The story
In the very beginning, the trading activities of NOC were started by storing two products in two drums under the leadership of the late Mr. Subarna Bikram Thapa. His persistent endeavor to develop NOC resulted in more than 30,000 kilolitres (kL) of storage facilities for petroleum products in different development regions of Nepal.
Nepal, being one of the land locked countries of south Asia, has to depend on India for the supply and distribution of various petroleum products as the eastern, southern and western part of the country is attached with India. The prospect of crude oil exploration in Nepal has not yet been proven a feasible one, so the entire national demand is met by import alone. From the very beginning of NOC's trading activities, a special and long-term supply arrangement has existed with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC), a leading national oil company of India, having more than 55% of the market share.
NOC, headquartered in Kathmandu, has Seven Provincial offices in every State of Nepal, Three branch offices, two fuel depots, One Petrol Pump, and Ten aviation fuel depots, with total existing storage capacity of 71,558 kilolitres (kL) and employing 872 permanent staffs and other contract work force. The highest policy making and controlling body of NOC is its board of directors. The board is represented by all bureaucrats except one as expert, expert is also appointed by the government of Nepal.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nepal Oil Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3