State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has posted a 13-fold increase in its net profit at Rs 5,104 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared with Rs 384 crore for corresponding quarter in the previous year.

The rise in profits came on the back of higher oil bonds, upstream dues and over-recovery from the sale of fuel products.

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