The tax on crude oil produced by firms such as state-owned ONGC was reduced to Rs 4,900 per tonne from Rs 10,200 per tonne w.e.f December 02, 2022.
The proposed domestic gas pricing formula by Kirit Parikh panel will likely provide headroom to CGDs to reduce prices and improve margins, but this may hurt producers like ONGC, Oil India, experts say
The committee has also recommended a ceiling price of $6.5 per mmBtu, which may be increased yearly by about $0.5 per mmBtu till 2027, Parikh said
ONGC reported standalone earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of Rs 18,810 crore
State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) on Thursday reported its highest quarterly net profit of Rs 1,720 crore for July-September despite a newly introduced windfall profit tax taking away some of the gains accruing from a surge in oil prices. Net profit of Rs 1,720.53 crore in the second quarter of current fiscal compared with Rs 504.46 crore net profit a year back, the company said in a statement. Turnover jumped to Rs 6,670.81 crore from Rs 3,678.76 crore in July-September 2021 on the back of higher oil and gas prices. The company, which is the nation's second largest state oil producer, earned an average of USD 100.59 for every barrel of oil it produced and sold in Q2 as compared to USD 71.35 per barrel earnings last year. Oil production was almost unchanged at 0.79 million tonnes while gas output inched up marginally to 0.823 billion cubic metres. The record profit was despite the government levying a new tax from July on domestically-produced crude oil to take away some of the gain
OIL produces heavy oil and natural gas at Tanot Dandewala and Baghewala in the state, and is exploring PML for five more locations in the state.
Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) owns a 75 per cent stake in the block and the rest 25 per cent is held by OVL, it will raise its stake in the block
Analysts at Antique stock Broking said every $1/mmbtu rise in gas prices is expected to lift ONGC, and Oil India's standalone Ebitda by 4 per cent, and 7 per cent, respectively
The government has hiked prices of domestically produced natural gas for the October 2022-March 2023 period
Oil India Ltd is expecting a "healthy profit" for the quarter ending Sept. 30 despite a levy of windfall tax on crude sales, Harish Madhav, head of finance at India's state-run oil producer, said
Gas exchange's proposal also dovetails with plans by New Delhi to appoint a panel under Kirit Parikh to review India's gas pricing formulae
ONGC has signed 6 contracts for Discovered Small Fields (DSFs) under the DSF-III bid round. Contracts were signed for 3 offshore fields each in the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal
Stocks to watch today: LIC, ONGC, HAL will report their June quarter results (Q1FY23) on Friday, August 12; NMDC hikes prices of lump iron ore by Rs 200 a tonne and fines by Rs 100 a tone.
The earnings rose as the company got $112.72 per barrel price for crude oil it sold in the quarter as opposed to $67.15 a barrel rate realised in the same period last year
Move to benefit RIL, ONGC and Oil India
While the underneath trend seems positive, Reliance, ONGC and Oil India need to sustain above the major support levels for further gains.
Centre, on Wednesday, eliminated a levy on gasoline exports and cut windfall taxes on other fuels less than three weeks after they were imposed
Oil India was down 8 per cent at Rs 176, while ONGC shed 6 per cent in traes on Wednesday.
The bulk of the earnings reduction over the past two months for the Nifty-50 index, according to KIE, has come from the government's decision to levy new taxes
Brokerage firm Motilal Oswal reiterates its BUY rating with revised target prices of Rs 171 and Rs 364 for ONGC and Oil India, respectively.