Rising share of listed public sector companies don't have a single woman director
The 26 per cent stake that IL&FS had in OTPC has been valuated at Rs 1,227 crore for this transaction
She was the senior-most ONGC Board Member after Kumar's retirement
India's most valuable public sector firm ONGC became a company with no chairman and MD after incumbent Subhash Kumar superannuated and the government did not immediately name his replacement
CAG pulled up ONGC for flaring of high-pressure gas valued at Rs 816.08 crore in the Mumbai High Field during 2012-13 to 2019-20
Consumer Durable stocks are also likely to be in focus on Monday after the company have hiked prices for the third time this year
ONGC holds 49.36 per cent stake in the 1.1 million tons per annum capacity OPaL, GAIL has 49.21 per cent and GSPC the remaining 1.43 per cent.
Assam CM had earlier this year written to PM Modi requesting him to consider transferring all assets of ONGC in the northeastern region to Oil India Ltd
India's top oil and gas producer ONGC is seeking a minimum price of USD 3.5-4 for the natural gas it plans to produce from coal seams in Jharkhand and a field in Tripura. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has issued separate tenders seeking buyers of 0.02 million standard cubic meters per day of coal-bed methane (CBM) it plans to produce from the North Karanpura CBM block in Jharkhand and 0.1 mmscmd from Khubal field in Tripura. For the CBM gas, it asked buyers to quote a percentage equal to or higher than 8 per cent of Dated Brent Price, according to the tender document. "Floor price shall be the higher of the USD 4 per million British thermal unit or Domestic Gas Price notified by (government's) PPAC for the period," it said. The PPAC notified price for the six months beginning October 1 for gas from fields given to ONGC and Oil India Ltd on a nomination basis is USD 2.9 per mmBtu. ONGC has been complaining that the government-notified gas price is way below cost and the ..
The government has from time to time advised ONGC to have partnerships in its major fields including Mumbai High and Bassein & Satellite assets off the west coast with a view to raising output and technology infusion, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said national oil companies are free to choose field-specific models including farm out (giving stake) and joint venture/technical service model for enhancing production from their matured and aging fields. The government, he said, is keen that the domestic production of oil and gas should increase exponentially. "ONGC being the leading organisation has to play an important role," he said. "The government from time to time advises ONGC to increase exploration and production by having partnerships for its major fields including Mumbai High and Bassein & Satellite asset with the scope of enhancing recovery and ...
Analysts expect under-performance by FMCG shares to continue
Sudan owes ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) a total of USD 560 million in unpaid oil dues and cost of pipeline built by the Indian firm built for the African nation, the government told Parliament on Monday. OVL, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), had a 25 per cent stake in Block 2A&4 in Sudan. Sudan had since 2011 not paid OVL and partners for oil it bought from the block. "The amount due to OVL on account of over lifting of crude oil under the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) is USD 339.75 million and under sale and purchase agreement (SPA) is USD 90.94 million, which amounts to USD 430.69 million in total," Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha. OVL had also not been paid for the 741-km-long pipeline it built from Khartoum to Port Sudan. The company initiated arbitration proceedings against the Government of Sudan to recover the dues and has terminated the ..
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Subhash Kumar and SECI Managing Director Suman Sharma
The top court sought Attorney General K.K. Venugopal's intervention in the matter, and asked him to speak to the ONGC and ensure that the issue is resolved
Oil Ministry's proposal to strip ONGC of Mumbai High and Bassein in the western offshore is a "systematic weakening" of the state-owned firm, former bureaucrat E A S Sarma said
Shares of Raymond Ltd and IOB are showing extreme bullish outlook on the charts
Weeks after its second-highest-ranking official asked ONGC to give away its largest producing oil and gas fields to foreign companies, the Petroleum Ministry on Monday clarified that production from existing fields has to be increased through all means including technology and involvement of private sector companies in a transparent manner. Amar Nath, additional secretary (exploration) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, had on October 28 written a three-page letter to ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Subhash Kumar, saying productivity of the Mumbai High and Bassein & Satellite (B&S) offshore assets under state-owned firm was low and international partners should be invited and given 60 per cent participating interest (PI) and operatorship. The proposal has met with strong resistance from the management of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) as well as its unions who feel its assets are being given away on a platter to the private sector. "The government is ...
There is enough scope for several large and small companies to operate in the offshore and onshore basins in the country as substantial area is still available, says govt
The petroleum ministry's proposal to give away ONGC's biggest oil and gas fields to foreign companies has met with strong resistance from the officers union of the company, which has said that the government should empower and give the company a level-playing field rather than giving away its prime assets to the private sector on a platter. The Association of Scientific & Technical Offices of ONGC petitioned Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri against a proposal put by Amar Nath, additional secretary (exploration) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, for giving away 60 per cent stake and operatorship of Mumbai High and Bassein & Satellite (B&S) offshore assets to international partners for raising output. The union, which represents ONGC's 17,000 officers, said the company and its employees are completely aligned with the government objective of raising domestic production to cut imports, and for this to happen ONGC should be given the same fiscal and regulatory ...
Public sector oil and gas explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with world's largest oil company Saudi Aramco