The main areas of concern of NOC are fuel conservation, safety, quality and pollution control. In the area of fuel conservation, consumers are more or less conversant with the idea, and follow the guidelines contained therein. In the area of safety measures all possible steps are being taken to educate the people related with petroleum business and in case of the depots of NOC and storage facilities of the retail dealers, it has been mandatory to follow the safety guidelines. With the relatively recent realization of global warming, pollution and its resultant adverse effects on the health of the population, the major area of concern is quality and pollution control.
Coming nearer to home, the main area of concern from the perspective of the corporation is that, in spite of the level best efforts on the part of the corporation, a significant level of air pollution has been contributed by vehicular emissions. To safeguard the health of the population, especially that of children, NOC has already made arrangements to supply the unleaded petrol in the kingdom of Nepal and has been controling the adulteration by joining hands with other concerned government bodies.
With the help of IOC, NOC has been able to train it's employees in the field of quality and pollution control, stock loss control, fire and safety precautions during operation, engineering matters, as well as in the detection, control and counter measures against adulteration and required laboratory test procedures and methods.
Maintaining the same standard of petroleum products in every stage of operation and distribution is a prime concern of NOC. To ensure the prime concern of NOC, and thereby control pollution, a separate Quality & Pollution Control Department has been set up. Its head office based laboratory is equipped with necessary facilities for testing of quality standards of petroleum products. Laboratory testing is regularly carried out and quality norms are strictly adhered to. NOC has arranged some mobile vans to check adulteration and maintain the standard of petroleum products available in the market.