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BPCL signs crude import deals with UAE, Kuwait

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : May 16 2014 | 4:54 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp has signed a deal with ADNOC, national oil company of the United Arab Emirates, to import 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil in 2014/15, a company statement said on Friday.

State-run BPCL, along with its subsidiary Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL), has also signed a deal with Kuwati Petroleum Company to buy 84,000 bpd oil in the fiscal year to March 31, 2015, it said.

BPCL operates a 240,000 bpd Mumbai refinery in western India and a 190,000 bpd Kochi refinery in the south of the country.

It also has majority stakes in the 60,000 bpd Numaligarh refinery in northeast India.

BORL, majority owned by BPCL, operates a 120,000 bpd Bina refinery in central India. Oman Oil Company has a minority stake in BORL.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; editing by Mayank Bhardwaj)

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First Published: May 16 2014 | 4:29 PM IST

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