Indian Oil Corporation, or IndianOil, is an Indian public-sector petroleum company. It is Indias largest commercial enterprise, ranking 105th on the Fortune Global 500 list in 2009. IndianOil and its subsidiaries account for a 47% share ...
Indian Oil Corporation, or IndianOil, is an Indian public-sector petroleum company. It is Indias largest commercial enterprise, ranking 105th on the Fortune Global 500 list in 2009. IndianOil and its subsidiaries account for a 47% share in the petroleum products market, 40% share in refining capacity and 67% downstream sector pipelines capacity in India. The Indian Oil Group of Companies owns and operates 10 of India's 19 refineries with a combined refining capacity of 60.2 million metric tons per year. IndianOil operates the largest and the widest network of fuel stations in the country, numbering about 17606 (15557 regular ROs & 2049 Kissan Sewa Kendra). It has also started Auto LPG Dispensing Stations (ALDS). It supplies Indane cooking gas to over 47.5 million households through a network of 4,990 Indian distributors. In addition, IndianOil's Research and Development Center (R&D) at Faridabad supports, develops and provides the necessary technology solutions to the operating divisions of the corporation and its customers within the country and abroad. Subsequently, IndianOil Technologies Limited - a wholly owned subsidiary, was set up in 2003, with a vision to market the technologies developed at IndianOil's Research and Development Center. It has been modeled on the R&D marketing arms of Royal Dutch Shell and British Petroleum.