30 Dec
BPCL Company Profile
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a public sector enterprise, is one of the only three petroleum companies in India that have integrated facilities for refining and marketing. BPCL was formed by the Government of India in 1977, as a part of nationalisation of oil companies. BPCL took over refining operations of Burmah Shell Refining Limited and marketing /distribution operations of Burmah Shell Oil and Storage Distribution Company. BPCL is one of India’s three dominant refining and marketing companies. It has a refining capacity of 6mtpa and product sales of 17.5mt, implying a market share of 20.55%, second largest in India.
The company has been gaining market share consistently over the last few years from rival HPCL. BPCL introduced LPG as a cooking fuel to the Indian home. Bharat Petroleum, now is India’s second largest oil company in terms of market share, and has a turnover exceeding Rs. 256billion. Today the company produces a diverse range of products, from Petrochemicals and Solvents to aircraft fuel and speciality lubricants and markets them through 4400 Petrol Stations, 960 Kerosene dealers and 1180 LPG distributors, besides supplying fuel directly to hundreds of industries, and several international and domestic airlines. Bharat Oman Refineries, incorporated as a joint venture between the Oman Oil Company and BPCL. This joint venture is setting up a refinery scheduled to be completed by Dec.’99. In 1995-96, approval has been received by BPCL for putting up new LPG bottling plants at Goa, Beghusarai, Meerut, Dewas, Jhansi, Ferozabad, Burdwan, Raiganj, Gwalior, Bina, Buldhana, Tanjore and Vellore. BPCL has joint venture partnership with Numaligarh Refineries Ltd. (NRL), Shell International Petroleum Company, Shell Overseas Investments, The Netherlands, and Gujarat Gas Company. Bharat Petroleum is the only Petroleum Marketing Company from India that’s listed in the Forbes International 800Rankings.
OPPORTUNITIES
BPCL offers rewarding career to Engineers, MBA’s, PhD’s and CA’s in various functions like Refining, Marketing, R&D, Engineering & Projects, Finance, HR, Corporate Affairs, etc. The recruitment at entry level (as Officer Trainees /Probationary Officers) is normally undertaken through campus interviews at reputed Engineering colleges, RECs, Premier Management Institutes Sometimes BPCL recruit through Press Advertisements also.
The trainees are given extensive on the job training for one year during which they are exposed to the various facets of the Organization. Depending upon the business requirement, recruitment in a few cases is made in mid-management level.
CONTACT
The recruitment at entry level (as Officer Trainees /Probationary Officers) is normally undertaken through campus interviews.