BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED

BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited is India’s (BPCL) ‘best performing’ Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking and is an oil refining, exploration and marketing conglomerate. In 1928, Asiatic Petroleum (India) joined hands with the Burmah Oil Company, an active producer, refiner and distributor of petroleum products, particularly in Indian and Burmese markets to form the Burmah-Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of India Limited. On January 24,1976, as a 100% public sector enterprise, Bharat Refineries Limited, acquired complete ownership of Burmah Shell’s interests in India, including the largest refinery and a nationwide marketing organisation. Bharat Refineries Limited was later named as Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. 'Those Golden Drops of Oil' - this is what is commonly seen as Bharat Petroleum’s logo. In the Chinese view, all manifestations of the Tao are generated by the dynamic interplay of two polar forces - Yin and Yan, meaning shade and sun of the shady and sunny sides of the mountain. Its tagline 'Energising Lives' is written at the bottom.