Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) was established in January 1970 by the Government of Nepal as a state-owned trading company to deal with the import, transportation, storage and distribution of various petroleum products in the country. NOC, headquartered in Kathmandu, has Five Regional Offices and also Branch Offices, Fuel Depots and Aviation Fuel Depots with total storage capacity of 71,622 Kilolitres (KL) and around 600 employees.Distribution and sale of ATF is solely done by the corporation as it requires very stringent quality control measures. Sale of all other products are done by Petrol Pumps, Packed Dealers and Kerosene Dealers numbering approximately 2500 through out the Nation. Approximately 60% of all petroleum products are consumed in the Central Region alone.
