50 Golden Years in the Service of the Nation
New Delhi   08-Jul-2009
Indian flagship national oil company and downstream petroleum major, IndianOil is celebrating its Golden Jubilee during 30th June-1st September 2009. Established as an oil marketing entity on 30th June 1959, Indian Oil Company Ltd. was renamed Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. on 1st September 1964 following the merger of Indian Refineries Ltd. {established In August 1958) with it The integrated refining & marketing entity has since grown into the country's largest commercial enterprise and India's No.1 Company In the prestigious Fortune 'Global 500' listing of the world's largest corporate currently at the 116th position, tt is also the 18th largest petroleum company in the world. In Eastern Region the festivities were launched at a glittering function held at IndianOil Bhavan, Kolkata which witnessed some of the biggest names in the energy and downstream sector coming together. Distinguished members from the corporate sector like Sri Rabin Mukhopadhyay, Senior Vice President, and Haldia graced the occasion Petrochemicals, Sri Yoshihiro Ikegawa, Managing Director, MCC PTA India Corporation Pvt. Ltd., Sri Debasis Sen, Executive Director, IndianOil and Sri Priobhash Dey General Manager, IndianOil. Speaking on the occasion both Sri Debasis Sen and Sri Priobash Dey thanked the people of the country and more specifically the armed forces and the industrial sector for supporting this organization for the last five decades.