Mr DS Nanaware takes over as Director (Pipelines), IndianOil
New Delhi 29-Dec-2021
29th December 2021, New Delhi: Mr DS Nanaware has taken charge as Director (Pipelines), Indian Oil Corporation Limited, one of India’s largest commercial enterprises and among the leading Indian companies in the Fortune Global 500 listings.
Mr D S Nanaware, Director (Pipelines) of IndianOil, is a Mechanical engineering graduate from Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli under Shivaji University, Kolhapur with a rich and varied experience of over 36 years. He is also the Chairman of IHB Ltd. a JV of IndianOil, HPCL and BPCL which is building the world’s longest LPG pipeline from Kandla to Gorakhpur.
Before he assumed the office of Director (Pipelines), he was Executive Director (Projects) at the Pipelines Division Head Office. Earlier, as the head of Southern Region Pipelines (SRPL), he was instrumental in starting the prestigious Ennore-Tuticorin Gas Pipeline Project and successfully commissioning its Ennore-Manali and Ramanathapuram-Tuticorin sections.
Mr Nanaware is a keen proponent for ushering a gas-based economy in the country and has played a key role in the formation of two JV companies - GSPL India Gasnet Limited (GIGL) and GSPL India Transco Limited (GITL)- both SPVs promoted by GSPL, IndianOil, BPCL and HPCL to create a pan India gas pipelines infrastructure.
His areas of professional specialisation include conceptualisation & design of projects; construction, operations & maintenance including SPM and offshore facilities; engineering & project management consultancy across the hydrocarbons pipelines industry. His milestone achievements, among many, include successful implementations of challenging projects (from conceptualisation to commissioning) of natural gas pipelines, crude oil pipelines and white oil product pipelines including in densely populated urban areas.
K. John Prasad
Chief General Manager
Corporate Communications
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
