Abstract

The paper explores the cardinal need for an organizational transformation is a real-time availability of accurate information, generating shared knowledge, transforming human and structural system for improved timely decision making, thus ensuring a high performance in Exploration & Production (E&P) activities of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), a leading innovative, continually learning and improving corporate in the world has been always been acquiring and assimilating contemporary technologies to operate at global efficiency and has in the process developed a rich knowledge database across the organization. In its continued pursuit of excellence, ONGC took an early cognizance of the fact that data management & information are vital to modern E&P businesses a decision was made to set up an enterprise - wide Exploration & Production Information Network (EPINET) using industry standard