OPaL OBSERVES VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK 2019Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW) -2019 was observed with the theme “Integrity - A Way of Life” at ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019. The rst day activities started with administering a pledge at OPaL. E-pledge was taken by employees through OPaL's website. Teasers were sent through mail to all employees and circulated amongst all the vendors of OPaL. SMSs were sent to all OPaL Employees throughout the week sensitizing them against corruption. Banners, standees and posters were displayed across various locations of OPaL. Handouts pertaining to the anti-corruption messages and VAW-2019 theme were distributed to all employees.

In order to actively engage employees, various competitions i.e. slogan competition and on the Spot quiz were organized at OPaL. Winners were felicitated during the valedictory function. In the same line, drawing competitions were organized at various schools at Bharuch and Vadodara on the theme “Integrity – A Way ofLife”. Students from KGM Vidhyalaya & P J Cheda School from Bharuch and students from M K High School and

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Baroda High School from Vadodara participated in the drive. Winners were felicitated on the same day at schools.A skit on the theme “Integrity - A Way of Life” was performed at OPaL Dahej petrochemical complex and at Suva Village. A guest lecture by Shri Hitendra Soneji (Corporate Trainer) was organized at OPaL Dahej which was attended by a huge number of OPaL employees. At the end of the week, a Valedictory function was organized at OPaL's Dahej plant, where winners of the slogan competition in English, Gujarati and Hindi were felicitated by senior ofcials of OPaL along with Shri K.K. Rao, GM, Vigilance, ONGC.

Shri Avinash Verma taking the pledgeof integrity along with all the heads

School children participating in the drawing competition

Shri Saumya Chakrabarti, COO, administering the pledge of integrity in Dahej

Shri K. K. Rao along with Shri Mukesh Thapliyal, Sr. Manger - Security, at the Valedictory function of VAW 2019

Skit being performed at Dahej

Prize distribution for on the Spot quiz winners

OPaL COMMISSIONS THE AMBITIOUS HAZIRA-DAHEJ NAPHTHA PIPELINE (HDNPL)

ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) commissioned its ambitious Hazira-Dahej Naphtha Pipeline (HDNPL) on Thursday, 05th December 2019 in a glittering ceremony at OPaL's Dahej plant. The HDNPL project was inaugurated by Shri Shashi Shanker, Chairman & Managing Director, ONGC, in the presence of Shri Subhash Kumar, Director (Finance), ONGC, Shri Sanjay Kumar Moitra, Director (Onshore), ONGC, Shri Navin Chandra Pandey, Director (T&FS), ONGC, Shri Avinash Verma, MD-OPaL, Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL, and Shri Saumya Chakrabarti, COO-OPaL. The launch of HDNPL project marks a technological leap for OPaL.

The project will be instrumental in transporting Naphtha in a hassle-free and cost-efcient manner. During the launch, Shri Shanker thanked all the stakeholders for successful completion of the project. He said, “the commencement of the project will help OPaL ramp up its polymer production.” He added, “the Naphtha pipeline is an environmentally sustainable solution as it will help reduce the carbon footprint.” Shri Avinash Verma thanked all the team members who extensively worked to complete the project. Shri Verma opined that the commencement of HDNPL will accelerate OPaL's journey of becoming a world-class Petrochemical company.

HDNPL project was a “work in progress” for few years since it was envisioned in the year 2011. Its effective implementation promises process simplication as well as building cost efciencies. OPaL's petrochemical plant has a dual feed cracker which produces world-class petrochemicals. The dual feed cracker runs on feedstock C2/C3/C4 & Naphtha. OPaL has the feedstock securitisation from Dahej and Hazira units of its parent company ONGC. Continuous supply of Naphtha is essential to run the plant in full capacity. Until recently, Naphtha was transported from Hazira to Dahej by marine route which was highly expensive and tedious. Therefore, laying of an underground 97 kms pipeline was proposed which would bring reliability and efciencies in operations. It took tremendous effort and persistence from

the OPaL Team as the Hazira-Dahej Naphtha Pipeline was meticulously laid through 49 Villages, 6 Talukas, 2 Districts, 53 Canals, 37 Drains, Khadi, 2 Railway crossings, 45 roads, the Narmada & Kim River along its course. Heavy rains this year posed a big challenge as all the project sites remained ooded till mid-October. However, unique solutions were devised to carry out the work amid erratic weather conditions. The time lost due to heavy waterlogging was duly compensated by working through several nights. Today, due to resolute handling and commitment of OPaL's management, the visionary project has become a reality. With the successful completion of this project, OPaL inches closer to garnering better competitiveness and market access in the growing petrochemical landscape.

