The company blamed depressed marketing margins on motor fuels and LPG as the main reason for its profitability being impacted over the latest quarter
The National Green Tribunal has imposed a Rs 18.35 crore fine on Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)-Visakh Refinery over violation of environmental norms
State-owned oil marketing companies IOC, BPCL and HPCL may for the first time ever post the second consecutive quarterly loss with a combined loss of Rs 21,270 crore in July-September, on holding petrol and diesel prices below the cost of production. The three state-owned firms -- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), had in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (April-June) posted a combined loss of Rs 18,480 crore due to erosion in the marketing margin on petrol, diesel and domestic LPG. "The three oil marketing companies IOC, BPCL and HPCL remain trapped in the quagmire of weak marketing losses and there is not enough traction in refining margins," ICICI Securities said in a sector report. The three firms are to announce second quarter earnings later this month or in early November. In the first quarter, record refining margins were wiped away by losses booked on not revising petrol and diesel
In a bid to recover past losses the state-run oil companies may not immediately lift the six-month-long freeze on daily pricing of automobile fuel rates despite a nearly 30% decline in prices
According to stock exchange filings by the three fuel retailers, the losses were due to erosion in the marketing margin on petrol, diesel and domestic LPG
During the quarter, HPCL sold 8.83 million tonnes of fuel overall against 7.62 million tonnes a year ago, representing a growth of 15.9%
The company announced final dividend of Rs 22.75 per share, and it also completed its share buyback program on April 20, 2021
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has acquired the balance 50 per cent equity stake in HPCL Shapoorji Energy Private Limited (HSEPL) from SP Ports Private limited company.
Hindpetro has witnessed a strong rebound after forming a base above the support zone of moving averages ribbon on multiple time frames
Company doubles consolidated net profit in third quarter
China is seeing a demand recovery in infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. Countries, like South Korea and Japan, have also placed quotes for importing petroleum products from India amid lockdown
IOC and BPCL to also gain from lower working capital requirement and firm marketing margins, but weak GRMs may limit the upside
Supply side worries, which came all of a sudden, have subsided.
Firm marketing margins add to their fortunes, making them attractive post a sharp 30% correction from early-June highs
Sebi asked HPCL to re-file shareholding pattern to stock exchanges by August 13 for all quarters since Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) acquired government's entire stake in the refiner in January 2018
The decrease in profit is due to sharp decline in crude prices in the month of May and June 2019 leading to inventory losses both at refinery and marketing
M K Surana, chairman and managing director of HPCL, said the Barmer refinery project is on course will be able to commission it as planned in 2022-22
Income from operations rose over 13% to Rs 628.32 bn
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Baa3 rating to the unsecured bonds issuance by HPCL
HPCL has expressed its interest to the govt in acquiring the Mangalore-based company