Shri Akshay Kumar Singh (aged 63 years) is a veteran of the Oil and Gas industry in India. He is a Mechanical Engineer from MIT, Muzaffarpur and Post-Graduate in Turbo Machinery from South Gujarat University. His career spanning 39 years has wide-ranging experiences across design, engineering, planning, execution and O&M of complex hydrocarbon pipeline systems and process plants. He has an unblemished track record of delivering challenging, complex and large size transnational as well as cross-country pipeline projects of national importance.

Mr Singh is the Founder-Chairman of Petronet Energy Limited (PEL) and Petronet LNG Singapore Pte. Ltd. (PLSPL), wholly owned subsidiaries of Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL). He has played a pivotal role in formation of these companies and marking PLL’s presence in International Market. He is also Chairman of Petronet LNG Foundation (PLF). He is Director on the Board of Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port Ltd and India LNG Transport Co (No 4) Pvt Ltd (Joint venture companies of PLL).

He has played an important and key role in formulating and getting approved the vision and strategy document namely “1-5-10-40” from PLL’s Board. The document envisages, increasing turnover of company to Rs. 1 lac crore with profit of Rs. 10 thousand crores and investment of Rs 40 thousand crores in next 5 years. He has been instrumental in obtaining environmental clearance and investment approval of Rs. 20,685 crores for setting up of petrochemicals complex having capacity of 750 KTPA PDH and 500 KTPA PP including ethane and propane handling facilities at Dahej. Under his leadership, PLL successfully concluded and executed the LNG Sale & Purchase Agreement (LNG SPA) for purchase of around 7.5 MMTPA LNG, with QatarEnergy on long term basis, wherein, LNG supplies will be made on delivered (DES) basis commencing from 2028 till 2048.

Prior to joining Petronet LNG Limited, he was Director - Pipelines in IndianOil Corporation Limited. Under his leadership, India’s first transnational multiproduct hydrocarbon pipeline from India to Nepal (Motihari to Amlekhganj) was completed 8 months before schedule and was appreciated by Hon’ble Prime Ministers of both countries. He also set up the infrastructure (for IOCL) to execute City Gas Distribution projects in 17 Geographical Areas, at an estimated capex of INR 13,873 Crores.

Before joining Indian Oil, Shri Singh served as Executive Director in GAIL (India) Limited. In a career journey of over 30 years, he worked across project development, project execution, corporate HSE, R&D and Risk Management. He ensured the completion of the 1000 kms Dabhol – Bengaluru (DBPL) and 700 kms Dahej – Uran / Dabhol – Panvel (DUPL/ DPPL) Natural Gas Pipelinesin record time of 15 and 11 months, respectively, which was appreciated by the State and