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Shri Shashi Shanker, Chairman & Managing Director, ONGC addressing the gathering during the HDNPL inauguration ceremony

Project Team

Shri Viral Desai - Deputy Manager-Operations (U&O)

Shri Mayurkumar M Patel - Deputy Manager-Operations (U&O)

Shri Nishant Brahmarshi - Deputy Manager-Maintenance-Mechanical

Shri Rakesh Shinde - Manager-Maintenance-Electrical

Shri Pratik Nitin Shah - Assistant Manager-Maintenance-Instrumentation

Team Associated with Commissioning

Shri Viren Dalal - Senior Manager-Projects

Shri Jaydip Kadivar - Senior Executive-Projects

Shri Rushikumar Acharya - Senior Executive-Projects

Shri Manish Kumar Sharma - Senior Executive-Projects

Shri J. J. Rajput - Deputy Manager-Public Relations

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KEY CONTRIBUTORS TO HDNPL PROJECT FELICITATEDThe Hazira-Dahej Naphtha Pipeline is one of the most ambitious projects of OPaL. Multiple departments were working on this project for many years. It will be fair to say that the completion of this project is a testament to the impeccable inter-departmental synergy of all the team members. As the work of some of these team members was extremely vital, their contribution to the project was acknowledged at the inauguration ceremony of HDNPL in Dahej. These team members received a certicate from

Shri Shashi Shanker, Chairman & Managing Director, ONGC. Some external team members (not employees of OPaL) were also honoured at the event. Employees of OPaL were from Projects, Public Relations and U&O teams. Their commitment to the project is one of the key reasons for the successful completion of the project. OPaL is proud of all those who are committed to making OPaL the best polymer brand in India.

Shri Shashi Shanker along with other dignitaries at Pipeline Control Room (PLCR)

Shri Shashi Shanker, CMD, ONGC, seen here with ONGC and OPaL dignitaries during the inauguration

Shri Shashi Shanker arriving at the venue

Shri Shashi Shanker, CMD, ONGC, Shri Subhash Kumar, Director (Finance), Shri Sanjay Kumar Moitra, Director (Onshore), Shri Navin Chandra Pandey, Director (T&FS), Shri Avinash Verma, MD-OPaL, Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL, along with the Project team

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OPaL ORGANIZES DCA MEET IN MUMBAI

OPaL had organized a Del Credere Associate (DCA) meet for the western region on Friday, 8th November 2019 at Hilton Hotel, Mumbai. The meeting was primarily organized to bring all the DCAs under the umbrella of OPaL and work jointly towards achieving management's goals. The way forward for OPaL with joint efforts of all the stakeholders and other critical matters were discussed.

OPaL delegation was headed by Shri Shashi Ramugade, DGM-Marketing, and Shri Pushkar Inamdar, Sr. Manager, Marketing. OPaL's achievements like regional sales performance and product wise sales target for FY'19-20 was discussed at the event.

During the event, technical services and business development activities were discussed in detail. Above all, the meeting served the purpose of bringing all the DCAs under the same roof and giving them an opportunity to interact with OPaL management from the corporate ofce, regional sales team and nance team.

OPaL participated in world's largest plastic exhibition K-Show 2019 held at Dusseldorf Germany from 16th to 23rd Oct 2019. OPaL stall was inaugurated by Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda, Hon'ble Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Govt. of India.

During the course of the event, OPaL stall received good response from the plastic fraternity, starting from customers, international off-takers, end users and machinery manufacturers. Few International offtakers also showed keen interest to be associated with OPaL. Few customers/end users had enquired regarding availability of OPaL grades in European market and relevant compliance/bagging variants in order to supply in EU countries. The OPaL delegation, led by Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL, had fruitful interactions with various stakeholders of the polymer industry.

K is considered as one of the biggest polymer exhibitions in the world. Close to 3330 exhibitors from 63 countries had participated in the most coveted exhibition in Plastic industry across the globe. Such events are important platforms to showcase India's growing petrochemical might.

