BPCL is India's second largest oil company that operates two large refineries in Mumbai and Kochi. It was originally established in 1886 as the Burma Oil Company and was nationalized by the Government of India in 1977. The document discusses BPCL's history, products, customers, sustainability efforts, and future expansion plans such as increasing the refining capacity of its Kochi refinery through an Integrated Refinery Expansion Project.

1. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.
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Content.
The topics covered ;
 About Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL)
 History of BPCL
 Manufacturing and Products
 Customers
 Sustainability
 Future Expansion Plans
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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a Government of India (GOI) controlled Oil and Gas Industry. BPCL is the India’s
second largest downstream oil company which is ranked as 314th on the Fortune list of the world’s biggest corporations as of 2018.
 BPCL is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 Corporation operates two large refineries located in Mumbai and Kochi.
 BPCL entered Maharatna status on 11th September 2017.
 The current Chairman & M.D of BPCL is Mr. D. Raja Kumar.
 The main products are petroleum, natural gas, aviation fuel etc.
 The human power of the company crossed 12000 as of 2017.
 Current capacity of BPCL is 37.5 MMTPA (Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum).
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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (contd.)
Burma Oil Company (Burma Shell) started the oil exploration in India.
GOI taken over Burma Shell and renamed as BPCL India on August 1977
 BPCL ensures innovative, reliable and sustainable products.
 More than 54% of BPCL shares are owned by GOI, 17% by Foreign Portfolio Investors, 9% by BPCL Trusts,
Mutual Funds (7.5%) and rest by individuals.
 The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) is co-promoted by BPCL with other Oil Public
Sector Units like ONGC, IOCL and HPCL for giving technical and management support in this industry.
 The industry achieved Golden Peacock, Star PSU awards and Technology Excellence award for Cochin
Expansion recently.
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History of BPCL.
BPCL started their journey as Burma Oil Company incorporated in Scotland 1886 which become a key player in the South Asian
Market of oil and gas commerce.
 The oil and gas exploration in India started by 1886 by McKillop Stewart Company but the major harvesting
of oil started in 1889 by ARTC.
 John D Rockfeller and his associates owned major belt of oil production and started Standard Oil Trust
which combined their markets with Burma Oil Company and become the large Burma Shell.
 When civil aviation came to India with JRD Tata’s solo flight from Karachi to Mumbai, Bombay Shell
supported with aviation fuel.
 In 1951, the company signed agreement with GOI and built a modern refinery at Trombay (Mumbai) which
was renamed as BPCL in 1977.
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Manufacturing and Products.
We are doing our project at BPCL Kochi Refinery (BPCL-KR) located at Ambalamugal established on 1966. The refinery have
a current capacity of 15.5 MMTPA after completion of Integrated Expansion Project.
 The Kochi Refinery division of BPCL produces 150,000 barrels per day which includes;
 LPG and Superior Kerosene Oil
 Petrol and Hi-speed Diesel
 Naphtha
 Furnace Oil, Light Diesel oil AND Low Sulphur Heavy Stock
 Aviation Fuel
 Some special products like benzene, Special Boiling Point Spirit, Toluene etc.
 Exclusive products are Rubberized Bitumen, Bitumen emulsion and Diesel Additive.
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Manufacturing and Products. (layout)
DHDS (2.54)
VGO HDS (1.7)
CCR (0.85) ARU (0.25)FCCU (1.75)
CDU 1 (4.5)
CDU 2 (5.0)
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(Capacity) in MMTPACDU– Crude Distillation Unit FCCU- Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit DHDS- Diesel Hydro Desulphurization Unit
CCR- Cont. Catalytic Reformer ARU- Aromatics Recovery Unit VGO- Vacuum Gas Oil
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Customers.
Main customers of Kochi Refinery are;
 Bharat Gas
 Aviation Industry
 MAK Lubricants
 Fuel Pumps
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Two main CSR projects of BPCL are;
 Project BOOND
 Swatch Bharat BPCL
 Project Boond aims to make the seasonally water-scarce tribal region of Western Ghats, water sufficient by
repairing wells and constructing bunds. BPCL's flagship CSR program has fetched Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Ltd the "Excellence Award for Social Responsibility“.
 BPCL joins Prime Minister’s Swatch Bharat national campaign by the Government of India, to clean the
streets, roads and infrastructure of the country.
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Future Expansion Plans.
IREP (Integrated Refinery Expansion Project) is aimed at increasing the refining capacity of Kochi Refinery from the existing
9.5 MMTPA to 15.5 MMTPA and modernization of refinery to produce auto-fuels complying with Euro-IV/Euro-V
specifications. The units of IREP are designed to be flexible enough to process high Sulphur crudes, which will fetch a higher
margin. This expansion project reached 95% in 2016.
 Polyols Project
 Strengthening Pipeline Infrastructure
 Building reliability on water availability
 Refining capacity expansion with addition of new products.
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