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Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited
D. Rajkumar
CMD, BPCL
harat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) came into existence in
January, 1976 when Burmah-Shell was taken over by Government
Bof India. A Fortune Global 500 Company, BPCL is one of the premier
integrated energy companies in India, engaged in refining of crude oil
and marketing of petroleum products, with a significant presence in the
upstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. BPCL has
attained the coveted Maharatna status, joining the elite club of companies
enjoying enhanced financial autonomy and other decision making
authorites.
BPCL’s Refineries at Mumbai and Kochi, subsidiary Numaligarh Refinery
Ltd. at Assam and Joint Venture Bina Refinery at Madhya Pradesh have a
combined refining capacity of over 40 MMTPA. While BPCL’s upstream
subsidiary, Bharat PetroResources Ltd. has acquired participating interests
Bharat Petroleum in 27 oil & gas blocks in India and abroad, BPCL’s gas subsidiary, Bharat
is standing tall as Gas Resources Ltd. has been granted authorization to expand its City Gas
Distribution network to 17 Geographical Areas.
one of the essential
services provider BPCL markets its products through a robust marketing and distribution
playing a pivotal role network comprising 16,250 Retail Outlets, 6,110 LPG distributorships, 733
in this hour of need Lubes distributorships, 123 POL storage locations, 52 LPG Bottling Plants,
and shall continue to 58 Aviation Service Stations, 3 Lube blending plants and 4 cross-country
serve our customers pipelines.
and the society Employees Strength
with dedication and The Company employs 11249 regular employees (executives 5939, non-
commitment, standing executives Clerical & workmen 5310) as on 31.3.2020.
true to our core Contract labour (FY 2019-20) – 28,923
purpose of ‘Energising • Non Project – 16,773
Lives’ of the nation. • Project – 12,150
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