Background
School of Maintenance Practices (SMP), Vadodara was established and inaugurated on 23rd November 2003 by great visionary leader, Late Subir Raha to train ONGC maintenance engineers on continuous basis and keep them updated with the latest techniques. SMP is the flagship of Technical Services. The institute was established as a 'Single Window' with the aim to provide comprehensive technical development of Maintenance Engineers and Graduate Trainees (GTs) of technical disciplines viz. Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Electronics by imparting specialization trainings through OEM/OES/reputed govt. institutes/ internal faculty.
Motto of SMP is “Safer, Better and Cheaper Operations”.
The institute collaborated with industry leaders such as Drillmec, Solar, ABB, Caterpillar and Cummins to deliver advanced modules on turbines, top drive systems, draw works, mud pumps, iron roughneck, PT pump calibration, VFD system. With a compact team, SMP remains committed to training ONGC’s field executives on the latest technologies, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and future readiness of ONGC’s upstream operations.
Highlights of FY 2024-25
Continuing with its tradition of overachieving its targets, School of Maintenance Practices-SMP, has again overachieved its MOU targets of 2024-25.
- Against its annual target of 20 Trainings for Mechanical, 21 trainings for Electrical and 9 trainings for Instt/Electronics disciplines (Total 50 trainings), SMP organized 29 trainings for Mechanical, 28 trainings for Electrical and 12 trainings for Instt/Electronics disciplines (Total 69 trainings).
- Total 648 employees (including Graduate Trainees) were trained.
- Following New Training Programs, have been conducted during the year:
- Training on PT pump testing and calibration through Cummins.
- Training on O & M of Top Drive System, Draw works, Iron Roughneck, Mud pumps for NG Rig through Drillmec for Mechanical discipline.
- Top Drive System, VFD House/AC Drives, Rig Dismantling / Assembling, Rig Control System and Software of NG Rig through Drillmec for Electrical discipline.
- Training on Sensor Calibration & Maintenance, Software Programming & Troubleshooting of Control system of NG Rig through Drillmec for Instrumentation/Electronics discipline.
- Electrical Refresher course for field personnel through internal faculty.
Graduate Trainees
A total of 28 Graduate Trainees (GTs) from Electrical discipline were trained during 03 weeks of Specialization Training.
Trend of Achievements for last 3 years (Plan vs Achievement)
| Year | Number of Programs | Number of Executive Trained | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOU Target | Achievement | ||
| 2022-23 | 69+100% GT | 73+100% GT | 875 |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 103 | 636 |
| 2024-25 | 50 | 69 | 648 |
Achievement in the year 2024-25 based on number of programs conducted is 138% of the annual target, on consolidated basis.
Economy Measures
SMP organizes trainings for GTs and field personnel of technical discipline. These trainings by SMP facilitate optimum utilization of Oil field equipment and hence improve the availability of critical equipment for our operations.
Future Plan
The future plan of SMP is to train our field executives on the latest technology as and when inducted. SMP also plans to conduct trainings for newly promoted E1 and below grade level staff through internal faculty and refresher course for O&M contractor as a pilot project.
