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Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

  Country’s largest commercial enterprise, with a sales turnover of Rs. 2,47,479 crore (US $   61.70 billion) and profits of Rs. 6,963 crore (US $ 1.74 billion) for fiscal 2007.

  India’s No. 1 Company in Fortune’s prestigious listing of the world’s 500 largest corporations,   ranked 116^th for the year 2008 based on fiscal 2007 performance. 18^th largest petroleum company in the world.

India's flagship national oil company and dominant downstream sector player, accounting, along with its subsidiaries, for the highest petroleum products market share (49%), national refining capacity (40.4%) and downstream pipeline throughput capacity (69%).

Sells the largest quantum of petroleum products (59.29 million tonnes for the year 2007-08). Voted among India’s 10 Most Valuable Service Brands in The Economic Times Brand Equity–AC Nielsen Survey 2008. Also voted as the Trusted Brand in the ‘Petrol Station’ category in Readers’ Digest-Nielsen Survey 2008.

Controls the majority of the country’s oil refineries (10 of 19) with a current combined rated capacity of 60.2 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) or 1.2 million barrels per day (mbpd).

Accumulated refining expertise of over a century – Digboi Refinery, in operation since 1901, is amongst the oldest operating refinery in the world.

Owns and operates the country’s largest network of cross-country crude oil and product pipelines passing through diverse terrains – plains, forests, deserts, under-water. Combined length 9,300 km and capacity 65.71 MMTPA.

Extensive, countrywide petroleum marketing network of over 34,000 sales points, including over 17,600 petrol/diesel stations, backed for supplies by a well spread out infrastructure comprising 166 bulk storage terminals, installations and depots (70 lakh kl tankage), 101 aviation fuel stations (about 1,500 aircraft refuelled per day) and 89 LPG bottling plants (over 1.2 million cylinders per day). Experience and capability to service the energy needs of customers across different terrains. Major supplier to the Defence Services, Railways, State Transport Undertakings, etc.

Caters to one of the largest numbers of households in the world using LPG as cooking gas, reaching Indane to the doorsteps of over 50 million households in over 2,700 markets through the country's largest network of 5,000 Indane distributors.

Owns the country's leading SERVO brand lubricants, with over 32% market share and 500 grades, operates ISO-9002 certified aviation fuelling service, with the largest market share in the business segment (63%).

Operates the highest altitude petrol & diesel station in the world, at Leh (on the world’s highest motorable road, at 18,380 ft. above sea level) in Ladakh, in the Himalayas. Also operates a bulk petroleum depot, Aviation Fuelling Station and LPG bottling plant in the region.

IndianOil's world-class R&D Centre has won recognition for its pioneering work in lubricants formulation, refinery processes, pipeline transportation and alternative fuels. It has developed one of the widest ranges of lubricants and greases (SERVO brand has over 2,200 formulations) for virtually all conceivable applications – automotive, railroad, industrial and marine – meeting stringent international standards and bearing the stamp of approval of all major original equipment manufacturers. The Centre has to its credit about 120 national and international patents and is among the six worldwide technology holders for marine oils. It is currently leading India’s efforts in commercialisation of bio-fuels, Hydrogen as fuel, etc.

Implementing a well laid-out road map for attaining the next level of growth – upstream into oil exploration & production and downstream into petrochemicals – and diversification into natural gas marketing, besides globalisation of its downstream operations.

Technology-driven company, accounts for the largest implementation of SAP (ERP software) in Asia. Highly focussed on health, safety and environment issues, best industry practices in place at all operating units and installations. Environment management systems at all major units are certified to ISO-14001 standards.

Successfully combined corporate social responsibility agenda with business offerings, meeting the energy needs of millions of people everyday across the length and breadth of the country, traversing a diversity of cultures, difficult terrains and harsh climatic conditions. Takes pride in continuous investments in innovative technologies and solutions for sustainable energy flow and economic growth and in developing techno-economically viable and environment-friendly products & services for the benefit of consumers.

IndianOil. Bringing Energy to Life

PETROTECH Society

PETROTECH Society is a registered body and is administrated by a General Body, a Governing Council & an Executive Committee. The society is headed by the Chairman and President who are assisted by the Secretary General & CEO for managing day-to-day activities. A group of top eminent technocrats from the hydrocarbon industry in India formalised the PETROTECH Society in 1999.