Mr. P. Padmanabhan has taken over as Managing Director of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL) with effect from April 1.
Mr. Padmanabhan is a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) of the 1980 batch of the National Institute of Technology, Trichy. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director of NRL, he was Executive Director (Refineries Co-ordination) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), NRL’s holding company with major equity of 61.65 per cent; where he was in charge of co-ordination among group refineries of BPCL. He was also the task force leader for finalizing BPCL’s future strategy till 2020 which involved achieving crude processing capacity of 50 MMTPA through grass route/creep expansion of existing refineries and contributed in finalizing BPCL’s entry into petrochemicals through propylene derivative products.
Working with BPCL since 1980, Mr. Padmanabhan has garnered experience and in-depth knowledge in major refinery functions such as production, process, technical services, quality control and international trade. Involved in various capacities in evolving strategies and implementing projects to meet Auto Fuel specifications at BPCL’s Mumbai refinery, he was responsible for successful supply of Euro III auto fuel in the first phase and the Euro IV equivalent auto fuels in the second phase, and in the conceptualization and commissioning of the first hydrocracker integrated lube oil base stock production plant.