B.N. Talukdar to be new Directorate General of Hydrocarbons

B.N. Talukdar, director for exploration in Oil India Ltd. (OIL), will be the new director general of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), PTI reported. Talukdar will replace a bureaucrat at the oil ministry’s technical advisory arm for exploration and production. Sources privy to the development said Talukdar was selected by a search committee after interviewing seven shortlisted candidates last week.

Talukdar, 58, a petroleum engineering graduate from the prestigious Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, has been head of OIL’s exploration, development, reservoir management and drilling activities since December 2007.