New Delhi: Dr Manas Kumar Sharma has taken over charge as Director (Exploration & Production) of Oil India Limited (OIL), India's second-largest national exploration & production company, on Thursday. Dr Sharma was serving as Executive Director (Basin Manager-Shelf) prior to his appointment as Director (E&D), where he was involved in various E&P activities within the operational areas in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh of Oil India Ltd.

Dr Manas is an alumnus of Dibrugarh University and holds a Ph D and M Tech in Applied Geology. He is a skilled geoscientist and operational manager. He carries with him more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has first-hand knowledge & experience in the subsurface & surface domain, both in the working as well as at the senior management level.

Dr Sharma has conceptualized an action plan for various exploration activities leading to the identification of prospects for continued hydrocarbon exploration, appraisal of discoveries as well as formulation of a revitalization plan for existing brownfields within Operational Areas in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. He is also instrumental in establishing Industry-Academia collaboration with Universities in the Northeast, which has helped in better understanding of the Assam & Assam-Arakan Basin for carrying out extensive exploration activities by OIL in the Northeast.

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