Sanjeev Tokhi takes over as Director (Exploration) of ONGC Videsh

Mr. Sanjeev Tokhi has taken over as the Director (Exploration) on 4 th October 2021 to join the Board of ONGC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL).

In his 33 years of illustrious career, Mr. Tokhi commands a diversified exposure in all facets of exploration from Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation (API) to Petroleum Basin Modelling and Project Economics. Under his stewardship, acquisition of state-of-the-art broadband seismic in Mumbai Offshore and consequent analysis of the data led to a number of discoveries, accreting hydrocarbon resources of over a hundred million metric tons.
His leadership capabilities left indelible marks in a number of important projects like the efficient development of B12 & Daman fields, North Tapti ML, Revival of Ratna and R-Series fields, Pliocene Gas discoveries, and accelerated exploration campaign in recently reverted Panna & Mukta fields. His contribution towards
technology interventions in the deep-water Krishna Godavari basin, enabled robust reservoir characterization in Cluster-2 of northern discovery area of KG- DWN- 98/2 Block.

As the Director (Exploration) of ONGC Videsh, his focus would be towards astute acquisition of prospective acreages across the globe to OVL portfolio, contributing to national energy independence for an Atmanirbhar Bharat.

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