Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited
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The Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (BRPL) was incorporated on 20 February 1974 as a public sector undertaking fully owned by the Govt. of India.
The Company was registered with an authorized capital of Rs. 50 crore, which was increased to Rs. 200 crore by December 1983. The total paid up capital of the Company stood at Rs. 199.82 crore as on 31.03.2005.
The Govt. of India was holding the entire paid-up capital of the Company till 1990-91. The Government disinvested 25.54% of its share holding in BRPL to the public during 1991-92 to 1993-94. The remaining equity of 74.46% was disinvested in favour of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. on 29 March 2001. As a result, BRPL became a subsidiary company of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., a Government of India undertaking.
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-A subsidiary of Agasod Refinary and Petrochemicals Limited,Bina (M.P) and BRPL,Assam.
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Himalaya Ethylene Refinery, Kalka
Bombay National Refinery, West Mumbai
Malwa Petrochemicals Refinery, North Indore
Deccan Petrochemicals, Pune
Jungagarh Petro Refinery, Junagarh
Indreshwar Refinery and Petrochemicals, Old City Indore
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Patna Refinery, Patna
Chhattisgarh State Refinery, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, BRPL,Bhopal
Eastern Refinery, Tripura
The major products from the refinery are LPG, MS, Naptha, ATF, SKO, HSD, LDO, LSHS, LVFO, RPC & CPC. DMT and PSF are the most important products of the Petrochemicals sector. While the petroleum products (except RPC & CPC) are marketed by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., (Marketing Division), the Petrochemical products and RPC & CPC are marketed by BRPL itself through its own marketing network.
As on 31.03.2005 the Company had on its roll 1741 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.
Net Profit = Rs. 304 crore (2003-04) = Rs. 478 crore (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
BRPL received the following awards in 2004-05
a) GreenTech Silver Safety award 2004
b) Second Prize in the area of 'FURNACE & BOILER EFFICIENCY' based on the 'JOINT OIL
CONSERVATION SURVEY - 2004' conducted by CHT during OGCF, 2004.
c) GreenTech Environment Excellence Gold Award for 2004-05 on 22 October 2005.
d) National Safety Award for longest accident free period on 7 September 2005.
e) First prize in the Jawaharlal Nehry Cenetary Award for Energy Performance of Refineries for
the year 2004-05 on 14 November 2005.
f) 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.
The head of BRPL as per 11 June 2008, 04.44 PM GMT is Apurba Kumar Sarmah.
The Company was registered with an authorized capital of Rs. 50 crore, which was increased to Rs. 200 crore by December 1983. The total paid up capital of the Company stood at Rs. 199.82 crore as on 31.03.2005.
The Govt. of India was holding the entire paid-up capital of the Company till 1990-91. The Government disinvested 25.54% of its share holding in BRPL to the public during 1991-92 to 1993-94. The remaining equity of 74.46% was disinvested in favour of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. on 29 March 2001. As a result, BRPL became a subsidiary company of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., a Government of India undertaking.
Registered Headquarter
The Company has its registered office and production facilities at DHALIGAON in CHIRANG District of ASSAM.Regional Offices
In addition, the company has got marketing and Regional Offices at GUWAHATI, BHOPAL, KOLKATAKolkata
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Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
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Branches
BRPL has following Main Branches spread all over India :Bina
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-A subsidiary of Agasod Refinary and Petrochemicals Limited,Bina (M.P) and BRPL,Assam.
Vadodara
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Tamil Petrochemicals, Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari
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Himalaya Ethylene Refinery, Kalka
Kalka
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Bombay National Refinery, West Mumbai
Mumbai
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Malwa Petrochemicals Refinery, North Indore
Indore
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Deccan Petrochemicals, Pune
Pune
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Jungagarh Petro Refinery, Junagarh
Junagarh
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Indreshwar Refinery and Petrochemicals, Old City Indore
Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
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Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
Patna
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bongaigaon
Bongaigaon is the district headquarters of Bongaigaon District, Assam, India. The city is situated north west of Guwahati.It is a very developing City in Lower Assam. It has two parts - Old Bongaigaon and New Bongaigaon. Bongaigaon is predominantly inhabited by the Koch Rajbongshi Community which...
Tripura
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Business activities
BRPL is in the business of petroleum refining to meet the increasing energy needs of the nation and to produce and market value added Petrochemicals and PSF products. The production facilities of the Company consists of a refinery with a crude processing capacity of 2.35 million tones per annum. A petrochemicals complex comprising a Xylene plant, Dimethyle Terephthalate (DMT) plant and a Polyester Staple Fibre (PSF) Plant. While commercial production of the Refinery started in 1979, 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 Petrochemicals 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 are the most important products of the Petrochemicals sector. While the petroleum products (except RPC & CPC) are marketed by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., (Marketing Division), the Petrochemical products and RPC & CPC are marketed by BRPL itself through its own marketing network.
As on 31.03.2005 the Company had on its roll 1741 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
Turnover = Rs. 3204 crore (2003-04) = Rs. 4992 crore (2004-05)Net Profit = Rs. 304 crore (2003-04) = Rs. 478 crore (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
BRPL received the following awards in 2004-05
a) GreenTech Silver Safety award 2004
b) Second Prize in the area of 'FURNACE & BOILER EFFICIENCY' based on the 'JOINT OIL
CONSERVATION SURVEY - 2004' conducted by CHT during OGCF, 2004.
c) GreenTech Environment Excellence Gold Award for 2004-05 on 22 October 2005.
d) National Safety Award for longest accident free period on 7 September 2005.
e) First prize in the Jawaharlal Nehry Cenetary Award for Energy Performance of Refineries for
the year 2004-05 on 14 November 2005.
f) 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.
The head of BRPL as per 11 June 2008, 04.44 PM GMT is Apurba Kumar Sarmah.