Gupta joins Essar Oil in top roles

Lalit Kumar Gupta has been named managing director and chief executive officer of Essar Oil Ltd., which handles oil and gas operations in India for Essar Energy PLC, part of the Essar Group of London.
Dec. 5, 2011

Lalit Kumar Gupta has been named managing director and chief executive officer of Essar Oil Ltd., which handles oil and gas operations in India for Essar Energy PLC, part of the Essar Group of London. He had been CEO and joint managing director of JSW Energy Ltd., an Indian power and mining company.

Naresh Nayyar, formerly CEO of both Essar Energy and Essar Oil and managing director of Essar Oil, becomes deputy chairman of Essar Oil.

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Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.

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