BPCL Mumbai Refinery (MR) received the “CII National Award for Environmental Best Practices 2023” at the 12th Green Co Summit 2023. CII Green Co Summit recognizes the efforts of businesses committed to sustainability and environmental responsibility. BPCL Mumbai Refinery was honoured for the 'Most Innovative Project' & 'Innovative Project award for Climate Change mitigation efforts’ and also for ‘Approach towards Zero Waste to Landfill.' Senior team of Mumbai Refinery led by Shri. Naizu A V (GM HSSE-MR) received the award on behalf of the Corporation. #BPCL #MumbaiRefinery #CII #GreenCoSummit #EnvironmentalBestPractices #Sustainability #ClimateChangeMitigation #ZeroWasteToLandfill #Innovation #Award

We are pleased to announce that BPCL has been awarded in five coveted categories at FIPI Oil & Gas Awards 2022.
A big shout out to all our colleagues, who have created industry benchmarks in performance, operational efficiencies and marketing acumen, which are recognised by the industry peers, regulators and customers.
The awards were presented by Shri. Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Development, Government of India in Delhi in presence of Hon'ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli, and Senior officials from MoPNG and Industry today.
The award categories in which BPCL was been recognised are -
+ ‘Oil Marketing - Company of the Year’ for leading performance in market expansion and Direct as well as, Retail Sales through customer centric initiatives.
+ Refinery of the Year (Capacity 9 MMTPA Plus) to Kochi Refinery for achieving excellence in performance during the year.
+ Refinery of the Year (Below Capacity 9 MMTPA) to Bina Refinery for achieving significantly higher levels of performance in production, operational efficiencies and energy conservation while meeting the norms of health safety and environment protection.
+ Digitally Advanced Company of the Year (Special commendation) for building successful and significant presence on social media, customer service excellence and launching various effective digital campaigns.
+ ‘Innovator of the Year’, which honours the commercially successful innovation for its originality, usefulness, value and potential for replication, was conferred on team led by Mr. Nitin Somkuwar, Manager (R&D) for BharatH2Sep Technology for H2 Recovery from Refinery Off-gases.A Technology Demonstration.
FIPI Oil and Gas Awards recognizes the leaders, innovators and pioneers in the Oil and Gas Industry, with an objective to celebrate the industry’s most outstanding achievements.
Shri G. Krishnakumar, C&MD, Shri Sukhmal Jain Director (Marketing) and Shri Sanjay Khanna, Director (Refineries) received the award on behalf of team BPCL alongwith Senior Officials.
#BPCLWinsBig #FIPIOilAndGasAwards2022 #RecognizingExcellence #LeadingTheIndustry #InnovationAtItsBest #ProudMoment

BPCL partnered with the 13th International Symposium on Fuels and Lubricants 2023, which was held from March 17-19, 2023 in Delhi, with the theme “Fuels & Lubricants as enablers for Net Zero Goal”. This symposium focused on the needs and solutions for Fuels and Lubricants as enablers towards meeting Net Zero goal. Special emphasis was given to energy efficient lubricants required for meeting emission regulations, energy & fuel efficiency, durability norms and environmental issues. In addition to the above, differentiated fuels and new excitements in additives for fuels and lubricants were also discussed.
Ten papers were submitted by specialists from Corporate R&D Team, Lubricants BU and Mumbai Refinery, while Debashis Ganguli, Chief General Manager (Lubes), BPCL and Dr T. Singh, Dy. General Manager, R&D chaired the sessions. Aniruddha Kulkarni, Manager (R&D), CRDC, Greater Noida received Best Paper Presentation Award for his technical paper “Promoting Clean Cooking Fuels in India – One Step towards Net Zero”, which covered the techno-commercial study of the various fuels used in India and the benefits Bharat Hi-Star stove brings in reducing the emissions.
More than 400 delegates participated in 15 Technical Sessions, 4 Plenary Sessions and 2 Panel Discussions.
#BPCL #RnD #Fuel #Lubricant #NetZero #Clean #Cooking #HiStar

Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon'ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment, visited our Haldia LPG Import Terminal.
He interacted with all the team members and showed a keen interest in the facilities and operation of the terminal.
Built with an investment of around Rs 1,100 crore and having a capacity of 1 million metric tonne per annum, Haldia Import Terminal caters to the growing requirement of LPG in West Bengal and other eastern and north-eastern states of India, while playing a big role in making India energy secure and developing gas based energy
#Haldia #LPG #WestBengal #NorthEastIndia

We are pleased to announce that BPCL has been conferred the prestigious Indian Chamber of Commerce Awards in two categories - Sustainability Performance and Water Stewardship at the 13th Indian Corporate Governance & Sustainability Vision Summit and Awards. On behalf of BPCL, Ashish Gupta, Dy. General Manager (HSSE), received the award from Shri M. Nagaraju, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal.
Water Stewardship
Refineries are among the major consumers of water that has both process and non-process origins, like cooling towers, steam system, etc. Mumbai Refinery requires 360 lit of water/ton of crude excluding sea water. Depending on the type of crude oil, composition of condensate and treatment processes, wastewater is generated from various processes is also recycled to a large extent.
Our Mumbai Refinery uses 14000 KL / day of fresh water , which is free of minerals and contaminants to avoid extensive damage to equipment’s. We make all efforts to manage and recycle various water streams to avoid using this valuable resource. Some of the highlights of water management at Mumbai Refinery are as follows –
+ Due to its proximity to Arabian Sea, 82 % (volume) of sea water is used in refinery operations to reduce freshwater consumption.
+ Along with RCF Mumbai refinery has set up Sewage treatment plan which process 22 MLD of Sewage Water and generates 15 MLD of Fresh water . Out of which BPCL consumes 6 MLD f treated water to reduce burden on BMC fresh water supply.
+ 53,000 kl (volume) water is collected every year, through rain harvesting
The above makes 90 % of Mumbai Refinery’s total water requirement, while balance is met through freshwater from BMC.
Our above efforts are equivalent to saving the freshwater for more than 50,000 people everyday. To further reduce our dependency on freshwater, we plan to double the rain harvest capacity in next one year.
Sustainability Performance Highlights
Bharat Petroleum has been among the first corporates in India that have announced their 'Net Zero' plans. Our ambition is to achieve 'Net Zero' in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by the year 2040 to curb the carbon footprint of our operations. To realise this aspiration, we have articulated our renewable energy targets to reach 1 GW by 2025 and 10 GW by 2040. We also have taken several steps to make our operations sustainable –
+ More than 12,500 Fuel Stations shall be solarised by 2025, in our effort to make them carbon neutral.
+ Setting up 20 MW Green Hydrogen Electrolyser Plant in Bina Refinery, which will split water using electricity generated from renewable sources, to aid desulfurization of crude oil.
+ By March 2023, the entire nationwide marketing net-work will be Zero Waste to Land Fill certified, which means that no waste will end up in soil.
+ Have planted more than 8.5 lakhs trees, equivalent to 20,000 MTCo2e carbon sequestration, which will be scaled up to 1 Million trees by 2025.
+ More than 2,100 MT Plastic Waste has been disposed off under Extended producer Responsibility and have launched unique concept of using the plastic waste in building roads, where 250 tons of plastic has been so far been used, saving 750 MTCO2 emissions.

We are pleased to announce that 1.5 MMTPA Kero Hydro Treater Unit (KHT) project in Mumbai Refinery has received INDSTT Trenchless Excellence Awards 2022 for Best Project Management, Best Project and HSE , as well as the 13th CIDC Vishwakarma Award 2022.

The Kerosene Hydrotreater Unit is a catalytic chemical process unit used to remove sulphur from kerosene. The objective of Kerosene Hydrotreating is to upgrade raw kerosene distillate to produce specification products suitable for marketing as kerosene, Jet Fuel – which is used in aircrafts, Mineral Turpentine Oil and High-Speed Diesel. The first of its kind in India, KHT Unit facility has a capability to produce ultra-low Sulphur products making them more environment friendly.

