Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd was joined on November 3 1952 as a private constrained organization with the name Burmah Shell Refineries Ltd. The organization started their work on the marshland of Trombay at Bombay.

The refinery on 454 sections of land of land at town Mahul went on-stream on 30th January 1955 one year in front of calendar. In January 24 1976 Burmah Shell Group of Companies was assumed control by the Government of India to frame Bharat Refineries Ltd.

In August 1 1977 the organization was renamed as Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. The organization was likewise the principal refinery to handle recently discovered indigenous unrefined (Bombay High) in the nation.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) works in the petroleum business in India. The organization works in a solitary portion - Refinery and Marketing exercises which incorporates Downstream petroleum area.

They are additionally occupied with the Exploration and Production of Hydrocarbons (E&P). BPCL all the time imports their LPG prerequisites fundamentally from the Middle East. Periodic there are import prerequisites of Gasoil Kerosene Gasoline and Base Oil.

The organization refineries comprise of Mumbai Refinery Kochi Refinery Numaligarh Refinery and Bina Refinery. BPCL sends out Fuel Oil and Naphtha and Base Oil (Group II).

Amid the year 2001-02 the organization authorized the Gas Turbine and Heat Recovery Steam Generator extend at a cost of Rs.1750 million. Refinery Modernization Project was being executed at a cost of Rs 18310 million.

The organization had Allied Retail Business (ARB) additionally separated from the normal business making them not just the biggest non-fuel income generator in the oil business additionally among the main retail arranges in the nation offering a crate of administrations.

Programmed Teller Machines (ATMs) proceeded by the organization to be a concentration zone in the ARB activity under the collusion administration system. The 222 ATMs in the system are the consequence of organizations together with 22 banks.

In 2015 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has gotten endorsement from Environment Ministry for Rs 4588 crore extension at its refinery office BPCL gains extra shares of Petronet CCK Limited.

BPCL alongside GAIL Gas a 100% auxiliary of GAIL India will together build up the City Gas Distribution Network (CGD Network) in Haridwar locale. BPCL additionally commissions another workmanship Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) in Mumbai.