Antelopus Energy Private Limited is a newly formed Exploration & Production company. We are focused on monetizing discovered and stranded resources in the Indian Subcontinent.
We operate 3 Contract Areas. Two Offshore Assets, one each in West and East coast of India and one onshore Contract Area in Assam. Our expertise lies in value creation through reservoir management, leveraging technology deployment (like Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery), operational efficiency and speed of execution, with safety and sustainability as our core value.
The management team consists of individuals with deep India & International experience. The team has 140+ years of collective of E&P experience with 30+ years in senior management roles. Our management brings in a vast experience of having led a major Indian Private E&P player.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to be a leading E&P player and partner of choice in the Indian Oil & Gas industry.
We aim at bringing value to our industry, shareholders, and community, by pioneering the development of new opportunities through low-cost development, innovative technology, and operational excellence sustainably and responsibly.
Antelopus Leadership
Suniti has 25+ years of experience in the Global Oil and Gas Industry. He last served as the Chief Operating Officer & Executive Committee Member at Cairn Oil & Gas. Suniti is an MBA from Harvard Business School & Masters in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University.
Suniti Bhat
Chief Executive Officer
Siva has 25+ years of experience in both Upstream and Downstream Industries. He last served as Director – Rajasthan Asset & Executive Committee Member at Cairn Oil & Gas. Siva is a Chemical Engineer from NIT Warangal & Masters in Management from AIM, Philippines.
Sivakumar Pothepalli
Chief Operating Officer
Chris has 30+years of experience in the Global Oil and Gas Industry. He was Former Group CEO of Imperial Energy and COO of Kazmunay National Company. Chris is a member of the SPE & holds a BSc. (Hons) in Applied Physics from St Andrews University
Chris Hopkinson
Chief Technical Officer
Mike has 30+ years of experience in Oil & Gas industry- He last served as the CEO for Heritage Petroleum, the National Oil Company for Trinidad and Tobago. Mike holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mike Wylie
Head Drilling
Roy has 40+years of experience in the Oil & Gas Industry. He has led E&P Onshore & Offshore operations in India, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Syria, Vietnam, Iran, Qatar, Russia, Egypt and Sudan. He has served Board member & Director Operations in ONGC Videsh till 2012. He also served as Head EOR, IRS for producing assets and is credited for 1st Thermal EOR project in India at Balol in India.
S. Roychaudhury
Director Strategy & BD
Pinak has 35+years of experience and has extensive expertise on Indian Sedimentary Basins. He last served as Director Exploration & Executive Committee Member at Cairn Oil & Gas. Pinak has Masters in Geology from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Pinakadhar Mohapatra
Director Expl. & Subsurface
Alok has 28+ years of Oil & Gas Industry experience. He last served as Head Projects at Cairn Oil & Gas and delivered on capital projects in excess of $ 1 Billion. Alok is an Electrical Engineer from College of Engineering, Burla and completed an Advance Project Management Program at Stanford University.
Alok Padhi
Director Projects & Operations
Gautam has 28+ years of experience across Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Sectors. He last served as Head Operations Rajasthan Onshore Business Unit at Cairn Oil & Gas. Gautam is a Chemical Engineer from Shivaji University.
Gautam Kapadia
Director Projects & Operations
SL Narayanan has 27+ years of industry experience. Majority of his experience is in contracts, procurement & supply chain management. He last served as Head Procurement in Cairn India. He is an electrical engineer from NIT Surat & has a degree from MCIPS (UK), international management degree from CMI-UK and masters in HR management from Wellingkar, Mumbai.
We are committed to the highest HSSE standards with
sustainability at core of our operations.
Quality & Technology
We are committed to adhere to the best in class
quality standards & bring in the latest
technologies to develop our assets.
Ethics & Governance
We are committed to the highest standards of Ethics & Governance, compliance to the law of the land and strictly comply with Anti Bribery & Corruption Laws.
Corporate Social Responsibility
We believe in contributing to the betterment of the communities where we operate and society at large. We believe that as a resource company we need to earn “the licence to operate“ from the communities.