OPaL DAZZLES AT K SHOW IN DUSSELDORF, GERMANY

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The operations of OPaL begun in March 2017. But the groundwork had started a long time ago. The LSTK work for Dual Feed Cracker Unit (DFCU), Dahej was awarded to the Consortium of M/s Linde AG, Germany, and M/s Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea, on 23rd December 2008. The agreement for the same was signed on 10th February 2009. On 18th & 19th, December 2019 M/S Linde Team and OPaL team had met for contract close-out. The outcome of the meeting led to a successful close-out of DFCU /AU project.

SUCCESSFUL CLOSE-OUT OF LEPC-1 DFCU /AU PROJECT

Following are milestones of the contract achieved:

Completion date

12.09.2012

16.08.2016

05.02.2017

Completed by OPaL

16.06.2017

Description

Mechanical completion

RFSU

Commissioning and commercial operation

Performance Guarantee Test Runs

Certicate of completion and Acceptance

Shri Manoj Srivastava welcoming Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda at OPaL stall

Shri Shashi Ramugade speaking at the event

OPaL Stall at K Show

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SAFETY TRAINING KIOSK INSTALLED AT DAHEJSafety Training Kiosk has been installed at Dahej, in order to strengthen the existing HSE induction training program being imparted to Contractors.

The Kiosk has a unique feature for safety training and validation of a person. The biometric screening of person attempting for training validation makes the system more foolproof and unbreachable. Subsequent to training, a training card namely "Safety Passport" having photo identity of the person gets printed by the machine. The system was inaugurated by Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL, on 23rd August 2019.

OPaL's Customers meet was organized on Saturday, 15th November 2019 in Indore. The meeting was organized to bring all the customers on the same platform with the top management. The event witnessed a huge turnout of the OPaL's customers. From OPaL, Shri Avinash Verma, MD-OPaL, Shri Hemant Nautiyal, Head-Marketing, Shri Amit Gupta, GM-Logistics-OPaL, and Shri Pushkar Inamdar, Sr. Manager-Marketing, were present along with other key ofcials.

The event gave a perfect forum for all the stakeholders to come together and deliberate on various issues. Shri Amit Gupta, GM - Logistic, gave a brief about how the logistic team functions and the ideas they are employing to make the process smooth and seamless. Shri Avinash Verma, MD, apprised the attendees about the business targets OPaL has set for the near future. He assured the customers that their concerns, if any, will be duly addressed and their feedback will be considered thoughtfully while drawing the business strategies.

A similar event was also organized in Kanpur on 10th December 2019. Various customers and business partners from the north zone were present at the event. In the Kanpur meeting, OPaL delegation comprised of Shri Avinash Verma, Shir Vivek Mehta, DGM-Marketing, Shri Sukanta Sen, Manager-Marketing.

OPaL ORGANISES CUSTOMERS MEET AT INDORE & KANPUR

The 8th Petrochemicals Conference organized by Elite Plus Business Services was held on 16th & 17th November 2019 at Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai. The theme of this year's summit was "Growth with Sustainability". A large part of the Summit's agenda was devoted to sustainability and included eminent speakers from Government policymakers and industry. The Summit attracted 1370 delegates representing 510 companies from 21 countries. Technical presentations were spread over 9 business sessions and 3-panel discussions. OPaL was one of the participants at the event. OPaL delegation was led by Shri K.K. Rajan, DGM-Marketing. During the event, OPaL delegation interacted with various clients to further the business of OPaL.

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Shri Avinash Verma addressing the gathering

Shri Avinash Verma speaking at the Indore event

INDORE

KANPUR

Training card issued by the kiosk

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Shri Manoj Srivastava inaugurating the kiosk

Diabetes is a disease, which occurs when blood sugar also known as blood glucose is high. (Fasting Blood Sugar:>/= 126mg/dl, 2hrs post prandial blood sugar >/= 200 mg/dl, HbA1C: >/= 6.5%)Diabetes is considered as a lifestyle disease and is now becoming an epidemic. According to the National Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Survey report released by the health and family welfare ministry, the prevalence of diabetes in India has remained at 11.8% in the last four years. It is estimated, nearly 98 million people in India may have type 2 diabetes by 2030. Despite the odds, Diabetes is a preventable disease. So, to create awareness about the risk factors and preventive measures, a “Health talk on Diabetes” was organized on 28.11.2019 at OPaL to commemorate the Diabetes Awareness Month. Guest faculty from Sterling Hospital, Vadodara was invited to deliver the talk. Adoption of healthy lifestyle like regular exercise, maintaining ideal body weight, regular check- ups, habit of nutritious diet and refrain from junk food were key points emphasised during the talk.