#BPCL #Award #MumbaiRefinery #HydroTreater

A big shout out to our IT and Digital Transformation teams for receiving the following awards at the prestigious 9th Governance Now PSU Awards, that honour the efforts of Public Sector Undertakings, who have been key to the country’s growth, at a ceremony held in Delhi yesterday.
+  Use of Emerging Technologies to BPCL who collaborated with Microsoft’s for their cloud technology to address the unique challenges of the oil and gas sector, which enabled BPCL to accelerate the modernization of its tech architecture to enhance customer experience.
+ Digital Information Leader (CIO) was awarded to T. Peethambaran , Executive Director, IS & Digital Business for developing an authentic and well-rounded strategy that accounts for all three pieces—diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the industry.
+ Digital Transformation Leader to LB Sharma, General Manager, IS GM - IS in recognition to his contribution to Robust Digital Strategy & Eco System. More than 200 PSUs - both State and Central, participated in the awards.
#Award #Business #Technology #Digital #Growth #Tech #Cloud #Strategy #DigitalTransformation #CustomerExperience #EmergingTechnologies #DigitalInformationLeader #DigitalTransformationLeader

For a sustainable carbon free tomorrow, BPCL has been supporting the growth of Electric Vehicles in the country by setting up Fast EV Charging infrastructure network at our Fuel Stations.
Today, to address the range anxiety of EV owners, we have launched Fast EV Charging Highway Corridor on the Delhi – Jalandhar National Highway, a segment of NH-44.
These charging stations are strategically located on the highway at 12 BPCL Fuel Stations, positioned for ease and stress-free journey of the travelers.
This is the fourth such highway corridor in the country, which has been developed by BPCL.
#EV #Infra #VehiclesOfTomorrow.

Privileged to have Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs at BPCL pavilion at #IndiaEnergyWeek. Shri VRK Gupta, Director (Finance) with addition charge of Director (HR) and C&MD, BPCL welcomed him in the presence of Shri Sukhmal Jain, Director (Marketing), Shri Sanjay Khanna, Director (Refineries), Abbas Akhtar, CGM (PR & Brand) and other senior officials.

Shelly Abraham, Head of Renewable Energy, BPCL spoke on the role of solar renewables in energy mix, during a panel discussions on ‘Building Next Generation Solar’ at #IEW2023 conference today. The panel discussed the current and future technological advancements that can reduce the cost of solar energy generation, while increasing the output. He also highlighted how BPCL is increasing its renewable portfolio to 10 GW by 2040, to meet our Net Zero aspirations in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. #Road2Decarbonization #EnergyTransition #Growth #Collaboration #NetZero #G20India

To achieve 10% Ethanol Blending in petrol, across the country, approx 500 crore litres of Ethanol is being sourced by Oil Marketing Companies annually. To meet blending target of 20 percent in petrol, capacities are enhanced to source 1,200 -1,300 crore litres of Ethanol in the next 2 years’, said P.S.Ravi, Executive Director (Retail) In-charge, BPCL in today’s Executive Session on India’s Biofuel Economy Roadmap at #IndiaEnergyWeek conference. #Road2Decarbonization #EnergyTransition #Growth #Collaboration #NetZero #G20India

Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri graced BPCL Pavilion at #IndiaEnergyWeek, where he was greeted by VRK Gupta, Director (Finance) with additional charge of C&MD & Director (HR), alongwith senior leadership of BPCL.
Hon’ble Minister showed keen interest in the pavilion and launched BPCL Podcast, ‘Unlocking Possibilities, Empowering Lives’ by recording the first episode, which will go live tomorrow on several podcast channels.
BPCL Podcast will cover conversations and narratives on range of topics, including on how India is meeting challenges of energy security and environmental sustainability by moving towards decarbonisation.
#Road2Decarbonization #EnergyTransition #Growth #Collaboration #NetZero #G20India

Smt. Perin Devi, Joint Secretary(IFD), MOP&NG, Government of India visited BPCL Pavilion at India Energy Week 2023.
She commended the BPCL team for creating an engaging display of Vision for Future, Current Business, CSR, R&D, and Heritage.
#Road2Decarbonization #EnergyTransition #Growth #Collaboration #NetZero #G20India

