Deepank Gupta Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

# Short Term and Long Term Strategies (>AUD 130M for 5 years)# De-carbonisation of Natural Gas Pipelines# Compliance, Audits and Risk Framework

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

- Provide engineering support for delivering pipeline construction & abandonment projects. - Responsible for the development of annual pipeline integrity plan - Support implementing asset management strategies to optimize OPEX. - Work directly with councils & planning authorities to manage third party encroachments- Stakeholder Consultation- Incident Reporting- Safety and Regulatory Compliance - Establish Project Deliverables - Deliver gas network safety awareness presentations at several Victorian councils.- Successfully negotiated SP AusNet‘s requirements with estate developers in western growth corridors of Melbourne to replace the effected gas transmission pipeline with a new 1.3km pipeline.PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTSProject Management Leadership: Successfully delivered high risk multimillion dollar project to relocate two gas transmission pipelines in Melbourne metropolitan as part of Regional Rail Link’ project. Responsibilities included driving safety culture & managing effective technical interfaces with the State Government, Regional Rail Link Authority, Pipeline Regulators & Contractors. Leadership qualities acknowledged by the department and awarded Departmental Runners-up Award in May 2013.Pipeline Asset Management: Developed a transmission pipeline integrity management plan based on the strategic business plans, allowing SP AusNet to meet its level of service to more than 0.5 million customers in the most cost effective, safe & sustainable manner.Stakeholder Relationship: Succeeded in developing a trust based relationship with Gas Regulators - Department of Sustainability Development and Business Innovation (DSDBI) & Energy Safe Victoria (ESV). Represent SP AusNet in Australian Pipeline Industry Association’s ‘Pipeline Operator Group’.Risk Management: Developed a Risk Assessment frame work for SP AusNet transmission pipelines ensuring compliance with the requirements of Victorian Pipelines Act & Australian Standards.

Being part of the Gas Asset Management Team, my role was to provide asset management services ensuring that the gas network operated at an optimum levels. The position involved all facets of gas asset management with a dedicated focus on transmission pipeline integrity management.- Reviewed Gas Network Asset Management Plan- Developed scopes / detailed designs / business cases for capital projects - Standards and Procedures- Emergency Response Exercise- Asset Management Activities: Transmission Pipeline Management, Gap Analysis, Audits. - Incident Investigations, External Authority Approvals- Developed risk assessment frame work for gas transmission pipelines.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Involved in compliance monitoring and regulation of oil/gas plants, pipelines and associated facilities in South Australia. - Provided engineering support as a part of Operations Team in administering the requirements of Petroleum & Geothermal Energy Act 2000 in South Australia.- Compliance assessment of oil/gas plants and pipelines.- Recommended license renewal/approval to the delegate of the department's Minister- Policy Review, Systems Audit, OHS Review, Fitness for Purpose Review- Environmental Impact Assessment- Incident Investigation and Reporting: Root Cause Analysis (TAP ROOT®)

My role was to efficiently program, coordinate pipeline asset management projects with the focus of continuous improvements in engineering and management components of SANTOS & DELCO in Cooper Basin, Australia.- Deputed as a field engineer on ‘Pipeline Asset Management Services’ contract in Cooper Basin. - Pipeline Corrosion Management- Team Management – team of two field technicians and two pipeline surveyors. - Successfully executed pipeline mothballing & abandonment project (budget: $0.2million/annum).- Developed a strategy for Pipeline Corrosion Protection Survey for more than 1000kms of pipeline network in Cooper Basin

Assisted in ensuring safe and efficient drilling operation by generating real time geological logsand gas quality data.

Graduate Diploma, Business Administration - Executive

Post Graduate Certificate, Business Administration

Masters, Information Technology

Bachelor, Civil Engineering

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