HEALTH BYTE : SESSION ON DIABETES AWARENESS

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Diabetes awareness session underway

OPaL's 13TH FOUNDATION DAY - CELEBRATING THE GLORIOUS JOURNEYOPaL's inspiring journey completed 13 years on 15th November 2019. The 13th Foundation Day was celebrated enthusiastically by all the employees on Friday, 15th November 2019 at Bharuch. The theme of the evening was Bahubali as Bahubali embodies all the characteristics like dedication, empathy and courage which are essential to succeed in life. The venue was decorated with art and artefacts resembling the Bahubali lm. The venue also had Game Zones, photo booth and children's play area to keep the kids and their parents amused.

Smt Vimla Nigania, Head-HR, OPaL, welcomed all the dignitaries, employees and family members. In her address, she said that last year, OPaL, had gained maximum momentum, and this year the company has truly taken off with several path-breaking initiatives. She also appreciated the efforts of the management and employees for taking the company in the right direction.

Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL, said that in the last one year we have achieved various awards which are a testament of our commitment to excellence. The point to note is that there was not a single lost-time incident despite being such a large plant. He also said that the safety of people and assets are OPaL's top priority, once we secure these two, the rest follows.

Shri Avinash Verma, MD-OPaL, while addressing the employees, showered praises on the management and employees saying, “I have been here for a short time but I am blessed with a young and an extremely competent team to work with”. He further added, In FY18-19 we achieved the sales of 10 lac tonne with a turnover of 10,000 Cr and look forward to achieving a highly satisfactory performance in FY19-20 too. He concluded by saying, “we are well placed to become a world-class petrochemical company.”

The program kicked off with the thumping opening act performed by Rhythm Funk. The troupe played Dhol Taasha on the tune of popular Hindi and English songs. The mesmerizing performance gave a ying start to the evening. The energetic performance was followed by Ganesh Vandana and the lighting of the lamp. The evening witnessed an exciting line up of performances like the superlative Bahubali Act which give Goosebumps to the audience and awe-inspiring 3D Act which narrated OPaL's journey in the most electrifying style. However, the performance that truly made the audience shake their legs was the central attraction of the evening - Bhumik Shah and the group's scintillating performance. The high octane energy of Bhumik Shah and rising tempo drew the audience to the dance oor.

The evening of 13th Foundation Day was also special for the recipients of the Excellence Awards. All the awardees were handed over their awards by top management after

the screening of the inspiring short lm which featured all the award winners. 13th Foundation Day turned out to be a highly entertaining and exciting event for all the employees and their family members. Games and activities, photo and sele booths, electric performances and the delicious dinner marked a perfect nale to the evening which is worth remembering for a long, long time.

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The grandios Bahubaali style gate at 13th Foundation Day

Shri Manoj Srivastava speaking at the event

Smt Vimla Nigania speaking at the event

Bhumik Shah and troupe in the middle of the electric performance

Shri Avinash Verma, Shri Manoj Srivastava and Shri Pradosh Basu lighting the lamp

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Birthday celebrations are always fun. The happiness quotient hits the brim for those celebrating their birthdays. Everybody looks forward to birthday celebrations as it gives all the employees an opportunity to enjoy the company of each other and have a gala time with colleagues cum friends. Both at Corporate Ofce and at the Dahej plant, birthdays of all the employees are celebrated with great fanfare and excitement. To make the day extra special for birthday boys and girls, fun activities and delicious snacks are organized. The birthday celebrations work as a binding glue which brings all the department on one platform. To all those who celebrated their birthdays this quarter, we wish a very Happy Birthday.

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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WITH THE MESSAGE OF SUSTAINABILITY

The HR team of OPaL, Dahej has initiated a noble drive to preserve the environment. On the day of birthday celebrations, along with cake cutt ing and other fun activities, the birthday boys and girls plant trees in the plant premises. Trees are v i tal to providing us clean air. As the most crucial component of our ecosystem, they give us oxygen, store carbon, stabil ize the soil, conserve water, ameliorate the climate and give life to the world's wildlife.

