Chartered Accountant

Oil & Gas Sector

WORK EXPERIENCE IN OMAN

Currently working with Ernst & Young, Muscat, Oman since October 2007 as an Audit senior

Experience gained: Audited following reputed companies in Oman

o Petrogas Group (Part of the MB Group)
Mazoon Petrogas SAOC
Petrogas LLC
Petrogas RIMA LLC
Petrogas RIMA Joint Venture
Petrogas Malih LLC
Petrogas E&P LLC
Petrogas E&P LLC consolidation

The group is involved in exploration and extraction of Oil and Gas in Oman. It also has operations in Egypt and India.

Highlights of these audits:
Unique accounting in the oil and gas industry.
Exposure to FAS 19 - Financial Accounting and Reporting by Oil and Gas
Producing Companies

o MB Petroleum Services (Part of the MB Group)
The company is involved in providing various kinds of support services
in respect of drilling of Oil wells.

o Dalma Group (Parent company is Al Qahtani Investment Co LLC)
Dalma Energy LLC – UAE
Dalma Energy & Company LLC – Oman
Dalma Energy LLC – Algeria

The group is involved in providing drilling rigs on rental basis to the Oil & Gas industry. They have operations in Oman, Saudi, Algeria and India.

o Octal Group (Company owned by Octal.Inc, Cayman Islands)
Octal Petrochemicals FZC LLC
Octal Holding & Company SAOC

This group is involved in manufacturing of petroleum products like PET (polyethylene terephthalate) sheets and resin. The company has a giant manufacturing plant in Salalah, Oman and has customers spread across Europe, US, UK and rest of the world. The company has the world’s first “Direct to sheet extrusion technology” in production of PET sheet which will make this company the number 1 manufacturer of PET sheets and resins within few years. Octal is building the world’s largest PET sheet facility in Salalah with a global platform of 300,000 metric tonnes of annual capacity and an increase to 800,000 metric tonnes by 2010.

Highlights of these audits:
Appliccation of IAS 39– Financial Instruments and recognition principles as the company had entered in interest rate swaps deals

Chartered Accountant from India - cleared in 2005