D K Sarraf replaces Vasudeva, who turned 60 on Tuesday and is due to superannuate on Friday.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has offered Brazilian oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) a stake in its east coast blocks in exchange for getting a 15 per cent stake in a Brazilian exploration acerage.
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With Oil Ministry continuing to be opposed to selling IOC shares on stock market like other disinvestments, an Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram today decided to sell 24.27 crore shares or 10 per cent government stake in the company to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd.
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and private sector Hindustan Oil Exploration Company will pick up British oil and gas firm BG Group's stake in a Gujarat offshore exploration block.
This is for the second consecutive time that ONGC has been bestowed this prestigious honour.
Vasudeva, 57, is currently director (offshore) in ONGC.
Lower crude oil costs and higher marketing margins are expected to raise the fortunes of oil marketing companies (OMCs) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023-24 (FY24), while city gas distribution (CGD) companies could also benefit from lower spot prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG). However, in a break from the past, growth trends are expected to diverge for various segments within the broad energy sector. Analysts expect the earnings from gas production to go down for upstream national oil and gas companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India (OIL) due to the introduction of the new domestic gas pricing regime on April 1. After showing steep losses over the first half of 2022-23 (FY23), the marketing margins of OMCs have steadily recovered in four months.
RIL had drawn 58.67 bcm of gas from four wells.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is keen to acquire Canadian oil and gas firm First Calgary Petroleums Ltd, which owns high potential oil and gas blocks in Algeria.
An injury-time goal by Yusif Yakubu helped Mumbai FC earn a draw against ONGC at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.
ONGC and RIL bill their consumers like fertiliser plants and power stations in US dollar.
ONGC, which partners Cairn India in its crown jewel oilfields in Rajasthan and seven other properties in India, has waived its preemption rights over the deal and given a no-objection certificate, sources privy to the development said.
Russian oil supplies to India will continue to flow unhindered and suppliers will come up with ways to sidestep secondary sanctions, a Russian official told Business Standard.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Monday said the anomaly in allotment of shares in the just-concluded public offering of government's 10 per cent shareholding has been rectified and correct allotments made.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd entered into a crude oil supply agreement with ONGC for supply of indigenous crude for its refineries.
The FinMin will pay Rs 5,324 crore (Rs 53.24 billion) for Jan-March.
India on Thursday described as 'matter of serious concern' reports that said some members of the Indian community in Canadian province of British Columbia received 'extortion calls'.
India is the world's fourth-biggest oil consumer, importing four-fifths of its needs as its own output shrinks.
India's largest oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corp will launch its new logo on August 14, the ONGC Day.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp is in talks to buyout US oil and gas producer Pogo Producing Co's stake in an offshore Thailand field.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has offered a job to Unmukt Chand, captain of Under-19 World Cup-winning team. 'We have today felicitated the star cricketer and decided to make a job offer,' ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Vasudeva said.
ONGC Chairman R S Sharma, who was in Kutch in Gujarat recently to inaugurate the group's maiden foray into wind energy, said, "We are in talks with three to four players for our solar energy project." He said that various pilot projects were going on at the Energy Centre, which included geo-thermal energy. The Energy Centre was set up last year for carrying out research in alternate energy sources beyond oil and coal.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said on Monday that it would set up 1,100 retail outlets for marketing motor spirit and high speed diesel.
After weeks of delay, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy has agreed to clear appointment of two independent directors on board of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), a requirement that was must for the state-owned firm's public offering next month.
Global consulting firm Hay Group and Fortune Global Survey 2007 have adjudged state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation as one of the World's Most Admired Companies.
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) may seek management control of the giant Rajasthan oilfields in lieu of allowing UK's Cairn Energy to sell majority stake in its Indian arm that now operates the field, to a non-oil firm, Vedanta Resources for $8.48 billion.
FMCG major ITC on Tuesday surpassed state-run energy giant ONGC to become the county's second most valued firm in terms of market valuation, with TCS at the top of chart.
Pune FC rode on to Shanmugham Venkatesh's 71st minute strike to win their I-League season-opening match against ONGC FC 3-2, after surviving 15-odd anxious minutes when they were reduced to ten men, at the Balewadi Sports Complex stadium in Pune, on Monday.
Tech major's shareholders will receive total dividend of Rs 15,474 crore in FY15
ONGC's stunning form at home continued as they beat former champions Salgaocar by a solitary goal in a Round 16 I-League match at Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.
India's corporate sector is likely to report a slowdown in revenue growth and earnings for the July-September 2023 period (Q2FY24), according to earnings estimates by brokerages, after the country's top listed companies posted higher than expected profits for the first quarter. The combined net profit of Nifty50 companies, based on brokerage estimates, is expected to have grown by 19.6 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 1.75 trillion in Q2FY24 - a sharp deceleration from 37.6 per cent Y-o-Y growth in the combined earnings of index companies in the April-June 2023 period. According to estimates, the combined earnings in the second quarter would be down 8.8 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) basis and the lowest in the past three quarters.
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.
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