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Gaurav Agnihotri

Contributor since: 26 Mar 2015

Gaurav Agnihotri

Gaurav Agnihotri, a Mechanical engineer and an MBA -Marketing from ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Accountants), Mumbai, is a result oriented and a business focused Oil and Gas professional. Having started his career with Essar Oil Limited as a Graduate Engineer Trainee, he was involved in the Essar Oil Limited’s Refinery Expansion project in Vadinar, Gujarat, India.

He is an Author of a book ‘Oil- Past, present, future- An Indian Perspective’ which is a Single Point Reference Guide of Oil Industry (with Focus on India) for Students and Oil and Gas Professionals. Having travelled extensively to various Oil and gas locations around India, Gaurav has successfully dealt with Oil companies such as O.N.G.C; Oil India limited IOCL, BPCL, HPCL and others. He is currently based in Mumbai and works as a National Sales Manager in Sulzer Chemtech Tower Field Service India.

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Latest articles from Gaurav

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    Published 26 August 2015 | viewed 25,904 times

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  • Tianjin Disaster A Wake Up Call For Chinese Petrochemical Industry

    Published 19 August 2015 | viewed 8,513 times

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  • Germany Struggles With Too Much Renewable Energy

    Published 17 August 2015 | viewed 39,613 times

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    Published 12 August 2015 | viewed 15,766 times

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    Published 06 August 2015 | viewed 48,139 times

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  • China Getting Serious About Solar Energy

    Published 01 August 2015 | viewed 14,695 times

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  • Is France Ready To Move Away From Nuclear Energy?

    Published 30 July 2015 | viewed 23,288 times

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  • China Doubles Down On Dirty Fuel

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  • What The Iran Deal Could Mean For Natural Gas Markets

    Published 17 July 2015 | viewed 17,706 times

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  • More Job Losses Coming To U.S. Shale

    Published 16 July 2015 | viewed 24,488 times

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  • Methane Hydrates – Larger Energy Opportunity Than Shale?

    Published 11 July 2015 | viewed 16,645 times

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    Published 09 July 2015 | viewed 18,516 times

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  • Saudi And Qatari Energy Companies Look Abroad For Growth

    Published 02 July 2015 | viewed 11,884 times

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