needs attention from an expert on the subject . the specific problem is branches acronyms see talk . consider associating this request with a wikiproject . september 2013 bongaigaon refinery and petrochemicals limited type state owned enterprise industry oil and gas founded february 20 1974 commissioned 1979 headquarters bongaigaon assam india products petroleum natural gas petrochemicals number of employees 1755 march 31 2005 website www.brplindia.com the bongaigaon refinery & petrochemicals ltd. brpl is a petroleum refinery company in india . it was incorporated on february 20 1974 by the government of india . the company began with initial funds of rs . 50 crore rs . 500 million which was increased to rs . 200 crore by december 1983 . the total paid capital of the company was rs . 199.82 crore as of 31 march 2005 . the government of india held the entire paid up capital of the company until 1990 91 but sold 25.54 % of its shareholding to the public during 1991 92 to 1993 94 . the remaining equity of 74.46 % was divested in favor of the indian oil corporation ltd. on 29 march 2001 . as a result brpl became a subsidiary company of the indian oil corporation ltd. a government owned corporation . contents 1 locations 2 business activities 3 performance 4 awards 5 external links locations edit the company has its registered office and production facilities at dhaligaon in chirang district inside of bongaigaon urban area of assam in north east india . the company has marketing and regional offices in guwahati bhopal kolkata indore mumbai and delhi . brpl has branches in the following locations in india bina refinery bina a subsidiary of agasod refinary and petrochemicals limited bina m.p and brpl assam . gujarat refinery vadodara tamil petrochemicals kanyakumari himalaya ethylene refinery kalka bombay national refinery west mumbai malwa petrochemicals refinery north indore deccan petrochemicals pune junargarh petro refinery junargarh indreshwar refinery and petrochemicals indore western petrochemicals limited indore patna refinery patna chhattisgarh state refinery jabalpur madhya pradesh bongaigaon refinery and petrochemicals limited brpl assam eastern refinery tripura business activities edit brpl focuses mainly on petroleum refining and production of value added petrochemicals and polyester staple fiber psf products . the production facilities of the company consist of a refinery with a crude processing capacity of 2.35 million tons per year . the company has a petrochemicals complex composed of a xylene plant dimethyle terephthalate dmt plant and a psf plant . while commercial production of the refinery started in 1978 the other plants were commissioned in stages the last being the psf plant in 1988 . the refinery presently processes crude oil produced in the assam oil fields as well as ravva oil fields in andhra coast . the most important raw material for the petrochemical units is naptha which is supplied from the refinery itself . the major products from the refinery are lpg ms naptha atf sko hsd ldo lshs lvfo rpc cpc dmt and psf which are the most important products of the petrochemicals sector . while the petroleum products except rpc & cpc are marketed by the indian oil corporation ltd. s marketing division the petrochemical products rpc and cpc are marketed by brpl through its own marketing network . as of march 31 2005 the company had 1 755 employees . refinery initial capacity of 1.00 mmtpa commissioned in 1979 debottlenecked to 1.35 mmtpa in 1987 expanded to 2.35 mmtpa in 1995 petrochemicals 29 000 mtpa para xylene plant commissioned in 1985 45 000 mtpa dmt plant commissioned in 1985 30 000 mtpa psf plant commissioned in 1988 marketing petrochemical products by brpl through its countrywide network ; refinery products by indian oil through a marketing agreement . performance edit brpl had a turnover of rs . 3204 crore during 2003 04 and rs . 4992 crore during 2004 05 . the company showed a net profit of rs . 304 crore during 2003 04 and rs . 478 crore during 2004 05 . dividend rs . 173.5 crore 2003 04 rs . 272.5 crore 2004 05 . contribution to exchequer cumulative up to 2004 05 rs . 3751.8 crore awards edit brpl has received the following awards greentech silver safety award 2004 . second prize in the area of furnace & boiler efficiency based on the joint oil conservation survey 2004 conducted by cht during ogcf 2004 . greentech environment excellence gold award for 2004 05 on 22 october 2005 . national safety award for longest accident free period on 7 september 2005 . first prize in the jawaharlal nehry cenetary award for energy performance of refineries for the year 2004 05 on 14 november 2005 . third prize for minimum steam leak amongst all refineries in the country in the oil & gas conservation fortnight award for 2005 . received on 14 november 2005 . external links edit bongaigaon refinery and petrochemicals ltd retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bongaigaon refinery and petrochemicals & oldid 739989626 categories oil and gas companies of indiabongaigaongovernment owned companies of indiaenergy in assamcompanies based in assampetrochemical companies of indiahidden categories articles needing unspecified expert attentionarticles needing expert attention from september 2013all articles needing expert attention navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages bahasa melayu edit links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 10 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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