All parties to deal strive to obtain requisite approvals, even as Rosneft confirms shift in goalpost
Essar Oil got delisted from stock exchanges last year
A multi-billion-dollar Russian deal to buy Indian refiner Essar was nearly sunk at the eleventh hour by a rival bid from Saudi Arabia
With the Rosneft deal, it is the first time ever that promoters of a private Indian oil company have leapt over all hurdles to sell their whole stake to a foreign investor
StanChart that had lent $2.5 billion dollar to the Essar group will see its stressed asset problem come down significantly
MNCs pick up Rs 1.15 lakh crore of assets since January versus Rs 35,000 crore by local firms
Despite Essar's assertions, the deal with Rosneft would only help the group settle a portion of its debt
Ruias to now focus on steel, power and ports
Proxy firm SES' calculation based on 2015 annual report shows a differential of Rs 125 per share over delisting price
Rosneft-led consortium acquires 98% stake in EOL; proceeds from the sale to be used to reduce debt by half
Rosneft Oil Company is the world's largest petroleum company with revenues in excess of $80 billion
Rosneft bought a 49 per cent stake in Essar Oil's refinery port and petrol pumps
The board of Rosneft is meeting on Thursday to clear buying 49 per cent stake in Essar Oil at an enterprise valuation of $7 billion. The Rosneft investment would be one of largest FDI into India's oil and gas sector after investments by British oil giant, BP in Reliance's KG D6 blocks and Vedanta's acquisition of Cairn India Ltd. Essar plans to use the proceeds of the sale to retire its debt while Rosneft will use the Indian refinery to sell its products. Here are top 5 acquisitions in the Indian oil and gas sector
In the non-subsidied LPG distribution business, Essar Oil looks to target customers with an annual income of Rs 10 lakh and above
The company has already invested Rs 400 crore during a 28-day planned shutdown of the refinery in September-October last year
Rising fuel demand is expected to help push the growth rate in the country's fuel consumption ahead of China's
Fuel exports to fall in 2018/19 as focus shifts to local sales
The company targets a production capacity of two mscmd in 2016-17
Group in talks to sell 25% more stake, months after Rosneft agreed to buy 49% for Rs 19,000 cr
Rosneft is majority owned by the Russian government with BP Plc holding under a 20% stake and public shareholding at around 10%