Bpcl & hpcl
- 2. • BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED IS THE SECOND LARGEST OIL REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY IN INDIA. IT HAD A MARKET SHARE OF 23% AMONGST THE PUBLIC SECTOR OIL COMPANIES IN FY09 WITH 19.5 MMTPA (MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM) OF INSTALLED REFINING CAPACITY. THE COMPANY HAS A NETWORK OF 8,402 RETAIL OUTLETS, 2,117 LPG DISTRIBUTORS AND 27 M LPG CUSTOMERS. ITS SUBSIDIARY, NUMALIGARH REFINERY HAS A CAPACITY OF 3 MMTPA. THE COMPANY'S WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY BHARAT PETRORESOURCES ENGAGES IN EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, WITH PARTICIPATING INTEREST IN THE AREA BETWEEN EAST TIMOR AND AUSTRALIA. BPCL ALSO HAS A STAKE IN PETRONET CCK (49%), PETRONET LNG (12.5%), INDRAPRASTHA GAS (22.5%), CENTRAL UP GAS (22.5%), MAHARASHTRA NATURAL GAS (22.5%) AND SABARMATI GAS (25%)
- 3. • HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED (HPCL) IS THE THIRD LARGEST OIL REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY IN INDIA. APART FROM THE 14 MMTPA (MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM) OF REFINING CAPACITY, IT HAS STRONG RETAIL PRESENCE WITH OVER 9,127 RETAIL OUTLETS SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FURTHER, THE COMPANY HAS NEARLY 29 M CUSTOMERS IN THE FAST GROWING LPG BUSINESS. THE COMPANY HAS STAKES IN HPCL-MITTAL ENERGY (49%), MRPL (17%), BHAGYANAGAR GAS (25%) AND AAVANTIKA GAS (25%).
- 4. BPCL VS HPCL - COMPARISON RESULTS
- 6. BOTH THE COMPANIES ARE PRIMARILY IN THE BUSINESS OF REFINING CRUDE, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF RESULTANT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. THE FOLLOWING TABLE HIGHLIGHTS HOW COMPANIES FARE ON THE KEY OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS.