Gaurav Yadav

Gaurav Yadav

Leading Net Zero and decarbonization strategy at IOCL Refineries HQ with 12+ years experience in energy transition, petrochemical operations, and Refinery benchmarking. Skilled in low-carbon innovation, technical services, and process optimization.

Work Experience:

12.3 Years

Industry:

Energy & Utilities

Function:

Consulting & Strategy

Work Experience

Refineries Headquarters, Indian Oil | New Delhi

  • Senior Manager (NetZero & Sustainability)
    • Leading “Net Zero” team from Energy transition front of IOC Refinery division, formed with an objective of identifying new technologies to reduce energy consumption and achieve Net Zero emissions by IOC Refineries by 2046.
    • Formulating Long term strategies and preparing roadmaps for IOCL Refineries.
    • Economic Evaluation, Feasibility Analysis & Proposal Submission for New Energy Conservation schemes/Projects to ensure lower energy consumption with consecutive year.
    • Facilitating Benchmarking Studies of all IOCL Refineries & proposing improvement schemes to minimize the Operational & Commercial Gaps.
    • Minimizing losses through Shut down planning and minimum downtime.
    • Providing Technical Support and solutions for all the 9 Refineries of IOCL regarding optimization of Energy consumption.
    • Solely Responsible for Business Responsibility Reporting from Refineries Division.
       
  • Production Engineer
    • Expertise in both EO& EG panel operations of Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) unit and also Field operation (Shift-in-charge)
    • Played Lead role in safely carrying out 2 Critical Shutdowns for Catalyst changeover requiring extensive technical expertise and handling of nearly 300 Skilled and unskilled manpower
    • Coordinating with Licensor on behalf of operations team regarding plant monitoring data and trouble shooting.
    • Carried out several Training programmes as Faculty for Plant personnel (Skilled & Non-skilled), Fresh Engineers Related to Plant operations and Safety guidelines.
    • Carried out Regular Mock drills with plant personnel (Skilled & Non-skilled) and provided proper training to enlighten them regarding plant safety.
    • Expertise in plant monitoring, troubleshooting and quick responding during plant upset conditions
       

S.K Engineering & Construction| Gurugram, Haryana

  • Process Engineer
    • Worked as an individual contributor in FEED of JAC project (Singapore)
    • Involved in activities like P&ID preparation and reviewing process datasheets.
Accomplishments
  • Youngest member of team of 4 that was Awarded “Samuhik uplabdhi puraskar”-awarded annually by Top management for devising a plan for reduction in utility consumption (DM water) of plant
  • Proactively contributed to plant improvement through the ‘Suggestion Scheme’ by providing technical inputs that, upon implementation, significantly improved Waste Heat Boiler (WHB) reliability and optimized plant operations.
Education
  • Bachelor of Technology (Chemical Engineering) – University School of Chemical Technology, (G.G.S.I.P.U) | New Delhi
Certification
Extra-curricular
  • Bronze Medallist in 100m and 800m sprint events at inter-departmental athletics meet
  • Successfully completed multiple 10K marathon runs, demonstrating endurance and commitment
  • Cricket enthusiast; regularly participate in corporate and local cricket tournaments