Shri P K Kapil - Executive Director

Shri P K Kapil holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering and has a rich experience of more than 40 years in different facets of petroleum refining industry.

He joined Reliance in 1996 and led the commissioning and start-up of the Jamnagar Complex. He was associated with this project since conception right through Design, Engineering, Construction and Commissioning. He also led the commissioning of the manufacturing operations in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Jamnagar by Reliance.

Shri Kapil started his career in 1966 with Indian Oil Corporation. In the initial years he worked in various capacities in Operations, Technical Services and start-up/ commissioning of various Refinery Process Units/ facilities in Barauni and Gujarat Refineries. Being a person with strong penchant for analytical work and high technology skills, he was chosen to head the Central Technical Services Department at Corporate Office of Indian Oil. Here he did extensive work in expansion of the existing refineries, energy optimization, debottlenecking studies and long range planning. Then he moved to Mathura Refinery as the head of Refinery Operations. From Mathura he was picked up to become the Director (Technical) of Oil Coordination Committee (OCC) - the 'Think Tank' of Ministry of Petroleum, Government of India. He has traveled extensively and has been to USA, Russia, Middle East, Europe & Far East in connection with refinery design, technology selection, crude sourcing, etc. Having served for 28 years in Indian Oil and OCC in various capacities, he rose to the position of Executive Director and spearheaded the setting up of Panipat Refinery for Indian Oil Corporation.

Shri Kapil has been the Site President of the Jamnagar Complex since 2001 and is responsible for its operations. Under his leadership, the Jamnagar Refinery has bagged many National and International Awards and was declared as the Best Refinery in the world at the 'World Refining & Fuel Conference' at San Fransisco, USA in the year 2005. In recognition of his excellent achievements, the CHEMTECH Foundation had conferred on him the "Outstanding Achievement Award for Oil Refining" in the year 2008.