The state-owned oil company also witnessed double-digit growth in revenue driven by the natural gas business
Oil India, along with ONGC Videsh, the overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, are talking to Tullow, Rath said, without elaborating on the size of a possible stake
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Sequentially, the company's quarterly net profit rose 2.4%. In the previous quarter, profit after tax had stood at Rs 1,746.10 crore
India's flagship overseas oil firm ONGC Videsh has got a new partner in Oil India Ltd to replace a reluctant IndianOil (IOC) for the potential acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Tullow Oil Plc's USD 3.4 billion oilfield project in Kenya, according to people with knowledge of the matter. But the OVL-OIL duo now faces competition from super-aggressive Chinese energy giant Sinopec which has entered the fray taking advantage of the delay on the Indian part in finalising the deal. Originally, ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), was interested in buying out half of the stakes that Tullow, Africa Oil Corp and TotalEnergies SE held in the Lokichar oilfield in Kenya. The board of OVL had approved the deal, sources said adding the firm however wanted to bring on board IOC, which too had shown interest in the project. For months, OVL-IOC negotiated the stake in the project. But the transaction couldn't be completed as IOC started having seco
Technical analysts at ICICI Securities expect the stock to maintain positive bias and head towards Rs 171 levels in the coming sessions
The Assam Gas Company Limited (AGCL) and Oil India Limited (OIL) on Saturday signed an agreement for the establishment of a joint venture company to lay, build and operate city natural gas distribution networks in parts of Assam and Tripura. The agreement was signed between the two sides at a ceremony here in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, an official statement said. The Assam government-owned AGCL will have 51 per cent stake, while the OIL will hold the remaining 49 per cent share in the joint venture company. It will build local natural gas grids and provide piped natural gas to domestic and commercial establishments in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Darrang, Udalguri, Sonitpur and Biswanath Chariali in Assam, and a few districts of Tripura. The company will also set up numerous compressed natural gas (CNG) stations, the statement said. Speaking at the event, Sarma said the signing of the agreement between AGCL and OIL would provide a major thrust to the ongoing
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The Government of India has accepted several key recommendations made by the Kirit Parikh Committee with respect to the pricing of natural gas produced from the APM fields.
Sustained higher crude oil prices and gas realisations can result in better profitability for upstream oil and gas companies, analysts said
In past one month, Oil India has rallied 23%, while, ONGC surged 11%, as compared to 0.33 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex.
Sustained higher crude oil prices and gas realisations can result in better profitability for upstream companies, say analysts.
And their price and fair valuation targets range between Rs 275 and Rs 290
The reduction of windfall tax will reduce cess of domestic oil production companies like ONGC and Oil India.
In the past six months, Oil India soared 26 per cent, as against 3 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex
State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) reported its highest ever quarterly net profit in the third quarter ended December 31 on the back of a rise in oil and natural gas prices. Net profit of Rs 1,746.10 crore, or Rs 16.10 per share, in October-December compared with Rs 1,244.90 crore, or Rs 11.48 a share, in the same period a year back, the company said in a statement. The rise in profitability was helped by higher realisation on crude oil and gas the firm produces and sells. Also, output increased, helping both topline and bottomline. OIL earned USD 88.33 for every barrel of crude oil it produced and sold in the third quarter of the current fiscal, up from USD 78.59 a barrel realisation in the year-ago period. Crude oil is refined at refineries to produce fuels such as petrol and diesel. Prices of natural gas, which is used as fuel to produce electricity, make fertilizers and converted into CNG for use in automobiles, rose to USD 8.57 per million British thermal unit from USD 6.10. Th
De-carbonisation via electric vehicles and hydrogen is among the four verticals in India's strategy for the energy sector, he said
Rajasthan Additional Chief Secretary (Mines and Petroleum) Subodh Agarwal said four companies in the petroleum sector had signed agreements on investment during "Invest Rajasthan"
On Friday, the Union government slashed the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil and diesel effective December 16, 2022