Indian Oil Corporation

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{{Infobox_Company | company_name = Indian Oil Corporation Limited | company_logo = ] | company_type = [Public Sector Undertaking (Trading on [Bombay Stock Exchange & [National Stock Exchange) | company_slogan = | foundation = | location = ] [New Delhi, [India | key_people = Sarthak Behuria, [Chairman| num_employees = ~36,217 () | revenue = ] INR 2175.338 Billion [http://www.bseindia.com/qresann/result.asp?scripcd=530965&scripname=Indian+Oil+Corporation+Ltd&quarter=MC2006-2007&type=53.5
or $53.7 Billion http://www.google.co.in/search?q=2175.3382+billion+INR+to+USD United States dollar ([March [) | industry = [Petroleum | products = [Petrol, [Diesel, [Kerosene, [Liquified petroleum gas| homepage = http://www.iocl.com/ www.iocl.com -->

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) was formed in 1964 through the merger of Indian Oil Company Ltd. (Estd. 1959) and Indian Refineries Ltd. (Estd. 1958). IOCL is India's largest oil company and the largest Public Sector Undertaking company in terms of revenue. As the name suggests its interests are in Petroleum sector. It is involved in the refining and retailing of petroleum products.

Products

Petrol

Diesel

Lubricants

Liquified petroleum gas

Auto LPG

Aviation Turbine Fuel

Naptha

Bitumen

Paraffin

Kerosene

Petrochemicals

Mineral Turpentine oil

Refineries IOCL has a number of refineries in India:

Haldia Refinery
Panipat Refinery
Digboi Refinery
Gujarat Refinery
Barauni Refinery
Guwahati Refinery
Mathura Refinery
Bongaigaon Refinery(subsidary)

It holds controlling stake in CPCL limited which operates refinery at Chennai,etc. The total capacity is about 55.20 MMTPA. The company is having approx 44% market share in India in its business. The company is having approx 16000 petrol stations.

International rankings

Indian Oil is the highest ranked Indian company in the prestigious Fortune Global 500 listing, having moved up 18 places to the 135th position(in 2007) based on fiscal 2006 performance.

It is also the 20th largest petroleum company in the world and the # 1 petroleum trading company among the National Oil Companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

IOCL was featured on the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2005 at position 311

Management Chairman

Mr. SHAHARUKH KHAN

(present)

GM Regional services

Mr. M.Nageshwaran

Loyalty programs

XTRAPOWER Fleet Card Program is aimed at Large Fleet Operators. Currently it has 1 million customer base.

XTRAREWARDSTM is a recently launched loyalty program for retail customers where customers can earn reward points on their purchases.