We have reached a stage where preserving and protracting environments is the primary responsibility of all the citizens. In the present state of the environment, it's only the trees that can help us come out of this situation. Trees are the lifelines and lungs of the Earth. The HR team's efforts are commendable. Initiatives like this will encourage all to become a responsible citizen and to create a sustainable future.

OPaL ORGANIZES GARBA NIGHT IN BHARUCHA Garba night was organized by OPaL in Bharuch for the employees and their family members on Sunday, 13th October 2019. The event witnessed a huge turnout of employees and families. The Garba night had an interesting line up of various Garba styles like 2 taali and 3 taali Garba and also had Dandiya. Shri Avinash Verma, MD-OPaL, along with his wife inaugurated the event with the Puja. Later, the venue reverberated with the Gujarati Dandiya songs which brought about exciting Garba steps as the gathering swirled in action. Everybody had a wonderful time performing traditional Garba. The event concluded with a gala dinner that had mouth-watering delicacies.

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TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Process Safety Management

The major objective of Process Safety Management (PSM) of highly hazardous chemicals is to prevent unwanted releases of hazardous chemicals especially into locations that could expose employees and others to serious hazards.

Series of PSM Training sessions for various elements of safety were planned and executed by external safety expert M/s Nexa. Various topics viz. PSM awareness, PSI, PHA, MOC, MIQA, PSSR, OP & SWP, CSM, Training, ERCP, Incident. Inv. & Audit & OD were covered through the said workshops.

Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Work place (POSH)

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 is a legislative act in India that seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work. An Act to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. In view of the same an Awareness Session on POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) at work place was organized. A session for the same was conducted at OPaL Dahej.

ECTS Operations

It has become important to pre-treat the industrial waste water before allowing it to ow in the drain. This lays emphasis on building industrial waste water treatment plants. The treatment of wastewater actually helps in maintaining the water cycle which make this treatment plants very important. In view of the same, internal technical session on ECTS Operations was organized at OPaL's Dahej plant.

Microsoft Project Training

With an objective to plan major event in a structured way by tracking progress of each activity and timely allocation of resources, a structured training programme on Microsoft Project was organized. The said training was given by Faculties from M/s Multisoft systems.

Function specic Workshops/Conferences

Function specic workshop/conference is a great way for someone to relearn and refresh his/her knowledge regarding his/her function. It also helps participants to keep abreast with the latest knowledge in various areas.

In view of the same, various employees were deputed for attending various workshop/ conference viz. Electrical Safety Laws, Corrosion control techniques, Effectiveness of Commercial Arbitration, Supply Chain & Risk Management, ICAI International Finance Conference, IR Conference, HR Analytics, handling difcult communication etc.

Practical Fire Fighting and Evacuation Training

Fire safety training is important because it gives employees the valuable knowledge and skills they need to prevent res and get out of burning sites. With an objective to bring awareness w.r.t to basic re safety and evacuation, session for the same were conducted at OPaL Dahej.

Senior Leadership Programmes

Effective leadership across the organization focuses on the shared vision & goal, build trust and boost up the work environment in a positive manner. It also motivates team members, Initiates quick action, provides guidance, ensure efcient direction and creates a culture of condence. Members from senior leadership team were deputed to attend MDP's on Leadership.

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Employees at Process Safety Training

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CLEAN WALKTHON ORGANISED AT OPaL

National Energy Conservation Week was observed at OPaL from 9th December to 14th December 2019. National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated every year on 14th December since 1991. This was rst time it was celebrated at OPaL.

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"Cleanliness is godliness". 2019 marks the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation - Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi Ji's principles and ideology not only helped us get independence but he has laid down the blueprint of how to lead a life of values and principles. Cleanliness is one such value Gandhi Ji held in high regard. Taking a cue from this, Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister launched the Swachha Bharat campaign which has been instrumental in awakening the sense of self-awareness amongst all the Indians towards cleanliness.

OPaL has always upheld all the nation-building campaigns. On the same line, On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and 116th birth anniversary of India's former Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Security team had organized a Clean Walkathon at PWH and DFCU to promote the importance of keeping your premises clean and tidy. All the employees participated in this initiative e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y . W e congratulate the security t e a m f o r t h e i r thoughtfulness and for their commitment to make OPaL the bes t p lace to work.

