verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message bharat petroleum corporation limited type public traded as bse 500547 nse bpcl industry oil and gas headquarters mumbai maharashtra india key people s. varadarajan chairman & md products petroleum natural gas and other petrochemicals revenue 240 367 crore us 36 billion 2015 1 operating income 9 777 crore us 1.5 billion 2015 1 net income 5 082 crore us 760 million 2015 1 total assets 44 866 crore us 6.7 billion 2015 1 owner government of india number of employees 13 535 2016 1 website www.bharatpetroleum.com bharat petroleum corporation limited bpcl is an indian state controlled oil and gas company headquartered in mumbai maharashtra . the corporation operates two large refineries of the country located at mumbai and kochi . the company is ranked 358th on the fortune global 500 list of the world s biggest corporations as of 2016 . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1889 during vast industrial development an important player in the south asian market was the burmah oil company . though incorporated in scotland in 1886 the company grew out of the enterprises of the chef rohit oil company which had been formed in 1871 to refine crude oil produced from primitive hand dug wells in upper burma . in 1928 asiatic petroleum company india started cooperation with burma oil company . this alliance led to the formation of burmah shell oil storage and distributing company of india limited . burmah shell began its operations with import and marketing of kerosene . on 24 january 1976 the burmah shell 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 . bpcl petrol filling station near nakirekal telangana india in 2003 following a petition by the centre for public interest litigation the supreme court restrained the central government from privatizing hindustan petroleum and bharat petroleum without the approval of parliament . 3 as counsel for the cpil rajinder sachar and prashant bhushan said that the only way to disinvest in the companies would be to repeal or amend the acts by which they were nationalized in the 1970s . 4 as a result the government would need a majority in both houses to push through any privatization . 5 operations edit bharat petroleum operates the following refineries mumbai refinery located near mumbai maharashtra . it has a capacity of 13 million metric tonnes per year . 6 kochi refineries located near kochi kerala . it has a capacity of 9.5 million metric tonnes per year . 7 bina refinery located near bina sagar district madhya pradesh . it has a capacity of 6 million metric tonnes per year . this refinery is operated by bharat oman refineries limited a joint venture between bharat petroleum and oman oil company . numaligarh refinery located near numaligarh golaghat district assam . it has a capacity of 3 million metric tonnes per year . the company business is divided in seven sbus strategic business units like retail lubricants aviation refinery gas i & c and lpg . they have popular loyalty program like petrocard smartfleet . references edit a b c d e bpcl annual report . cnbc tv18 . fortune global 500 list . cnn money . retrieved 22 july 2016 . samanwaya rautray and pheroze l. vincent march 4 2011 . feather in cap for graft fighters . the telegraph . retrieved 2012 04 26 . ramakrishna g. v. 2004 . two score and ten my experiences in government . academic foundation . p. 301 . isbn 8171883397 . gopal ganesh 2008 . privatisation and labour restructuring . academic foundation . p. 136 . isbn 8171886345 . http www.bharatpetroleum.in energisingenvironment mumbairefinery.aspx id 3 http 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