Indian Oil Corporation
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Indian Oil Corporation Limited | |
Type | PSU (Trading on BSE & NSE) |
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Founded | 1964 |
Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Key people | Sarthak Behuria, Chairman |
Industry | Petroleum |
Products | Oil , LPG |
Revenue | $36.537 Billion USD (March 2006) |
Employees | ~36,217 (2006) |
Website | www.iocl.com |
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) was formed in 1964 through the merger of Indian Oil Company Ltd. (Estd. 1959) and Indian Refineries Ltd. (Estd. 1958). IOCL is India's largest oil company and the largest PSU company in terms of revenue. As the name suggests its interests are in Petroleum sector. It is involved in the refining and retailing of petroleum products.
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[edit] Products
- Petrol
- Diesel
- Lubricants
- LPG
- Aviation Turbine Fuel
- Naptha
- Bitumen
- Paraffin
- Kerosene
- Petrochemicals
- Mineral Turpentine oil
[edit] Refineries
IOCL has a number of refineries in India:
- Haldia Refinery
- Panipat Refinery
- Digboi Refinery
- Gujarat Refinery
- Barauni Refinery
- Guwahati Refinery
- Mathura Refinery
- Bongaigaon Refinery(subsidary)
It holds controlling stake in CPCL limited which operates refinery at Chennai,etc. The total capacity is about 55.20 MMTPA.
[edit] International Rankings
- Indian Oil is the highest ranked Indian company in the prestigious Fortune Global 500 listing, having moved up 17 places to the 153rd position(in 2006) based on fiscal 2005 performance.
- It is also the 18th largest petroleum company in the world and the # 1 petroleum trading company among the National Oil Companies in the Asia-Pacific region.
- IOCL was featured on the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2005 at position 311
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited is the largest commercial undertaking in India and a Fortune “Global 500” company with a ranking of 189.(as given in the official webpage of IOCL : [[1]] ,as on March 2007)
[edit] Management
Chairman
- Mr. Sarthak Behuria (present)
[edit] Loyalty Programs
- XTRAPOWER Fleet Card Program is aimed at Large Fleet Operators. Currently it has 1 million customer base.
- XTRAREWARDSTM is a recently launched loyalty program for retail customers where customers can earn reward points on their purchases.