OPaL SECURITY TEAM BAGS THE PRESTIGIOUS IFSEC AWARDThe International Fire & Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) is a distinguished international organization that conducts security conclaves and exhibitions on an international level. OPaL Security team had participated in the IFSEC award category of Security Training and Security innovation. On the 19th December 2019, the OPaL Security team was presented with the prestigious IFSEC award for security innovation in Road Trafc Safety “SUDHAR” Module. This Sudhar module is a Training module by which instead of penalizing the offender, trafc safety training is given with all the facts and gures along with the grave consequences of breaking the rules. We are taking their promissory note to become the brand ambassador not only for OPaL but also for the general public on roads. The objective of this module is that people should be aware of the trafc rules and safety and should ensure trafc safety for their families and society at large. This training has brought about a signicant change in the mindset of people and their attitude toward road safety. OPaL congratulates the Security team for winning the coveted award.

NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION WEEK CELEBRATION AT OPaL

The primary objective of the celebrations is to create awareness about energy conservation. At OPaL, various creative banners and posters with evocative messages were displayed in various plants locations. Also, the energy conservation tips for domestic and industrial applications were sent every morning and afternoon via SMS to all ofcial mobile numbers of OPaL employees and support staff.

To spread the message far and wide, various activities were organized for OPaL employees and support staff. The celebration week started with 'energy conservation pledge', taken by various departments from their respective locations. Slogan competition and poster competition with theme of energy conservation were also organised. Employees and support staff from various departments participated enthusiastically in all the activities. Total 500 plus participation entries were received in various events.

The closing ceremony was organized on 16th December 2019. Shri Muthukrishnan (Retd. Group Energy Conservation Cell Head - Reliance Industries Ltd.) graced the event as a chief guest. Shri Muthukrishnan shared his knowledge on identifying opportunities for energy conservation in petrochemical industry. The event concluded with prizes and mementos distribution to winners by OPaL senior ofcials.

All the Heads and Award winners at the closing ceremony

Shri Saumya Chakrabarti with Shri Muthukrishnan

Posters for Energy Conservation Week

Security team receiving the award

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Jainil Mistry is the 5th standard student of Queen of Angels' Convent Higher Secondary School (ICSE Board), Bharuch in the current year 2019-20. For his science exhibition, Jainil had made a project on WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. For this project, Jainil won the First Prize. Young Jainil's visionary project received acclaim from the school authorities and was handed a gift and certicate. Jainil is the son of Shri Shaileshkumar Mistry, Dy. Manager-HSE. OPaL congratulates young and talented Jainil for his achievement and wishes him the best for a stellar academic future.

THE YOUNG ACHIEVER

To commemorate the 144th Birth Anniversary of "Iron Man of India" Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, HR & Security had organized a "Unity Walk" from CCR to PMC building on 31st October 2019. The noble initiative, which was a joint effort of the HR and the Security team, received overwhelming response from the OPaL employees. OPaL Employees and the support staff participated with full enthusiasm and zeal. All the participants took the Pledge of Unity.

Jainil Mistry

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WALK FOR UNITY AT DAHEJ

POEM by Rutva Vipul Chauhan - Daughter of Shri Vipul Chauhan, Sr. Manager – Instrumentation, CPP & Utilities

E-WAY BILLING INITIATED AT DAHEJ PLANTThe invoicing team has recently completed the E-way bill automation project. With this development of automation & integration, the E-way bill number along with its validity would get printed on the face of the Invoice itself through SAP. This eliminates the need to separately punch-in details on Nice i.e. government portal and takes the print copy of the same for each invoice. Further, it eliminates most of the manual intervention, hence, the chances of error are now almost nullied. This is an important step in automating and simplifying the process for error-free operations. OPaL congratulates all the team members for this achievement.

DIWALI SWEETS DISTRIBUTIONS AT DAHEJTo make the Diwali celebrations more joyous, sweet boxes were distributed to all the Business Partners, State Reserve Police, Apprentices & 3rd party associates. The sweets distribution ceremony was conducted at Gate# 2 and PMC Conference hall. The HR team & the security team jointly managed the distribution from 23rd to 25th Oct 2019.

Team award for outstanding contribution in turning around the overall performance of Butene-1 plant by reducing downtime, reducing nitrogen consumption, reduction of re hazard and developing environment-friendly disposal method of spent catalyst.

