Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) was built up in 1952. It is one of the main organization in the oil part in India. The 1860s saw immense modern improvement. A considerable measure of oil refineries likewise came up. An imperative player in the South Asian market at that point was the Burmah Oil Company.

Despite the fact that consolidated in Scotland in 1886, the organization became out of the endeavours of the Rangoon Oil Company, which had been framed in 1871 to refine raw petroleum delivered from primitive hand delved wells in Upper Burma.

The search for oil in India started in 1886, when Mr. Goodenough of McKillop Stewart Company penetrated a well close Jaypore in upper Assam and struck oil. In 1889, the Assam Railway and Trading Company (ARTC) struck oil at Digboi denoting the start of oil generation in India.

Business Area:

BPCL is into investigation, creation and retailing of oil and oil related products.The retail busines unit of BPCL is into promoting of oil, diesel and lamp fuel .It has system of 6553 retail outlets and 1007 lamp oil merchants

It likewise offers full scope of car motor, equip oils, transmission oils, forte oils and oils .It obliges around 8000 modern clients crosswise over India.It additionally give Aviation Turbine fuel (ATF) to its carrier clients.

Its LPG specialty unit Bharatgas has nearness in 25 million family units with 2137 LPG merchants spread the nation over.

BPCL has two refineries at Mumbai and Kochi with a limit of 12 Million Metric Tons Per Annum (MMTPA) and 7.5 MMTPA for refining raw petroleum. Its backup at Numaligarh has limit of 3 MMTPA.

Milestones

BPCL won PetroFed Oil and Gas Marketing Company of the Year grant for the year 2006–07. This Award is given as an acknowledgment for increment in volumes of items showcased.

BPCL won the Excellent Water Efficient Unit Award –Beyond the Fence at the National Awards for Excellence in Water Management 2007.

BPCL was positioned 287th position amid 2007–08 in Fortune Global 500 rundown.

BPCL's Mumbai Refinery won the Smart Workplace Award 2008 under the mechanical assembling classification given by Economic Times in relationship with IT majors, Acer and Intel.

BPCL has secured 271 st positioning amid 2010–11 in the esteemed rundown of Fortune Global 500 when contrasted with 309 th position a year ago.

BPCL Kochi Refinery has packed away the Excellence Award for Pollution Control among vast enterprises in Kerala on fifth june 2011.