Shri P K Kapil - Executive Director
Shri P K Kapil has been appointed as a Wholetime
Director designated as Executive Director of the
Company with effect from May 16, 2010.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and
has a rich experience of more than four decades in the
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.
He started his career in 1966 with the 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 a
strong penchant for analytical work and high technology
skills, he was chosen to head the Central Technical Services
Department at the Corporate Office of Indian Oil
Corporation. Here he did extensive work in 'expansion of
the existing refineries', 'energy optimisation',
'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 the Ministry of
Petroleum, the Government of India. He has traveled
extensively and has been to USA, Russia, the Middle East,
Europe and the Far East in connection with refinery design,
technology selection, crude sourcing, etc. Having served
for 28 years in Indian Oil Corporation and OCC in various capacities, he rose to the position of Executive Director
and spearheaded the setting up of Panipat Refinery for
the Indian Oil Corporation.
He has been the Site President of the Jamnagar complex
since 2001. Under his able leadership, in 2005, the Jamnagar
Refinery became the first Asian Refinery to be declared
the 'Best Refinery in the world', at the 'World Refining &
Fuel Conference' at San Fransisco, USA. Both Refineries
have bagged many national and international awards for
Excellence in Safety performance, Energy conservation &
Environment management, including the 'Golden Peacock
Global Award for Sustainability for the year 2010'.
In recognition of his excellent achievements, the
CHEMTECH Foundation had conferred on him the
"Outstanding Achievement Award for Oil Refining" in 2008.
He is also a Member of the Research Council of the Indian
Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
He is a member of Health, Safety and Environment Committee of the Company.
He holds 16,776 shares of the Company in his name as on
March 31, 2011.