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EXCELLENCE

• Riteshkumar Amaratlal Modi , Manager (Polymer)

• Atul R. Bait , Assistant Manager (Polymer)

• Sandeep Bardoliwala , Deputy Manager (Polymer)

• Digjoth Jena , Senior Executive (Infra)

• Jay Pandya , Manager (HSE)

An exemplary display of skills in ghting the major re due to a chemical explosion in the neighbouring industry at Dahej. Our reghting team rescued persons stranded inside the re. It took 10 hours to control the blaze.

• Jitendra Singh, Senior Assistant (Fire)

Actions taken single-handedly to improve PE Plant Performance by improving reliability and throughput limitations in one of the major grades F2002.

• Ujas Shah, Senior Executive (CTS)

Team award for phenomenal contribution that led to uniform and consistent feeding of the additive by changing the mode of operations that resulted in increased customer satisfaction and reduction of consumption of high-value raw material.

• Bhagwat Dileeprao Biradar , Senior Executive (Polymer)

• Dipta Maitra , Senior Executive (Polymer)

• Praful Lilhare , Assistant Manager (Polymer)

• Chandresh Parmar , Senior Executive (Polymer)

Team award for pre-eminent contribution: In improving the reliability of a critical pump of PE plant by a simple modication of the seal plan. Failure rate came down from 7 times to nil.

• Raghvendra Patel , Manager (Polymer)

• Martin T. Dixit , Assistant Manager (Polymer)

• Ajit Sarjerao Kashimbare , Assistant Manager (Polymer)

• Shrinidhi K. S ., Assistant Manager (Polymer)

Successful handling of emergency in DFCU plant by saving the furnace to trip due to sudden closure of fuel gas inlet valve and thus averting a major plant stoppage.

Outstanding solo effort in improving plant reliability by interactions with OEM and solving recurring communication issues of analog output models in DFCU resulting in a huge saving of cost.

• Abhishek Murarka, Deputy Manager (Cracker)

An admirable example of the Look-Listen-Feel method by timely action in arresting hydrocarbon leak in the tank farm area near ethylene ash drum, thus preventing a bigger incident of re.

• Anil D. Patil, Senior Supervisor (U&O)

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Bronze

Platinum

• Bhavik Patel, Sr. Executive (Cracker)

• Dilip Kanthariya, Jr. Supervisor (Cracker)

• Kapil Kuntmal, Jr. Supervisor (Cracker)

Shri Avinash Verma, Shri Manoj Srivastava, Shri Saumya Chakrabarti and senior management along with the recipients of Certicate of Appreciation

• Ritesh J. Bhatt , Deputy Manager (U&O)

• Arnab Mandal , Manager (Polymer)

• Anandamummoorthy K. , Deputy Manager (Polymer)

• Ritesh B. Kitukale , Assistant Manager (Polymer)

• Sachin K. Naikwadi , Assistant Manager (Polymer)

• Sachin Singh , Senior Executive (Polymer)

• Pinakin N. Shah , Manager (Polymer)

• Akash Manishkumar Vasani , Executive (Polymer)

• Bhavesh P Limbachiya , Supervisor (Polymer)

• Rahul Pimpalshende , Senior Executive (U&O)

• Subhajit Khanra , Deputy Manager (U&O)

• Devangsinh Sindha , Executive (U&O)

• Rupesh Ramakant Sankhe , Manager (U&O)

• Rashmikant Arvindbhai Patel , Assistant Manager (U&O)

• Keyurkumar Patel , Supervisor (U&O)

• Dr. Adarsh Kumar , Deputy Manager (Lab)

• Mahadev M. Pathak , Assistant Manager (Lab)

There is no short-cut to excellence. One has to work hard and toil to bring about the best in oneself. The same is true about all the recipients of Certicate of Appreciation. Their hard work and commitment towards OPaL were duly acknowledged by the OPaL management. The recipients were awarded a certicate as a token of appreciation by Shri Avinash Verma, MD-OPaL, Shri Manoj Srivastava, President-OPaL and Shri Saumya Chakrabarti, COO-OPaL, on Friday, 15th November 2019 at the Dahej plant. Shri Nirmesh Sharma, GM-HR, and other Heads of Department were present at the event.

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