The government cut the price of gas produced from difficult fields to $8.43 from $9.32, the PPAC notification said
Investment bankers said the falling share price of PSUs would mean that the government would not only miss the disinvestment target but also not get good valuation
We are importing around 82 per cent of our requirement, so lower oil prices are more beneficial to the country, says Bora
The company is in talks with multiple players to sell its assets Niobrara Shale Asset in the US and Licence 61 asset in Russia
OIL has announced plans to buy back 4.45 per cent of its shares at a total cost of Rs 1,090 crore.
The stock slipped 7% to Rs 188 on the BSE in an otherwise firm market as it turned ex-date for the proposed buy-back of 50.5 million shares at Rs 215 per share.
The government is expected to participate in each of the share buyback programme of these PSUs
The stock was up 3% at Rs 205 on the BSE in early morning trade.
The company has received approval to appoint Asha Kaul, Priyank Sharma, S Manoharan, and Amina R Khan
Crude realisation increased by $23.59 a barrel to $72 a barrel during the first quarter of the current financial year
During the financial year, the company's crude oil production increased marginally to 3.39 million tonne (MT), while the production during 2016-17 was seen at 3.27 MT
The stock was trading 2% higher at Rs 336 on the BSE after the company said it has fixed March 29, 2018 as the record date for 1:2 bonus issue.
The stock moved higher by 2.7% to Rs 345, bouncing back 5% from its intra-day low of Rs 328 touched on BSE in early morning trade
Improving realisations and refining margins enhance earnings visibility
State-run Oil India Ltd (OIL) will seek shareholders' approval to raise Rs 7,000 crore through bonds. The company has proposed a special resolution at its annual general meeting on September 23, 2017, for raising up to Rs 7000 crore, OIL said in a filing to the BSE. OIL intends to raise the amount through issue of redeemable non-convertible debentures/bonds on private placement basis from domestic as well as international markets in one or more tranches, the filing said. The proposal to confirm payment of interim dividend and to declare final dividend for 2016-17 on equity shares of the company is also listed on the agenda of the meeting. The proposals for appointment of P Chandrasekaran as Director (Exploration & Development) and to adopt financial results for 2017 are also listed on the agenda of the AGM.
As part of an IIT-Guwahati initiative, Oil India today signed agreements with two start-up firms
In past two-months, the stock had rallied 19% as compared to 1% rise in Sensex till Wednesday.
The company has fixed January 13, as the record date for 1:3 bonus issue.
State-run explorer other income also fell 9.3% year-on-year to Rs 389.5 crore
The stock was up 4% to Rs 445 on NSE after the company said the board will meet on Nov 28 to consider bonus issue.