03-08-2012, 11:17 AM
PROJECT REPORT ON BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
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Company Profile
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is one of India's largest PSU companies, with Global Fortune 500 rank of 287 (2008). Its corporate office is located at Ballard Estate, Mumbai. As the name suggests, its interests are in petroleum sector. It is involved in the refining and retailing of petroleum products.
Bharat Petroleum is considered to be a pioneer in Indian petroleum industry with various path-breaking initiatives such as Pure for Sure campaign, Petro card, Fleet card etc.
BPCL's growth post-nationalization (in 1976) has been phenomenal. One of the single digit Indian representatives in the Fortune 500 & Forbes 2000 listings, BPCL is often referred to as an “MNC in PSU garb”. It is considered a pioneer in marketing initiatives, and employs “Best in Class” practices.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) specializes in refining, processing, and distributing petroleum products. It offers petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and lubricants. The company primarily operates in India, where it is headquartered in Mumbai and employs about 13, 968 people.
HISTORY.
The 1860s saw vast industrial development. A lot of petroleum refineries came up. An important player in the South Asian market then was the Burmah Oil Company Ltd. Though incorporated in Scotland in 1886, the company grew out of the enterprises of the Rangoon Oil Company, which had been formed in 1871 to refine crude oil produced from primitive hand dug wells in Upper Burma. The search for oil in India began in 1886, when Mr. Goodenough of McKillop Stewart Company drilled a well near Jaypore in upper Assam and struck oil. In 1889, the Assam Railway and Trading Company (ARTC) struck oil at Digboi marking the beginning of oil production in India.
While discoveries were made and industries expanded, John D Rockefeller together with his business associates acquired control of numerous refineries and pipelines to later form the giant Standard Oil Trust. The largest rivals of Standard Oil - RoyalDutch, Shell, Rothschilds came together to form a single organization: Asiatic Petroleum Company to market petroleum products in South Asia.
FROM BURMA SHELL TO BHARAT PETROLEUM.
Burmah Shell Refineries was incorporated as a company in 1952, and established a refinery in Mahul .On 24 January 1976, the Burmah Shell Group of Companies was taken over by the Government of India to form Bharat Refineries Limited. On 1 August 1977, it was renamed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. It was also the first refinery to process newly found indigenous crude Bombay High, in the country.
BHARAT PETROLEUM “then and after”
The company installed microprocessor based digital integrated distributed control systems in catalytic reformers and introduced a new solvent unit to replace the pneumatic control system in 1993.The company also installed an advanced control system for its catalytic control unit. The company then incorporated a joint venture company, Bharat Oman Refineries, in 1994.There after BPCL signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bank of Baroda in 1995 to launch the first co-branded credit card in the country. In 1998, BPCL entered into a joint venture with Petronet (India) for the construction of a 308 km pipeline from Kochi in Kerala to Karur in Tamil Nadu.
Brand Management
In the highly competitive scenario, it has become imperative to own dominant brands. The Brand Management team at Bharat Petroleum Endeavour’s to build and manage a strong brand image reflecting Bharat Petroleum's core values of being 'INCARE', viz. Innovative, Caring and Reliable. Emphasis is laid on continuously understanding customer behavior, tracking their changing needs and expectations, and meeting these needs in the most cost-effective manner.
Research and Development
Research and development Centre Always on the forefront to innovate, Bharat Petroleum is making distinct efforts towards Research and Development (R and D). Besides the R and D facilities at the Refinery and the Product Application Development Centre in Sewree in Mumbai, a new state-of-the-art R and D Centre is being set up near Delhi. The R and D Centre is being organized around three core groups - Process and Technology Development, Product Application Development and Environmental Engineering. A total outlay of Rs.3, 000 million has been planned to be spent in three phases up to the year 2003-04 on this project.