We congratulate T. Peethambaran, Executive Director (IS & Digital Business), BPCL, on receiving the "IT Visionary Award -2023" for promoting technological innovation in the digital business sector.
This award honours T. Peethambaran for leading complete digitization of the office and for his exceptional abilities and accomplishments. The work improves the office's internal efficiency from the back end to the front end.
More than 154 - CIOs were nominated under different categories. It was a proud moment for BPCL to be the only Oil PSU to bag an award.
The award was given by StrategINK in a glittering ceremony at J W Marriott Mumbai
#Technology #Innovation #Digitization #StrategINK #CIO #Award

We are proud to announce that BPCL has, once again, been awarded the ‘Responsible Business of the Year’ from SABERA, recognising our efforts to chart the path to achieve Net Zero, in scope 1 and scope 2, by 2040 to reduce our carbon footprints and the role we have played in supporting sustainable development goals (SDGs), which seek to address the world’s biggest challenges, including ending poverty, improving health and education, making cities sustainable and tackling climate change.
Ashish Gupta, Dy. General Manager (HSSE), received the award on behalf of the organisation.
SABERA, which stands for Social and Business Enterprise Responsible Awards, endeavours to acknowledge those Walking the Talk. The initiative launched by UN Women awardee, Suparnaa Chadda in 2018, has become synonymous with GOOD.
The award selection jury was chaired by Renu Sud Karnad, MD, HDFC Bank Ltd and included noted industry leaders, such as Deepak Bagla, MD & CEO Invest India; Meenakshi Gupta, Co-founder Goonj; Shivam Puri, CEO CIPLA Pharma; Kiran DM, CEO ONGC Foundation; Chandru Badrinarayanan, Chief Operating Officer, Blue Sky Analytics and Garima Singh, Chief Government and Communications officer Pepsico India.
#BPCL #Award #SABERA #Health #Education #Sustainable #Climatechange #SustainableDevelopment

आज दिनांक 25.11.2022 को हिन्दी सलाहकार समिति की बैठक माननीय केन्द्रीय मंत्री, पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्रालय तथा आवास एवं शहरी मामले श्री हरदीप सिंह पुरी जी की अध्यक्षता में सम्पन्न हुई। इस अवसर पर माननीय राज्य मंत्री, पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्रालय तथा श्रम एवं रोजगार मंत्रालय श्री रामेश्वर तेली जी, सचिव, पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्रालय, श्री पंकज जैन जी, संसदीय राजभाषा समिति के माननीय उपाध्यक्ष श्री भर्तृहरि महताब जी तथा सलाहकार समिति के अन्य माननीय सांसद एवं सदस्य गण तथा पेट्रोलियम मंत्रालय के संयुक्त सचिव श्री रोहित माथुर जी एवं उपनिदेशक, श्रीमती शोभना श्रीवास्तव जी तथा सभी कंपनियों के अध्यक्ष एवं अन्य संबन्धित वरिष्ठतम अधिकारीगणों की उपस्थिति में हुई इस बैठक में भारत पेट्रोलियम की ओर से श्री संजय खन्ना, निदेशक (रिफाइनरीज़), श्री अनिल अहीर, मुख्य महाप्रबंधक (मानव संसाधन सेवाएँ) एवं अन्य वरिष्ठ अधिकारिगण उपस्थित रहे ।
इस अवसर पर माननीय पेट्रोलियम मंत्री महोदय श्री हरदीप सिंह पुरी जी द्वारा हिन्दी के उत्कृष्ट कार्यान्वयन हेतु पेट्रोलियम मंत्रालय की ओर से वर्ष 2019-20 और वर्ष 2021-22 इन दो वर्षों के लिए भारत पेट्रोलियम को राजभाषा प्रोत्साहन कप द्वारा गौरवान्वित किया गया। इस पुरस्कार को भारत पेट्रोलियम की ओर से श्री संजय खन्ना, निदेशक (रिफाइनरीज़) एवं श्री अनिल अहीर, मुख्य महाप्रबंधक (मानव संसाधन सेवाएँ) ने ग्रहण किया।
पेट्रोलियम मंत्रालय की उपनिदेशक श्रीमती शोभना श्रीवास्तव तथा श्री रोहित माथुर, संयुक्त सचिव, पेट्रोलियम मंत्रालय द्वारा भारत पेट्रोलियम द्वारा किए जा रहे हिन्दी कार्यान्वयन की सलाहकार समिति की बैठक में विशेष रूप से उल्लेख कर सम्मानित किया गया।
#BPCL #Hindi

