Analysts at YES Securities have recommended a 'BUY' rating on Chennai Petro, MRPL, BPCL and Reliance Industries on the back of upbeat prospects for these oil refining companies.
India has been balancing the risk of secondary sanctions - and the need to secure a trade deal with the US - against the risks that come with allowing much-needed ties to Russia to fray
Trump has decided to impose an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods, citing New Delhi's continued imports of Russian oil in a move that sharply escalated tensions between the two nations
Since April, India has mandated mixing gas used to run automobiles and cooking gas with 1 per cent of CBG
Indian Oil Corp., Bharat Petroleum Corp. and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. plan to jointly issue a tender later this year for the medium-range tankers
HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL), India's major oil refining and petrochemical company, achieved a record 2 million tonnes of polymer sales in the fiscal ended March 2025, surpassing expectations and reinforcing its position as an industry trailblazer. "This accomplishment is the result of HMEL's unwavering commitment to understanding customer needs and providing tailored solutions for niche applications across various polymer segments," the firm said in a statement. HMEL has undertaken a massive USD 3 billion expansion of petrochemical capacity, increasing its polypropylene capacity to 1 million tonnes a year, and adding a polyethylene capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per annum, catering to the major application segments. 2024-25 was the first full year of operations of the new plant featuring pioneering technologies from world-class licensors. HMEL is a joint venture between state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investment Pte Ltd, Singapore - pa
At close, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) was up 3.66 per cent, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) was up 3.6 per cent and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was up 2.4 per cent
HPCL owns a 5 million tonnes per year LNG import terminal at Chhara in western India. Under the pact, NTPC will either book capacities at the terminal or hire LNG tankers there
India is raising its crude processing capacity as the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer wants to be a major global refining hub while its fuel demand is expected to continue growing
Oil executives from three of the nation's government-owned processors said they haven't been able to obtain enough Russian crude for January loading in the so-called spot market
Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum, and Bharat Petroleum are negotiating with Brazilian energy major Petrobras to secure long-term crude oil supply contracts to diversify its energy sources
Even after reduction, discounts on Russian crude oil may be contributing $1.5 to $2.5 a barrel to refiners' gross refining margins
State-run ISPRL has been selling from the caverns to local refiners after a change in the government rules in 2021
IOC is likely to trade on a bullish note as long as the stock sustains above Rs 165, suggests the daily chart.
Drop in crude oil prices and a bumper profit in Q2 has fuelled the rally so far in oil marketing companies.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) will stop buying diesel from companies like Reliance Industries Ltd and Nayara Energy once it completes expansion of its Visakhapatnam refinery in Andhra Pradesh and builds a new one in Rajasthan next financial year, company officials said. HPCL owns almost a quarter of petrol pumps in the country but does not have commensurate oil refining capacity to produce petrol and diesel. So to make up for this, it buys products from refiners such as Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), Reliance Industries' Jamanagar units in Gujarat and Nayara's Vadinar refinery. At an investor call post announcing second quarter earnings, HPCL chairman Pushp Kumar Joshi says the firm's focus on capital spending in the last five years in "strengthening quality and capacity" of assets has "started yielding results now". The company has already expanded its Mumbai refinery capacity to 9.5 million tonnes per annum from 7.5 million tonnes and would complete
In Q2, HPCL logged a consolidated net of Rs 5,827 crore, compared to a loss of Rs 2,476 crore in year ago quarter. Revenue, however, dipped 9.7 per cent YoY to Rs 1.02 lakh crore.
Vizag refinery will operate at 13.5 mtpa capacity in the current fiscal year and at full capacity of 15 mtpa in the next fiscal, Bharathan said
HPCL aims to commission the terminal, with a planned capacity of 5 million metric tons per year (tpy) in the December quarter, K Sreenivasa Rao told reporters at an event
HPCL's co-branded service centres will be located at its select retail outlets in metros and other major cities across India