This will help it more than double output from its prime KG basin block
This is the biggest discovery for the oil behemoth in the state after a gap of three years
Central government will pay 2 state-owned firms' outstanding liabilities of Rs 14,698 crore directly
ONGC doesn't have enough cash for this; will need to then raise it or sell holding in IOC, GAIL
Acquisition of a strong downstream business with stable cash flows should boost overall valuations
Merged entity to be the third largest in India after IOC & RIL
India plans to create a giant oil company by combining state-owned firms
ONGC to acquire 80% of GSPC's stake in KG-basin natural gas block
Backed by state guarantee, to get $6-6.9 bn for K-G gas; development of Ratna fields also approved
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) today said it will invest Rs 7,327 crore in developing four oil and gas projects, including the Ratna field which it had got back from Essar Oil. The Board of ONGC approved an investment of Rs 4,104.63 crore in development of R-Series fields including revival of R-12 (Ratna), the company said in a statement. Ratna field was discovered in 1979 and put on production in 1983 which continued till 1994. The Government awarded the contract for development of Ratna and R-Series fields in 1996 to a consortium led by Essar Oil. However, the contract could not be signed due to various issues and in March last year the Government reverted the Ratna & R-Series fields to ONGC for development and production. Out of 37 structures in the Ratna-R Series field, which is located about 130-km offf Mumbai, 8 structures were found to be oil bearing and only one R-12 (Ratna) field was under exploitation during the period 1982 to 1994. The ...
Presently, OVL has a 16 per cent stake in Offshore Area 1
OPaL operates a cracker which has a capacity of 1.1 million tonnes of ethylene a year
Moody's said investments will lead to upfront increase in leverage and involve long gestation period
Govt recently slapped a $1.55-billion penalty on Reliance Industries and its partners BP and Niko
Surge is due a high exceptional cost item in the comparative quarter last financial year
It will produce 10 oil, gas discoveries in Bay of Bengal block, which is next to Reliance Industries
The deal size was initially expected to be $2-2.5 bn but ONGC was successful in bringing it down to $995 mn
The company has fixed February 08, 2017 as the record date for the purpose of payment of second interim dividend, if any
Chalks out integrated development of GSPC and its own KG assets
The Gujarat government-owned company has been under the lens of the CAG for incurring this huge debt