Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Discover the illustrious history of Bharat Petroleum, India's 'best performing' Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking, and its transformation from an Indian oil and gas company to a Fortune 500 oil refining, exploration, and marketing conglomerate. When oil was discovered and industries expanded, John D. Rockefeller and his business associates acquired control of numerous refineries and pipelines. With these acquisitions under their belt, they went on to establish the Standard Oil Trust, which became a behemoth in its own right. Observing this, and in response to Standard Oil's growing importance, three major rivals - Royal Dutch, Shell, and the Rothschilds - formed a single organisation called Asiatic Petroleum to market petroleum products in South Asia.