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R D Goyal takes over as
Director (Projects), GAIL
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New Delhi: July 01, 2009
R. D. Goyal has taken over as Director (Projects) in GAIL
(India) Limited. A Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from
MITS, Gwalior and a Master in Production Engineering from
University of Roorkee (now IIT), Roorkee, Goyal has a
career spanning more than three decades in Hydrocarbon
industry.
Prior to becoming
Director (Projects), Goyal served the company as Executive
Director (Projects) and spearheaded the task of concurrent
implementation of some of the major cross country gas
pipeline projects such as Dahej - Vijaipur, Vijaipur -
Dadri, Dadri – Bawana - Nangal, Chainsa – Jhajjar - Hissar
Pipelines stretching over 2,200 km. and installation of
four compressor stations at Jhabua, Vijaipur, Kailaras and
Chainsa.
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After joining GAIL in 1990, Goyal has held several key
positions and some of the initial assignments included construction
and commissioning of the twin LPG extraction plants at
Vijaipur and Jamnagar – Loni cross country LPG Pipeline. After
a brief stint as the Head of Zonal Marketing Office at Jaipur,
he was entrusted with the charge of running the HVJ- GREP
pipeline networks in addition to the LPG plants at Vijaipur.
The Dahej- Vijaipur pipeline (DVPL) to evacuate LNG from Dahej
was completed during the period with Goyal playing an
important role in its timely commissioning. He thereafter
became Executive Director (Exploration & Production).
Goyal has served the Fertilizer and Petroleum Sectors in
various capacities at different locations. Shri Goyal started
his career as Graduate Apprentice with National Fertilizers
Ltd. and rose the corporate ladder swiftly. He was also
involved in the commissioning of the first gas based
fertilizer plant on the Hazira - Vijaipur - Jagdishpur
Pipeline at NFL, Vijaipur.
R D Goyal has taken over from Shri Santosh Kumar who
superannuated on 30th June 2009 from the Post of Director
(Projects) in GAIL (India) Limited.
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