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Chairman and Director (Marketing) visit IndianOil’s Roorkee installation
New Delhi   27-Jun-2007
Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, accompanied by Mr. G. C. Daga, Director (Marketing), stopped at IndianOil’s Pipelines Installation and Terminal located at Roorkee in Uttarakhand and interacted with the IndianOilPeople. They were on their way to the picturesque Mussoorie for the annual Strategy Meet of the Board. They were warmly welcomed by the Mr M M Kapoor, Terminal Manager, and other IndianOilPeople at the Terminal and Pipeline Installation, which are uniquely co-located in the same campus. Mr. Behuria and Mr. Daga interacted with the employees assembled in the conference hall. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Behuria said that despite tough competition, IndianOil has performed well in the last fiscal and that he expects the success story to be replicated in this fiscal too as well as in future. The housekeeping, automation and the integrated working of Pipelines and Marketing Divisions at Roorkee was acclaimed by Mr. Behuria and Mr. Daga. They visited the pipelines control room, station area and tank-lorry filling area, and interacted with the shift personnel. The shift engineer explained the operations of the station and interface tracking. Opening of valve at Najibabad was demonstrated through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Mr. Dinesh Chandra, Sr. Operations Manager, NRPL, informed Mr. Daga that the maintenance of SCADA is undertaken by the Telecommunications and Instrumentation group of Pipelines Division. Tank Lorry chamber filling was demonstrated to the visiting dignitaries Mr. M. M. Kapoor, Terminal Manager. The Roorkee Terminal has a total throughput of 28,510 KLs and caters to Garhwal and Kumaon Regions covering Haridwar, Dehardun, Uttarkashi, Tehri Gaewal, Pauri Garwal, Rudra Prayag, Chamoli and part of Udhampur district. Various new initiatives have been taken at the terminal such as introduction of vehicle-tracking system, online-dosing facility for XTRAPREMIUM and XTRAMILE and a new system of payment for transporters. 100% security locking system for tank trucks has also been achieved at the Terminal. In memory of their visit, the dignitaries planted saplings at the installation. Mr. A. K. Girdhar, General Manager (UPSO Noida), and Mr. Akhilesh Gupta, Chief Operations Manager, UPSO Noida, were also present on the occasion.