Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL or IOC), trading asIndianOil, is an Indian multinational[4][5]oil and gas company under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. Registered in Mumbai but headquartered in New Delhi,[6] it is a public sector undertaking whose operations are overseen by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Indian Oil is ranked 94th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2022.[7] It is the largest government owned oil producer[8] in the country both in terms of capacity and revenue. It has consolidated refining capacity of 80.55MMTPA which it intends to increase to 107MMTPA by 2024-25.[9] As of 31 March 2021, Indian Oil's employee strength is 31,648, out of which 17,762 are executives and 13,876 non-executives, while 2,776 are women, comprising 8.77% of the total workforce. As On 31.3.2024 IOC Employed 30,321 Employees . Out Of Which Executives Account 18,570 & Non Executives Account 11,751 .[10][11][12]
In May 2018, IOCL became India's most profitable government corporation for the second consecutive year, with a record profit of ₹21,346 crores in 2017–18.[17] In February 2020, the company signed a deal with the Russian oil company Rosneft to buy 140,000 barrels per day of crude in year 2020.[18] By 1 April 2020, IndianOil was in absolute readiness to launch BS-VI (Bharat Stage VI) fuels in all its retail outlets in Telangana and adopt world-class emission norms.[19]
Indian Oil accounts for nearly half of India's petroleum products market share, 35% national refining capacity (together with its subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. or CPCL), and 71% downstream sector pipelines through capacity. The Indian Oil Group owns and operates 11 of India's 23 [28] refineries with a combined refining capacity of 80.7 million tonnes per year.[29] Indian Oil's cross-country pipeline network, for the transport of crude oil to refineries and finished products to high-demand centres, spans over 13,000 km. The company has a throughput capacity of 80.49 million tonnes per year for crude oil and petroleum products and 9.5 million cubic metres per day at standard conditions for gas. On 19 November 2017, IOCL, in collaboration with Ola, launched India's first electric charging station at one of its petrol-diesel stations in Nagpur.[30] Indian governments' National Electric Mobility Mission Plan launched in 2013 aims at gradually ensuring a vehicle population of 6 to 8 million electric and hybrid vehicles in India by 2020.[31]
Servo is the lubricants brand under which IOCL operates its lubricant business. Servo is the largest selling lubricant brand in both automotive and industrial segments.
As of 31 March 2021, the company had 31,648 employees, out of which 2,775 were women (8.77%). Its workforce includes 17,762 executives and 13,886 non-executives.
As On 31.3.2024 - IOC's Regular Employee Strength Stands At 30,321 . Executives Account For 18,570 , Non Executives Account For 11,751 .
[10][33] The attrition rate in Indian Oil is around 1.5%.[34] The company spent ₹96.57 billion on employee benefits during the FY 2016–17.[33]
As of September 2018, it was owned 51% by the Government of India (through the President of India), and 43% by other entities. The latter included corporate bodies (20%), ONGC (14%), LIC (6%), Foreign portfolio investors (6%),[36]Oil India Limited (5%) and Indian Mutual funds (4%).[37]
This was similar to its shareholding in 2017. As of 31 December 2017, the PromotersGovernment of India held approx. 56.98% of the shares in Indian Oil Corporation. The public held the rest of the shares – 43.02%. This includes Mutual Fund Companies, Foreign Portfolio Investors, Financial Institutions/ Banks, Insurance Companies, Individual Shareholders and Trusts.[38] IOCL's Market cap as of December 2022 was Rs. 1,10,075.05 crore.[39]
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) buys a stake in Phinergy (Israel) for manufacturing, development, and sale of aluminum-air batteries (Al-Air batteries) for electric vehicles. This joint venture is ready to facilitate the development of Al-Air technology by intending to set up a factory in India.[41]
India has begun the development of a strategic crude oil reserve sized at 37.4 million barrels (5,950,000 m3), enough for two weeks of consumption.[42] Petroleum stocks have been transferred from the Indian Oil Corporation to the Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB).[43] The OIDB then created the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL) to serve as the controlling government agency for the strategic reserve.[44]
^"Indian Oil Corporation completes second round of investment in Phinergy, bringing its holding in the company to 17%". PR Newswire (Press release). TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Phinergy (TASE: PNRG) - which develops metal-air technology that produces electricity by combining oxygen from the air with metals - is delighted to announce that multinational energy giant, Indian Oil Corporation, has completed its second round of investment in the company in the amount of $12.5 million.
^"Indian Oil Corporation Ltd - Company Profile and Products". Metoree. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), established in 1959 and headquartered in New Delhi, India, is a multinational that explores and produces petroleum products and is also a manufacturer of petrochemicals.
^Annual report 2017-2018(PDF). Mumbai: Indian Oil Corporation. Archived(PDF) from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
^"Indian Oil Corporation". 13th Pipeline Technology Conference. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.