BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED Bharat Petroleum is India’s ‘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. However, the genesis of this unique symbol takes one back several centuries to the ancient Chinese civilisation, where a similar