MRPL has time till August 21 to meet minimum public shareholding norms; merger process could take much longer
'Natural gas is no more a profitable business because cost of production is very significantly higher than current gas prices,' say ONGC official
The plan to place a part of the oil price burden on ONGC has been doing the rounds for some time
The oil major's total expense for the quarter declined by 6% to Rs 19.46 billion
Net realisation for the quarter stood at $66.71 a barrel, compared to $54.91 during the fourth quarter of 2016-17
ONGC's investors saw their holding values lag the broader markets during 2014-2016 as global crude oil prices fell.
Output from the Deendayal natural gas block off India's east coast will reach as high as a million standard cubic metres per day by January 2019
The stock dipped 5% to Rs 166, extending its previous day's nearly 5% fall on BSE, trading at its lowest level since September 26, 2017.
ONGC produced 23.484 bn cubic meters of gas in 2017-18 as against 22.088 bn cubic meters in 2016-17, which is the highest gas output by ONGC in five years
GAIL had in 2008 picked up 19% stake in ONGC Petro-additions Ltd (Opal)
However, ONGC's resistance to the inclusion of Bassein, India's largest gas field, remains a hurdle
The government last September proposed selling a 60 percent stake in ONGC's producing fields to foreign companies to ramp up domestic oil and gas output
The stock was trading 2% higher at Rs 191, extending its Tuesday's 1.1% gain on the BSE, after the company announced that its board will meet on February 27 to consider the second interim dividend.
The stock was up 3% at Rs 195 on BSE in early morning trade after reported a strong operating performance led by higher gas volume and oil realization for the quarter ended December 2017.
The company's total crude oil production dropped by 1% from 6.4 million tonnes during the third quarter last year to 6.3 MT this year
ndian Oil climbed as much as 2.2% to trade 0.9% higher at Rs 405
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) on Tuesday said it won a $327 contract from India's Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd to build offshore infrastructure on the west coast of the Asian country.
The stock was up 4% to Rs 208, extending its Monday's 3% gain on BSE, trading close to its 52-week high of Rs 212 touched on January 31, 2017 in intra-day trade.
ONGC will pay the government Rs 473.97 per share, a premium of over 10 per cent of the 60-days weighted average of HPCL's scrip
Employees of the oil major are protesting the government's policy of awarding oil and gas blocks it owns to private operators