Unocal Corp would have agreed to be acquired by Chinese oil firm CNOOC Ltd, despite fierce US political opposition - if the Chinese side had raised its bid in August, Unocal's former CEO has said.
Under the stewardship of R S Sharma, ONGC climbed three places to take the top slot in the 2010 rankings released by Platts, one of the most respected global provider of energy and metals information, on Tuesday evening.
LIC's $2.7-billion initial public offering (IPO) shall be the fifth-biggest globally in CY22. South Korean EV battery maker LG Energy Solution holds the record for the year's largest IPO at $10.8 billion, while Chinese mobile communications provider China Mobile IPO, which raised $8.6 billion, comes second. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority's (DEWA's) $6.1-billion IPO in March is currently the third biggest public offering for the year, followed by China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC's) IPO; the firm had raised $5.1 billion by issuing shares in Mainland China after delisting from the American bourses.
Reliance Industries has regained the top slot among Indian energy companies on the Platts global list
Other shortlisted chief executives include Abdulrahman Ali Al-Abdulla of Muntajat, Peabody Energy's Gregory Boyce, Pailin Chuchottaworn of PTT Public Company Ltd, Repsol's Antonio Brufau and Ian Taylor of Vitol.
TI report, which placed 42 oil and gas companies into three tiers based on their level of transparency in revenue disclosure, clubbed ONGC with China's CNOOC and CNPC, Russia's Lukoil and US-based ExxonMobil Corp in the lowest tier for disclosing information only by geographical segment and providing almost no additional information.
GAIL (India) Limited on Thursday signed three sweeping memoranda of understanding with as many Chinese companies in the oil and gas sector in both countries
China's multinationals, powerful as they seem, are still beholden to the Communist Party. That's both a blessing and a burden.
While BPCL has been ranked third in the poll, Reliance is at the fourth position adn HPCL 8th.
China has discovered an offshore oilfield with 200 million cubic metres of reserves in the Bohai Bay.
Reliance Industries has doubled the average life of its debt to around 7.5 years.
The primary market showed some signs of life in a busy day.
Both the countries have increased prices of gas recently.
India's ONGC has lost the giant Kashagan oilfield to the Chinese after Kazakhstan blocked its $5 billion deal to buy US energy major ConocoPhillips' stake in the Caspian Sea oilfield.
