Import dependency, currency fluctuation, and competition from crude suppliers turning into petroleum producers have prodded domestic oil producers to innovate and be cost efficient.
Currently, India has the third largest refinery capacity in the world and will soon become the third largest consumer of petroleum products. Lalit Kumar Gupta, MD & CEO- Essar believes that the rising demand will lead to huge opportunities for the petroleum industry.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18's Yash Jain at their Vadinar facility, Lalit Kumar Gupta says the deal with the Russian energy giant should be sealed over the next 2 months. The promoters are already in talks with other interested parties to sell an extra 25 percent.
The project will be funded through internal accruals only as company generates USD 1 billion EBIDTA and saves good amount of money every year, Gupta said.
The government on Saturday has fixed new gas price at USD 5.61 per million british thermal unit (MMBTU), increased from USD 4.2 per mmbtu earlier, reports CNBC-TV18. It also reduced diesel price by Rs 3.37 per litre following decline in global oil prices in last few days.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Lalit Kumar Gupta, CEO of Essar Oil, spoke about a host of issues, including the possibility of complete diesel deregulation in 2014, the company‘s refining margins and its expansion plans.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Lalit Kumar Gupta, chief executive officer, Essar Oil, says the FCCBs will be converted at an average price of Rs 130 and Rs 153 in two different tranches.
JSW Energy reported a loss of Rs109 crore in the July-Sept quarter compared to a net profit of Rs 84 crore which the company has posted in the year-ago period, but the company hopes to return to profits in the current quarter as it expects coal prices to fall and tariffs to rise.