The Government of India has accepted several key recommendations made by the Kirit Parikh Committee with respect to the pricing of natural gas produced from the APM fields.
Stocks to Watch: Shares of city gas distributors are likely to be in focus today as they react to government's nod for new pricing regime.
Gail India subsidiary Mahanagar Gas (MGL) on Friday announced a steep reduction in the retail price of compressed natural gas (CNG) by Rs 8/kg and domestic PNG (piped natural gas) by Rs 5/SCM across its licenced area. The move comes on the heels of the Centre revising the pricing methodology of domestically-produced natural gas on Thursday as proposed by the Kirit Parikh committee and following it with the new price announcement earlier in the day. In February, the city gas distributor reduced its CNG price by Rs 2.5/kg. but prices are still around 80 per cent more than those in April last. MGL is pleased to pass the benefit of the source price reduction in domestic gas cost onto its domestic PNG and CNG consumers. Accordingly, the price of CNG is reduced by Rs 8/kg and domestic PNG is down by Rs 5/SCM in and around Mumbai, a late evening statement from the city gas distributor said. The revised retail price of CNG will be Rs 79/kg and that of domestic PNG Rs 49/SCM effective from
The government kept domestic gas prices unchanged at $8.6/mmBtu on a provisional basis from April 2023 to September 2023
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Tailwinds for the industry in the form of decline in gas prices are also near-term positive
This acquisition will enable MGL to expand to newer geographical areas in Maharashtra (Ratnagiri, Latur & Osmanabad) and Karnataka (Chitradurga & Davanagere), thereby, providing new avenues.
The proposed domestic gas pricing formula by Kirit Parikh panel will likely provide headroom to CGDs to reduce prices and improve margins, but this may hurt producers like ONGC, Oil India, experts say
The S&P BSE Oil & Gas index hit a 52-week high of 20,653.57 in intra-day trade on Wednesday
Barring Gujarat Gas, other gas related stocks like Reliance, ONGC, MGL, IGL are poised for the next upside