#BPCL is conferred and awarded First Prize for exceptional work undertaken during Swachhata Pakhwada held in July 2022.
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs in august presence of Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon'ble MoS, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Ministry of Labour & Employment and Shri Pankaj Jain, Secretary, MOPNG, handed over the awards & certificates to Shri V.R.K. Gupta, Director (Finance) with additional charge of C&MD and Director (HR), BPCL.
During #SwachhataPakhwada, we gave intense attention towards cleanliness and reusable plastics leading to a better tomorrow and #CleanIndia through 28,000+ activities, across the country.
Hygiene kits distribution, End Plastic campaign, Cleaning of Raj Ghat Varanasi were some of the highlights of the fortnight.

We are pleased to announce that BPCL has bagged a rich haul of 9 Excellence Awards for Corporate Collaterals at the 16th Global Communication Conclave organised by Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) in Kolkata.
BPCL were awarded for a purpose-driven public relation and brand strategy that adds delightful dynamism to the communication and the manner in which BPCL, mingles with the world, leveraging the power of both traditional and digital media to reach general, as well as, niche audiences.
#PRCI #PRCIAwards #PR #Awards

A big shout out to our scientists and IS specialists for being awarded by the prestigious CII DX in four categories yesterday in New Delhi.
The CII DX awards recognise innovative, resilient, and sustainable digital technology introduction or adoption strategies across all industries, including Automotive, Agriculture, Healthcare, Electronics and IT, FMCG, Cyber Security, Banking and Financial Institutions, Energy, and others.
Here is the list of awards and their categories:
+ ‘Innovation in SCM & Logistics’ to our IS team developing Maritime Intelligent Logistics Automation, which has digitalized and automated the entire spectrum of maritime logistics 
+ 'Operational Excellence' to the IS team again for automating the primary movement of LPG tank lorries using intricate algorithms.
Both these applications have improved internal efficiency by replacing manual activities via breakthrough technologies.
+ ‘Operational Excellence’ to our R&D team for their patented ‘K Model’, a web-based software product for crude compatibility & optimisation 
+ 'Futuristic Sustainable Solutions' again to our R&D team for another patented product, BPMARRK, which predicts crude assay in real-time.

We are pleased to announce that BPCL has been conferred with Silver Award at the 35th Chapter Convention on Quality Concepts, organised by the Quality Circle Forum of India in Kolkata yesterday.
The award was to recognize and applaud the culture of Quality Excellence and Assurance in BPCL. More than ninety-five companies from thirty-five industries were evaluated by an eminent set of juries, before announcing these awards.
The Quality Circle Forum of India QCFI represents The Quality Circle Movement In India and has represented the country in several international forums.
#BPCL #Awards #QCFIIndia #SilverAward

On the eve of the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, BPCL has been conferred with the ‘Mahatma Award’ for the ‘Community Initiative’ category for our contribution to the betterment of the communities and uplifting those around us.
The award was instituted by social entrepreneur and philanthropist Amit Sachdeva, known as the CSR man of India for his advocacy for the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Bill in India.
Being a leading organization, we recognize our responsibility towards the community and have been working conscientiously for the betterment of weaker sections of society for years, as we firmly believe that inclusive growth is critical for the sustainability of our business.
Devendra Joshi, Deputy General Manager (CSR), and Aparna Pandey, Asst. Manager (CSR) received the award on behalf of Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, BPCL, at a ceremony held in New Delhi yesterday.
To know more about our activities in the area of Social Responsibility, click here: https://bit.ly/3CqcudA
#BPCL #MahatmaAward #CSR

Bharat Petroleum received the coveted ‘Leadership in HR Excellence’ award, at the 12th CII National HR Excellence Awards ceremony, held on 24th March, 2022.

The company scored in the 600+ band range, on a rigorous CII Assessment.

The CII HR Excellence Award is one of the most prominent honours in the #HRindustry, which is based on frameworks to position #HR initiatives, measure current status, and identify gaps to stimulate solutions. Through this model, CII aims to help improve HR performance practices and capabilities by providing objective feedback for improvement, while also facilitating communication and the sharing of best practices and information within and among organisations.

