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- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), an Indian public sector undertaking and Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in Mumbai and founded in 1976 through the nationalization of Burmah Shell, ranks as India's second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; it refines crude oil and markets petroleum products across upstream and downstream sectors with a combined refining capacity of 35.3 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) from its three major refineries in Mumbai (13 MMTPA), Kochi (15.5 MMTPA), and Bina (7.8 MMTPA, formerly Bharat Oman Refinery Limited). Core products and services encompass motor spirit, high-speed diesel, aviation turbine fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) via Bharatgas serving over 80 million homes through 6,200+ distributorships and 54 bottling plants, automotive and industrial lubricants under the MAK brand including engine oils, gear oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, and specialty oils produced at five lube blending plants, compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) for vehicles and industries, bitumen, illuminating oils, benzene, toluene, bunkering fuels for maritime ports, bulk fuels for power plants, steel mills, and defense establishments, as well as international trading of crude and finished products, proficiency testing for petroleum labs, and aviation fueling at 79 service stations; its extensive marketing network spans over 23,500 fuel stations (including specialized Ghar, Highway Star, and Pure for Sure outlets), 500+ lubes distributorships, 80 POL storage locations, and five cross-country pipelines primarily across India with select international operations. In recent developments, BPCL achieves financial closure in January 2025 on a Rs 31,802 crore loan led by State Bank of India for the Bina refinery expansion and petrochemical complex to produce linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), and aromatics aimed at import substitution and northern/central India fuel demand; forms strategic partnerships worth Rs 1.35 lakh crore in October 2025 including a tripartite agreement with Oil India Limited and Numaligarh Refinery Limited for a Rs 3,500 crore 700-km product pipeline from Siliguri to Mughalsarai (BPCL 50% stake) and a green energy venture with Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore Limited for trading organic fertilizers from a 150 MT/day municipal waste-based compressed biogas plant in Kochi; signs a joint venture agreement in April 2025 with GPS Renewables for nationwide compressed biogas plants (50:50 equity); advances ethanol blending to bolster energy security and sustainability initiatives like electric vehicle charging at 6,500+ stations and a net-zero roadmap by 2040 in Scope 1 and 2 emissions; and maintains joint ventures such as Petronet LNG, Indraprastha Gas Limited, Bharat PetroResources Limited, and Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited.