ONGC fell 0.63% to Rs 174.70 at 09:21 IST on BSE after net profit declined 6.14% to Rs 4340.18 crore on 26.81% rise in total income to Rs 26233.56 crore in Q4 March 2017 over Q4 March 2016.
The result was announced after market hours on Friday, 26 May 2017.Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 39.63 points or 0.13% at 30,988.58
On the BSE, 38,000 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 6 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 175.55 and a low of Rs 173.30 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 212 on 31 January 2017 and a 52-week low of Rs 138.10 on 24 June 2016.
The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 6416.62 crore. Face value per share is Rs 5.
ONGC's net profit rose 10.9% to Rs 17899.97 crore on 0.83% rise in total income to Rs 85455.85 crore in the year ended 31 March 2017 (FY 2017) over FY 2016.
On a consolidated basis, ONGC's net profit rose 63.94% to Rs 21478.34 crore on 5.57% rise in total income to Rs 152731.39 crore in FY 2017 over FY 2016.
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In exploration segment, ONGC has achieved 35% rise in exploration performance in FY 2017 by making 23 discoveries, as against 17 discoveries in FY 2016. Of the 23 discoveries, 13 discoveries were made in onland (Nominaton-12, NELP-1) and 10 in offshore. (Nomination-7, NELP- 3). Out of 13 onland discoveries, 9 were monetized during the year itself having a potential of 0.218 million metric ton of oil equivalent (MMTOE) per year.
ONGC's overseas arm, ONGC Videsh production of oil and gas rose 44% to 12.803 MMTOE in FY 2017 over FY 2016. This increase in production was mainly contributed from the newly acquired stake in Vankor field in Russia which contributed 4.545 MMTOE during the year.
ONGC Videsh completed acquisition of 15% stake in Vankor Field located in East Siberia of the Russian Federation on 31 May 2016 from Rosneft Oil Company and subsequently acquired additional 11% stake on 28 October 2016. Vankor is Russia's second largest field by production and accounts for 4% of Russian production. The daily production from the field is around 400,000 barrels per day of crude oil (bopd) and 19.76 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day (MMSCMD) of gas on an average and ONGC Videsh's share of daily production from Vankor (considering both the acquisitions) will be about 104,000 bopd of crude oil, and 5.138 MMSCMD of gas, totaling to 6.936 MMTOE per annum.
ONGC is India's largest oil and gas exploration firm by sales. The Government of India held 68.07% stake in ONGC as per the shareholding pattern as on 31 March 2017.
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