BPCL has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Award’ by World CSR Congress in #Mumbai for best practices in the ‘Concern of Health’ category.

In the awards ceremony held at Mumbai, Ms. Aparna Pandey, Asstt. Manager (CSR) and Ms. Asane received the award on behalf of BPCL from Mr. S.K Dutt, Senior Advisor, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

This award marks our effort to eliminate manual scavenging through usage of robotic manhole cleaning machines along with numerous other interventions undertaken to combat Covid-19.

Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2022, conferred our convenience store brand 'In & Out', with Images Awards in 'Retail Reimagined' and 'Innovation in Customer Acquisition and Service' categories!

Mumbai, January 01: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has achieved the No.1 rank in Indian oil and gas sector for its sustainability performance in the 2021 edition of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings.

BPCL is the only energy company to enter the exclusive DJSI World Index in 2021. The DJSI World Index comprises top 10% of the largest 2,500 companies by market capitalisation in the S&P Global Broad Market Index based on long-term economic and ESG factors. launched in 1999, It is the longest-running global sustainability benchmarks and has become the key reference point in sustainability investing for investors and companies alike. United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), calls the DJSI assessment as the most rigorous assessment in terms of number of questions and depth of information demanded.

This is the 2nd consecutive year that BPCL is at the top of the DJSI Indices in India having achieved a score of 59 percentage points, against an industry average score of 39.

Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, BPCL said, “The continued recognition by DJSI validates BPCL’s efforts of moving towards a Net Zero company by 2040. Our good  performance  in  DJSI index reinforces our commitment to invest in people, planet and prosperity.”

BPCL bagged 15 awards at the Global Communication Conclave, hosted by Public Relations Council of India (PRCI), from Shri Govind Gaude, Hon’ble Minister for Art & Culture, Goa today.

• Diamond in ‘Covid Management in Public Sector’
• Gold in ‘Corporate & Business Communication Campaign’ and ‘Internal Communication Campaign (ESE)
• Silver in ‘Best Use of Media Relations’, ‘Best Use of Content’, ‘Best Corporate Event’, ‘Best Music Video’ and ‘Marketing Strategies during Covid (LPG)’
• Bronze in ‘House Journal Print (Regional)’, ‘Digital Newsletter (ESE), Annual Report’ and ‘Corporate Film’
• Consolation in ‘Best in Communication – COVID19’
• Second Runners Up in ‘Champion of Champions’ in Communication.
• Jury Special Award for Presentation Excellence

The Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI) recognizes the leaders, innovators and pioneers in the Oil and Gas Industry, with an objective to celebrate the industry’s most outstanding achievements. The applications are evaluated by the Awards Committee comprising of experts from Oil and Gas Industry.

BPCL was awarded the ‘Innovator of the year – Team’, led by Mr. Srinivasulu Kaalva, Sr. Mgr. (R&D) from CRDC for developing Divided Wall Column (DWC) technology for improving the energy efficiency of distillation columns. This technology is successfully implemented in the Kochi Refinery Naphtha Distillation unit.

The DWC concept is emerging technology in distillation, it combines the operation of two conventional columns in one shell and consumes less energy (20 – 30%) compared to conventional columns. Besides lower capital and operational costs, improved product quality, smaller foot print area are some of the key advantages due to which DWC technology is gaining popularity over conventional distillation. CRDC mastered DWC technology in view of these benefits and energy saving potential. To demonstrate the technology, CRDC along with KR modified existing conventional GSU column into DWC for naphtha splitting application (to provide high quality feed to ISOM and CCR unit). The indigenously designed DWC (GSU-DWC) for naphtha splitting application was inaugurated on 11th March, 2019.

