History
Incorporated in 1979 as a petrochemical company, GSPC has today a wide gamut of hydrocarbon activities. In 1992, GSPC widened the scope of its activities and rechristened itself as Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation in 1994. With the Government of India’s decision to privatize the hydrocarbon sector, GSPC acquired several discovered fields in the first and second rounds of bidding process initiated by the Government of India during 1994 and 1995.
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