IOC is likely to trade on a bullish note as long as the stock sustains above Rs 165, suggests the daily chart.
LPG cylinder transporters of Indian Oil Corporation on Wednesday went on an indefinite strike for the second time in less than two months, alleging pending dues and low rates in recently floated tenders. An IOC official, however, termed the strike as illegal. The decision to go for the shutdown was taken after a meeting called by the Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs Department of Assam between IOC and the North East Packed LPG Transporter Association (NEPLTA) failed to yield any solution to the prolonged stalemate. "The government called us yesterday to talk about our demands. We reiterated our old issues, mostly related to pending dues and low rates in the tenders. However, the IOC was reluctant to talk about those," NEPLTA chief adviser Kumud Nath told PTI. The association had also written to the chief secretary on January 5, raising the same issues and urged him to take necessary steps, he said. "The government had called yesterday's meeting, accordingly, to find ..
The government has halved the amount of equity infusion in state-owned fuel retailers to Rs 15,000 crore for supporting their investments in energy transition projects, the finance ministry has said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on February 1 last year while presenting the annual Budget for 2023-24 fiscal (April 2023 to March 2024) announced equity infusion of Rs 30,000 crore in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to support the three state-owned firms' energy transition plans. Alongside, she had also proposed Rs 5,000 crore for buying crude oil to fill strategic underground storages at Mangalore in Karnataka and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh that India has built to guard against any supply disruptions. That plan has also been deferred in view of emerging trends in oil markets, the finance ministry said. While other state-owned oil companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) an
Stocks to watch on Thursday, January 25, 2024: Among companies announcing Q3 results yesterday, Tata Steel reported a turnaround while IOC and Ceat postged a 10-fold and 5-fold jump in net profit.
The profit in the year-ago quarter was significantly impacted due to under-recoveries arising from higher input costs in the form of crude oil prices
India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, is keen to cut its carbon footprint to meet its 2070 net-zero carbon goal
Drop in crude oil prices and a bumper profit in Q2 has fuelled the rally so far in oil marketing companies.
The state-owned company posted a net profit of Rs 12,967 crore ($1.56 billion) for the quarter ended Sept 30
The panel will be headed by the government headhunter Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) chairperson and will include the oil secretary as a member, an official order said
This reflects India's growing reliance on Russian grades while balancing them out with purchases from Iran suppliers
The two joint ventures will be formed with IOCL or one of its subsidiaries. In both cases, the two partners will have an equal stake of 50 per cent each
The first batch of motorcycles started arriving at the Buddh International Circuit, Noida, on Thursday
India's top fuel retailer Indian Oil Corporation will invest over Rs 4 lakh crore in this decade to expand oil refining and petrochemical business as well as in energy transition projects as part of a plan to become a '360-degree energy company', its chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya said on Friday. IndianOil will invest Rs 1 lakh crore in expanding capacity to refine and turn crude oil into fuel and a staggering Rs 2.4 lakh crore in projects that will help it achieve net-zero carbon emissions from its operations. Another Rs 60,000 crore is planned to be invested in setting up a giant petrochemical complex at Paradip in Odisha. These investments will help the company continue to meet the rising energy needs of a fast-expanding economy while also treading on the path of the energy transition, he told company shareholders at the annual general meeting. Vaidya said the past year witnessed waves of volatility that rocked the global energy dynamics but IOC kept its promise of fuelling the
The revenue from operations for Q1FY24 came in at Rs 2.2 trillion, compared to Rs 2.5 trillion last year
IOC, the country's top refiner, has not specified which projects the newly raised funds would target
Various biofuels covered under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) include sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), ethanol, compressed biogas (CBG), biodiesel, and bio-bitumen
Fitch ratings have said that announcements of plans to raise equity capital by BPCL and IOC should strengthen their capex spending and the credibility of their emission-reduction plans.
Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum are expected to be likely candidates for the JV
IOC's revenue from operations rose almost 10% to Rs 2.26 trillion
OMCs, however, are concerned that equity infusion might impact their share price, market valuation and market perception