Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is one of the largest Oil and Gas Companies in India. HPCL was incorporated as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) by the Indian government through a number of mergers and takeovers including Esso Standard, Lube Limited, Caltex Oil Refining Ltd and Kosan Gas, throughout the 1970s.
Today, HPCL produces refined crude oil products from its refineries in Mumbai (with a capacity of 6.5 million metric tonnes per annum) and Visakhapatnam (with a capacity of 8.3 million metric tonnes per annum). The Mumbai-headquartered oil and gas giant operates the second-largest petroleum products pipeline network in the country.
