Senguptastarted in his new job on 1 February, after his predecessor PKBorthakur retired last month.

Senguptajoins as the offshore boss of ONGC, at a time when ONGC has lined upmajor deep-water development plans off the country’s eastern coast.

Developingthe east coast deep-water block KG-DWN-98/2 would be one of thebiggest challenges for Sengupta. ONGC plans to spend up-to $9 billionby 2030, in developing the east coast block.

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