E&P companies need to learn not only to survive but also to grow in the low-price environment
Oil and gas companies can benefit from taking a contrarian view, says ONGC's D K Sarraf
ONGC plans to use undersea infrastructure of Gujarat firm to produce gas from its own KG-basin field
A declining crude oil prices can hurt the prospects of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). Both domestic and international businesses of the exploration and production company (housed under ONGC Videsh) may see a drop in realisations if crude oil price, which had hit its nine-month low earlier this week, stays below $45 a barrel, analysts said."With every one-dollar fall in crude oil prices, ONGC's earnings will decline four to five per cent," said Sudeep Anand, oil & gas analyst at IDBI Capital. He expects the crude oil price to be around $52 a barrel this financial year and has not yet revised the FY18 earnings estimates of ONGC. Most analysts peg crude oil prices to be anywhere between $50 and $57 for FY18. Thus, if crude oil stays at the current level for long, there could be some earnings downgrade for ONGC. So far in 2017, crude oil price has fallen 19 per cent and averaged at $52.5 per barrel.However, ONGC's woes extend beyond weakening crude oil prices. For
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to invest up to $10 billion (Rs 65,000 crore) in its three allotted block in the Krishna-Godavari basin. The company has divided the deepwater block, KG-DWN-98/2, into clusters I, II and III. "For the three, we plan an overall investment of $9-10 bn. Cluster III will be the deepest in India, extending to about 2,600 metres," Tapas Kumar Sengupta, director (offshore) of ONGC, told this newspaper.The company has invited a formal Expression of Interest (EoI) from international consultants and service providers for developing Cluster-III. "We have already submitted a Declaration of Commerciality with the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) for Cluster III development. Currently, there are only 10 (petro) fields in the world ar such depth," he added.About 19 million standard cubic metres a day (mscmd) of gas is expected in this area, where ONGC is planning to drill at least nine wells. The company is to come up with a field ...
Wants to put a cap on minimum price at $4.2 per mBtu in order to make most of its fields viable
Rising gas and oil production as well as bottoming out of gas prices are key positives
ONGC made 23 oil and gas discoveries in the fiscal year ended March 31, report.
Oil discoveries declined to 2.4 bn barrels in 2016
India prices gas almost 60% below imported natural gas to bring down cost of running stranded plants
ONGC Videsh expects to produce between 1 bn and 1.6 bn cubic feet per day of gas in five years
Experts have called for the company to engage strategic partners to monetise the asset
The new formula provides for revising rates every six months - on April 1 and October 1
GSPC has so far made 9 gas discoveries in the Bay of Bengal block
11.122 bcm of ONGC gas migrated from its Godavari-PML, KG-DWN-98/2 blocks to adjoining KG-D6 of RIL
This will help it more than double output from its prime KG basin block
This is the biggest discovery for the oil behemoth in the state after a gap of three years
Central government will pay 2 state-owned firms' outstanding liabilities of Rs 14,698 crore directly
ONGC doesn't have enough cash for this; will need to then raise it or sell holding in IOC, GAIL
Acquisition of a strong downstream business with stable cash flows should boost overall valuations