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Sanjiv Singh today took over as the Director (Refineries) of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm.
He took over from Raj Kumar Ghosh who superannuated yesterday, the company said in a statement here.
Singh was Executive Director in-charge of IOC's Rs 30,000 crore Paradip refinery. Prior to that he was head of IOC's most modern refinery of at Panipat.
"Singh played key role in the commissioning of Panipat refinery, paraxylene and PTA plants and India's largest naphtha cracker," the statement said.
A Chemical Engineer from IIT-Roorkee, Singh joined IOC in 1981 and has worked in various positions at Mathura, Barauni and Panipat refineries.
On taking over the new assignment, Singh underlined the need to have technologies to process low cost crudes to enhance profitability.
"Indian refineries will have to benchmark with international best as in days ahead India will emerge as the 'Refining Hub', having surplus refining capacity," the statement said.
