The government has allowed Reliance Industries Ltd and Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd to sell kerosene outside the public distribution system, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Thursday.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp plans to invest over Rs 130,000 crore (Rs 1300 billion) during 11th Plan Period (2007-12) in domestic oil and gas hunt, overseas acquisition and expansion of Mangalore refinery.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, India's largest oil producer, has proposed an investment of Rs 7967 crore (Rs 79.67 billion) in setting up a 7.5 million tonnes refinery at the site of recent oil find in Rajasthan.\n\n
The government on Wednesday allowed Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, a subsidiary of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, to set up 500 petrol stations
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Friday said the Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd would make profits during the current fiscal if the Karnataka government considered its request of correcting anomalies in duties and taxes.
State-owned exploration firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will begin retailing petrol and diesel from its own petrol stations by the year end, company chairman and managing director Subir Raha said on Thursday.
ONGC is weighing the possibility of merging Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd with itself even as it has laid out capex plans of over Rs 500 crore for the refinery, including product upgrade to meet the Euro III norms.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will set up a specialised trading desk in India to market crude oil received from investments in oil fields abroad and surplus petroleum products from subsidiary Mangalore Refinery Petrochemicals Ltd.
Essar Oil on Tuesday said it will set up 50 petrol stations before the end of this fiscal.
World's third largest oil firm Royal Dutch/Shell will source petrol and diesel from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd for its upcoming 2000 petrol stations in the country.
ONGC will submit a proposal to the Union government for acquiring Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd's entire 16.97% stake in Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd at Rs 37.75 per share even though HPCL is not keen to divest its holding.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation plans to invest around Rs 750 crore (Rs 7.50 billion) on upgrading the product quality and debottlenecking in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd.
State-run Indian Oil Corporation will import 31.41 million tonnes of crude oil this fiscal, 53 per cent of which would be on term contracts.\n\n\n\n
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said on Thursday that Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will not merge with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is likely to buy 16.95 per cent stake of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd for about Rs 550 crore.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation may buyback within five years the 21 per cent equity lenders will have in the loss-making Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd after financial restructuring.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd on Wednesday prepaid Rs 2,380 crore (Rs 23.80 billion) of rupee loans and said it plans to prepay the remaining Rs 257 crore (Rs 2.57 billion) of debt by January 19.
The Industrial Development Bank of India has sold 7.56 crore shares (Rs 10 each) of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd to ONGC Ltd for about Rs 81.5 crore (Rs 815 million).
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will buy 20.9 per cent stake held by banks and financial institutions in its subsidiary Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd for around Rs 370 crore.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is likely to buy 16.9 per cent stake of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation in loss-making Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals for close to Rs 550 crore.\n\n
MRPL had its fuel taps running on Monday as union petroleum minister on Saturday said that ONGC will take a controlling 51% stake in the petrochemicals company.
Decks have been cleared for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to take over the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd with Public Investment Board on Wednesday giving consent to the Rs 659.4 crore (Rs 6.59 billion) proposal.
A shortfall in LPG supply from Aramco has led to huge booking backlog across states. To meet the backlog, India has asked Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for two additional cargos of LPG, but that may take another 10 days to reach.
Tata Sons stake in the group's listed companies is now worth Rs 9.28 trillion, up 34.4 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. In comparison, the Government of India's stake in listed central public sector undertakings (PSUs) is currently valued at Rs 9.24 trillion
The merged entity will become the third biggest refiner behind IOC and Reliance Industries.
Business opportunity after phased diesel deregulation the main trigger.
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