A leading Thai petroleum company that imports crude oil from the Middle East, the Far East and indigenous sources and refining it into products with a maximum crude-processing capacity of 120,000 barrels per day, Bangchak Petroleum Plc operates more than 1,000 service stations under the trademark and has grown its businesses to new ones both related and unrelated to its current business) to add value and diversify its income-related risks. For the most part, the Company’s complex refinery produces high-value gasoline and diesel products while being able to accommodate high-volumes of lower-cost, indigenous crude oil. In addition, the refinery is highly energy-efficient, thanks to the purchase of power and steam from a cogeneration plant (an investment by PTT Plc) and to the use of clean-burning natural gas to power its processes in place of low-sulfur fuel oil. The Company also invested in a unit to produce improved gasoline, gasohol, and diesel to meet the EURO IV standards, whose enforcement began on January 1, 2012.