On this occasion, Mr. P V Ravitej, Executive Director, In Charge (Refineries), expressed “We are proud that our efforts have culminated in the receipt of these coveted awards and recognitions from Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Government of India at the ‘FIPI Oil & Gas Awards 2020. These awards are testimony of our continuous pursuit for innovation, excellence and service quality”

Corporate R&D Team bagged prestigious FICCI Chemicals and Petrochemicals Award 2021 under the category “Sustainability Award for the best green process in the petrochemical sector” for the research work on “Petroleum Sludge Valorization”. The award was received by Dr. Chiranjeevi Thota, Deputy General Manager (R&D) from Mr. Mansukh Mandviya, Hon’ble Union Minister of State, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in presence of Mr. Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and Deepak Mehta, Chairman FICCI Chemical Committee and C&MD Deepak Nitrate Ltd. during a glittering ceremony on 17th March, 2021 at Taj Palace, New Delhi.

Corporate Research & Development Centre has come up with a novel process of valorising tank bottom sludge and renewable biomass and generating a versatile solid fuel. The uniqueness of the process is combining two waste materials and producing useful material. The approach to make solid fuel from refinery tank sludge and biomass involves using a pelletizer to convert it in a form which is portable and easy to handle for fuel applications. This new solid fuel viz. “PETROLET” possesses calorific value that is at par with coal used for furnace applications. It has numerous applications in low-cost conventional heating, steam generation, etc.

This approach offers a quick and environmentally acceptable solution for sludge disposal through waste to wealth route vis-à-vis bio-remediation route which not only takes time (6-8 months) but also cost intensive. Kudos to CRDC team!

M/s Future Space is the group of IIM Ahmedabad Aluminis which does survey on Environment , Social and Governance (ESG) parameters of top companies in India which consists of all sectors including IT , Automobiles , Oil and Gas, cement etc.

It is proud movement to note that BPCL has secured 10 th position among the industries on Sustainability and CSR activities.All these top companies mapped their business goals also with Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations. Since the SDGs have to be implemented by 2030, it requires an immense effort not only from the government but also from the businesses. The Indian Govt. is already using SDGs as a road map for formulating national policies and regulations polices.

The methodology adopted in this study is by examining all parameters with the available data on public domain. The scores are arrived by assessing Company’s Sustainability Report, Annual Report and Websites and giving marks were given under the three parameters i.e. Environment, Social and Governance and ranking was on the basis of weighted average score of the top 100 companies with SDG’s as informed by Mr Ashish Gupta, Chief Manager (HSSE) Corporate.

Once again BPCL has shown its committment for carrying out its operations in a responsible manner.

Great show by Corporate HSSE team to adopt Sustainability as way of life.

The excellent performance of our Corporation during the recent Swachhata Pakhwada in July 2020 has won us the “Second place” among Oil & Gas PSUs and offices. The “Swachhata Pakhwada Puraskar” for 1st -15th July 2020 was presented on 14.12.2020 by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan- Hon’ble Minister Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel. Shri K. Padmakar, Chairman & Managing Director virtually accepted the award while Shri M.A. Khan- ED Coordination received the award in Delhi at the official function, in the presence of dignitaries from MOP&NG. At the same ceremony, BPCL was also awarded “Second place” for our exceptional performance in the ‘Swachhata hi Seva’ campaign from 11th September to 27 th October 2019.

We outdid last years’ Pakhwada performance, reaching out to over 62 lakh persons, through a whopping 79,000+ activities. The Pakhwada covered online activities comprising mainly of Information, Education, Communication (IEC) initiatives including creation of awareness about Swachhata Abhiyan through webinars, video conferences, holding online competitions, dissemination of information through website and social media. It is pertinent to note that despite logistical difficulties, we planted around 2 lakh trees and distributed 3.2 lakh hygiene kits comprising of masks, sanitisers etc.

The dedicated participation of the extended BPCL network including Retail Outlet Dealers, LPG Distributors and our channel partners served as multipliers of activities and supported in taking activities right up to the homes of our customers.

Wishing each of you a hearty congratulations for your participation & contribution!

BPLC won the “SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD” for Excellence in Learning & Development – PSU Category in the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Awards. This prestigious award is in recognition of the innovative L&D practices of the corporation. A two-stage evaluation process which included presentation before a panel of judges about the L&D initiatives and its impact on business outcomes led to BPLC getting a special recognition for its L&D efforts. This prestigious award competition attracted entries from many corporates in PSU and Private Sector. The selection was made on the basis of the uniqueness and scalability of the L&D initiatives and its impact on business outcomes.