All the sectoral indices settled in the negative territory today with technology and public sector banks being the worst hit. The IT and PSB indices dropped nearly 3% and 2%, respectively
Eight months after its headhunter failed to find any suitable candidate for top job at ONGC, the government will deploy a sparingly used committee approach to find a new chairman and managing director of India's top oil and gas producer. Most board level appointments at public sector companies are done on the basis of recommendations of the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) but the government headhunter had in June last year did not find anyone suitable from nine candidates, including two serving IAS officers, to head Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). "Keeping in view the strategic importance and vision for the company and its future, the Board did not recommend any candidate and decided to constitute a Search Committee," PESB had said in a notice after interviews on June 5, 2021. The panel was constituted after eight months of that recommendation on February 4. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved selection to the post of Chairman & Managing .
ONGC has planned a capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 29,950 crore in FY23, marginally lower than the revised estimated expenditure of Rs 30,500 crore in the current fiscal
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Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday said that its wholly-owned arm has bagged a large offshore contract from ONGC for the seventh development phase of their pipeline replacement projects. This contract, awarded through international competitive bidding, reposes ONGC's confidence in L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) capabilities and commitment to support ONGC in strategic oil and gas sector, and contribute to country's energy security. "LTHE, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has secured a contract from...ONGC for the seventh development phase of their Pipeline Replacement Projects (PRP-VII)," the company said in a statement. The contract involves engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of 350 km subsea pipelines and related offshore works spread out across country's west coast offshore fields of ONGC. Organised under offshore, onshore, construction services, modular fabrication and advanced value engineering & technology ...
Higher oil realisations and modest production would spur up ONGC's earnings before interest tax and depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by 1.8x in the October-December quarter.
The two major OMCs were exhibiting a mixed trend on the charts, with HPCL reflecting positivity, while BPCL struggling to hold ground.
India's production of crude oil, which is refined to produce petrol and diesel, continued to decline in December 2021
Rising share of listed public sector companies don't have a single woman director
The 26 per cent stake that IL&FS had in OTPC has been valuated at Rs 1,227 crore for this transaction
She was the senior-most ONGC Board Member after Kumar's retirement
India's most valuable public sector firm ONGC became a company with no chairman and MD after incumbent Subhash Kumar superannuated and the government did not immediately name his replacement
CAG pulled up ONGC for flaring of high-pressure gas valued at Rs 816.08 crore in the Mumbai High Field during 2012-13 to 2019-20
Consumer Durable stocks are also likely to be in focus on Monday after the company have hiked prices for the third time this year
ONGC holds 49.36 per cent stake in the 1.1 million tons per annum capacity OPaL, GAIL has 49.21 per cent and GSPC the remaining 1.43 per cent.
Assam CM had earlier this year written to PM Modi requesting him to consider transferring all assets of ONGC in the northeastern region to Oil India Ltd
India's top oil and gas producer ONGC is seeking a minimum price of USD 3.5-4 for the natural gas it plans to produce from coal seams in Jharkhand and a field in Tripura. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has issued separate tenders seeking buyers of 0.02 million standard cubic meters per day of coal-bed methane (CBM) it plans to produce from the North Karanpura CBM block in Jharkhand and 0.1 mmscmd from Khubal field in Tripura. For the CBM gas, it asked buyers to quote a percentage equal to or higher than 8 per cent of Dated Brent Price, according to the tender document. "Floor price shall be the higher of the USD 4 per million British thermal unit or Domestic Gas Price notified by (government's) PPAC for the period," it said. The PPAC notified price for the six months beginning October 1 for gas from fields given to ONGC and Oil India Ltd on a nomination basis is USD 2.9 per mmBtu. ONGC has been complaining that the government-notified gas price is way below cost and the ..
The government has from time to time advised ONGC to have partnerships in its major fields including Mumbai High and Bassein & Satellite assets off the west coast with a view to raising output and technology infusion, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said national oil companies are free to choose field-specific models including farm out (giving stake) and joint venture/technical service model for enhancing production from their matured and aging fields. The government, he said, is keen that the domestic production of oil and gas should increase exponentially. "ONGC being the leading organisation has to play an important role," he said. "The government from time to time advises ONGC to increase exploration and production by having partnerships for its major fields including Mumbai High and Bassein & Satellite asset with the scope of enhancing recovery and ...
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Sudan owes ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) a total of USD 560 million in unpaid oil dues and cost of pipeline built by the Indian firm built for the African nation, the government told Parliament on Monday. OVL, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), had a 25 per cent stake in Block 2A&4 in Sudan. Sudan had since 2011 not paid OVL and partners for oil it bought from the block. "The amount due to OVL on account of over lifting of crude oil under the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) is USD 339.75 million and under sale and purchase agreement (SPA) is USD 90.94 million, which amounts to USD 430.69 million in total," Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha. OVL had also not been paid for the 741-km-long pipeline it built from Khartoum to Port Sudan. The company initiated arbitration proceedings against the Government of Sudan to recover the dues and has terminated the ..