Our History
A century in the making
Gulf has a rich history of excellence spanning over a century. From our founding in 1901 to our first branded petrol station in 1913, all the way to our latest partnerships and innovations, our success has come from our unfailing passion, performance and commitment to everything we do. It’s at the heart of our relationships with our customers and partners.
Discovery
Founded in Texas, selling gasoline in containers
Deep dive
Gulf launches the world’s first-ever drilling operation
Fill it up
Gulf introduces the first-through fuel station
Hello Gulf!
Gulf’s orange disc logo makes its first appearance
Birth of iconic cool
Gulf debuts the light blue and orange racing colours
The Man in Le Mans
Gulf features in the steve mcqueen’s “le mans” film
Victory
Gulf branded Mirage GR8-Ford Cosworth wins 24 Hours of Le Mans
Hinduja Group
The Hinduja group buy gulf to form what becomes Gulf Oil International
NEW BEGINNINGS
Lubricants manufacturing plant with 75000 KL capacity commissioned in Silvassa, West India.
Trademarked
Gulf becomes the first oil company in history to trademark its racing colours
PEAK PERFORMANCE
Gulf oil redefines performance of diesel engine oils in India with launch of 36,000 KM drain interval Gulf Superfleet LE Max
PRIDE
Launch of Gulf Pride 4T, India's first motorcycle engine oil with drain interval of 10,000 KM
PARTNERSHIPS
Gulf oil, as a pioneer initiative in the industry, participated in the IPL for the first time by sponsoring KXIP. The initiative was followed up by a rich history of Gulf Oil’s involvement with IPL as gulf-sponsored CSK and RPSG in the years AFTER
READY, SET, GO
Gulf oil took the Indian auto sector by storm with the launch of GULF SUPERFLEET LE dura max, the first-ever 80,000 km drain interval engine oil.
CAPTAIN COOL
Gulf oil India signed up Mahindra Singh Dhoni as its official brand ambassador that has being going from strength to strength and has become an integral part of ‘gulf oil’ brand’s success.
INSTA START
Launch of gulf batteries
RING THE BELL
Gulf oil corporation restructures its business, demerging the lubricants vertical into a separately listed company, Gulf Oil lubricants India limited (GOLIL)” and show the image of listing of stock on BSE
Rising to the top
Gulf is positioned as the top 2 lubricants brand in India (as per independent research conducted )
EXPANSIONS
Completed expansion at Silvassa plant from 75,000 KL to 90,000 KL
Innovation & expansion
Gulf oil india’s 2nd plant – with a lubricants manufacturing capacity of 50000 KL as well as an R&D / innovation centre commissioned in Chennai, South India
Right on time
GULF ENTERS A PARTNERSHIP WITH TAG HEUER
Hardik Pandya
Appointed cricketer Hardik Pandya as the brand ambassador for new businesses.
Innovation & expansion
Gulf oil india’s 2nd plant – with a lubricants manufacturing capacity of 50000 KL as well as an R&D / innovation centre commissioned in Chennai, South India
Milestones
Achieved milestone of crossing 100 million litres
McLaren joins the team
Gulf hits the road as a strategic partner of mclaren racing and mclaren automotive
Future ready
Launch of eLEC range of EV fluids in India for electric cars
SMART CHARGERS
Gulf oil acquires minority stake in the UK based company Indra renewable technologies which manufactures smart chargers for the car segment
Strategic partnership
Strategic investment and partnership with techperspect software pvt ltd (electreefi), a leading e-mobility solutions (saas) company in india. Leading e-mobility solutions (saas) company in india.
Woman Power
As we believe in celebrating woman power, we have on board Smriti Mandhana as one of our brand ambassadors.
An unstoppable partnership
Proud partner of the iconic Williams Racing team for the 2023 Formula 1 season and beyond.