HPCL, a Fortune 500 company, is the second largest integrated refining and marketing oil company in India. It is a mega Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) with Navratna status.

HPCL accounts for 20.9 % of the market share and 10.3% of the nation’s refining capacity with two coastal refineries, one at Mumbai (West Coast) having a capacity of 5.5 MMTPA and the other in Vishakapatnam (East Coast) with a capacity of 7.5 MMTPA. HPCL also holds an equity stake of 16.95% in Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a state-of-the-art refinery at Mangalore with a capacity of 9 MMTPA. HPCL is well on its way towards setting up another grassroot refinery in the state of Punjab, called Guru Gobind Singh Refineries Limited.

HPCL also owns and operates the country’s largest Lube Refinery, producing Lube Base Oils of international standards. With a capacity of 335,000 Metric Tonnes. This refinery accounts for over 40% of the country’s total Lube Base Oil production.

HPCL has returned “Excellent” performance for twelve years in a row till 2002-03, since signing of the first MOU with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. HPCL won the prestigious MOU Award for the year 2002-03 for Excellent Overall Performance and for being one of the Top Ten Public Sector Enterprises who fall under the ‘Excellent’ category. HPCL’s performance for the year 2003-04 also qualifies for ‘Excellent’ rating.

The Corporation over the years has moved from strength to strength on all fronts. Our refining thruput has increased three fold between 1984/85 to 2003/04, rising from 4.47 million tonnes in 1984/85 to 13.70 million tonnes currently. The turnover expanded by around 2000% from Rs. 2687.46 crores in 1984-85 to an impressive Rs. 56,332.57 crores in 2003/ 2004. The gross profit rose from Rs. 101.76 crores in 1984/85 to Rs. 3,642.66 crores in the year 2003/ 2004.

Consistent excellent performance has been made possible by highly motivated workforce of more than 10,561 employees working all over India at its various refining and marketing locations.

To succeed in the competitive environment, the Corporation has taken up initiatives such as Business Process Reengineering exercise, creation of Strategic Business Units, ERP implementation, HR initiatives such as Organizational transformation, Balanced Score Card, Competency Mapping, bench marking of refineries and terminals for product specifications / safety, ISO certification of Refineries / marketing / pipeline operations, branding of fuels, Supply Chain Management for improving logistics, customer oriented approach, up-gradation and modernization of facilities.

As part of ERP implementation a total of 261 locations have gone live as of March 05. Approximately 85% of Corporations sales by volume are being recorded in the system with close to 3300 users currently working on this system.

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