An Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram had on February 28 decided to sell the stake in IOC, the nation's largest oil firm, at a discount of 10 per cent through an off-market deal.
The Rs 31,000-crore refinery and petrochemical plant being planned by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh is likely to have a new partner -- the Bangalore-based GMR group. GMR is the latest to join the long line of suitors, including the Hinduja group, Reliance Industries and Essar Oil, for the refinery.
The windfall taxes on domestic crude oil production and fuel exports will generate close to $12 billion (Rs 94,800 crore) for the government in the remainder of the current fiscal while trimming profits of firms such as Reliance Industries Ltd and ONGC, Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday. On July 1, the government imposed windfall gain taxes on the export of petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), and on the domestic production of crude oil. It has also mandated exporters to meet the requirements of the domestic market first.
The revised sale documents for public float of 10 per cent government equity in state-owned oil company Oil and Natural Gas Corp is expected to be filed with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India, next week.
The state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has agreed to pay over Rs 3,914.39 crore (Rs 39.14 billion) for hiring an ultra deep-sea drill rig from Reliance Industries for four years, a top company official said.
As part of its efforts to make Indian firms globally competitive, the government has allowed refiner Indian Oil Corporation and exploration firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to set up oil trading and risk management desk.\n\n\n\n
For India's upstream sector that has seen no new discovery coming into production.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp will pay Rs 1025 crore (Rs 10.25 billion) to the state-run oil retailing firms for the losses they suffered during the second quarter for selling LPG and kerosene below the cost.
India's import of discounted crude oil from the Russian Federation hit an all-time high in May, with state-run refiner IOC becoming the biggest importer of Russian oil, relegating Reliance Industries to the second place, trade and shipping data show. Indian imports of Russian oil, accounting for over 46 per cent of its total crude oil imports in May, have grown after strong backing by New Delhi, with state-run refiners powering imports of discounted crude. Discounts on Russian oil average around $10 a barrel, said an official from a state-run refiner. IOC's May purchases rose by 64 per cent on the month, and accounted for half of its total crude imports last month, ship tracking data show.
ONGC and Reliance on Tuesday signed licence agreements for oil and gas blocks awarded to them by the government under the third round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy.
Draft prospectus for the upcoming mega public offers in public sector oil companies -- Gas Authority of India and Oil and Natural Gas Corp -- are expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India
To push ahead with the divestment of Oil and Natural Gas Corp and Gas Authority of India Ltd, the government is likely to appoint as many as five advisors for the public offer of shares of the two companies.
ONGC has asked the government to enhance the financial powers of its foreign investment arm, ONGC Videsh Ltd, to $100 million from about $45 million to counter the challenge from Chinese and Malaysian firms in acquiring oil properties abroad.
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.
The order came on an application of a Baroda resident S K Jain who was denied an appropriate response in respect of a query within the stipulated time limit.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corp has asked the government to review the scheme of sharing of liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene subsidy with upstream firms and said the scheme should not be extended beyond March 2004.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has proposed to set up a joint venture company outside the government purview, for retailing petrol and diesel.
Notwithstanding the windfall tax placing a cap on profits, oil and gas producers like Oil India (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) have done well in the October-December quarter (third quarter, or Q3) of 2022-23 (FY23). ONGC faces the drag of poor results from its subsidiary Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, and in comparative terms, OIL is better off. Standalone net sales in Q3FY23 stood at Rs 5,900 crore - up 57 per cent year-on-year (YoY), up 2 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ).
The Indian energy major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has evinced interest in exploring gas for Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal, to help the country utilise its vast untapped off-shore potential.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has struck a large gas field in the Krishna-Godavari basin in Bay of Bengal, home for the gigantic gas find of Reliance Industries Ltd.
The subsidy burden of upstream oil companies, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd, have risen 42 per cent in a single quarter.
The Indian Oil Corporation and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's overseas arm ONGC Videsh Ltd will mount a joint bid for acquiring the South Ghawar gas field, one of the largest onshore fields in Saudi Arabia.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is in talks with Royal Dutch/Shell to acquire half of the Anglo-Dutch giant's 50 per cent stake in an oilfield in Angola.
As per the current market price, the government is expected to fetch Rs 5,300 crore (Rs 53 billion) by selling 10 per cent equity or 24.27 crore (242.7 million) shares at discounted price to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora reviewed the impact of floods in Gujarat on oil installations and supply of products on Thursday.
The government may soon raise prices of natural gas produced by state-owned ONGC and Oil India by as much as 30 per cent, Petroleum Secretary S Sundareshan said on Monday.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, which had tapped 6 billion tonnes of oil and natural gas in the past 45 years, is planning to double the production in the next 20 years, a top executive of the corporation said on Friday.
Brokerages expect Nifty50 companies to have cumulatively witnessed strong double-digit growth in their earnings in the first quarter of FY24 (Q1FY24). This growth in the combined earnings is expected to have been driven by banks, automakers, and oil & gas companies. Other sectors may report muted profit growth.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corp will finalise this month the purchase of a 25 per cent stake in Sudan's controversial oil project from Canada's Talisman Energy Inc, officials said.
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
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh allowed ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, to invest $167.84 million in taking 8.35 per cent stake in the pipeline.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is facing as many as 15 complaints from investors, but the grievances pertained to the government's offer to sell 10 per cent equity in the company.
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.
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