Local lenders including Axis Bank, State Bank of India and Union Bank of India are considering to join the facility, which is among the company’s largest fundraising exercises
Qatar is building an enormous expansion to its LNG export facility, which will start later this decade, and extending its commitment to India will help to lock in a key buyer.
Consolidated net profit stood at Rs 785.73 crore in July-September as against Rs 817.61 crore a year back, according to a company’s stock exchange filing.
Petronet, which operates two liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facilities at Dahej in Gujarat and Kochi in Kerala, is looking to foray into the petrochemicals business, according to the firm's latest annual report.
Petronet plans to make foray into the petrochemical business by investing Rs 12,500 crore in a Propane Dehydrogenation Plant that will convert imported feedstock into propylene, as well as set up a floating LNG import facility at Gopalpur in Odisha at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore, he told reporters here.
The deal, which was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s visit to Houston in September 2019, was billed as one of the largest foreign investments in the US to ship shale gas abroad.
SEBI norms require the winning bidder to make open offers to buy 26 percent stake in Petronet LNG and Indraprastha Gas, in which BPCL is a promoter. This can be avoided if BPCL sells its stake in these companies but that would take months.
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Petronet said its board of directors approved special interim dividend of Rs 5.50 per share for 2019-20 fiscal year.
Petronet’s board had rejected the same deal six months ago because of the changing global gas market dynamics, where the fuel is available in abundance at rock bottom prices.
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The Energy index jumped over 2 percent with HPCL spiking 6 percent followed by BPCL which jumped over 4 percent. The other top movers included IOC, ONGC, GAIL India and Reliance Industries.
Petronet will now continue to provide the storage, receiving and re-gasification services for the above-mentioned contract but will not be the buyer of LNG.
The Indo-Japanese partnership will set up a 2.6-2.7 million tonnes a year floating LNG receipt facility off the island's western coast, bigger than the previously envisaged 1.5-2 million tonnes a year facility.
Foreseeing increased energy demand in years to come, GAIL had entered into long-term contracts for importing US shale gas, which is scheduled for delivery from the beginning of next year.
India's largest LNG importer Petronet has signed an agreement to set up a USD 950 million liquefied natural gas import project in Bangldesh.
Citing pollution issues that were raised during public hearing on the project, the EAC has advised the company to obtain report on compliance status of EC/Consent conditions from the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board and regional office of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Bengaluru.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com shared his reading and outlook on market and specific stocks.
R K Garg, director finance of Petronet, says that as far as Petronet is concerned, our Kochi terminal is likely to be fully completed by March 2013. It would be connected to the phase I pipeline which is being completed by GAIL.
Amit Rustagi, Antique Stock Broking, says that he holds a positive view on Petronet however, we are not positive on GAIL.
The best buys for the day, market analyst SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com, points out on CNBC-TV18, are Petronet and IGL irrespective of the Delhi High Court‘s decision to be issued on May 3.
Buy Godrej Industries on dips, says Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com.
It has a been a choppy week for the market, if this choppiness continues for few more sessions then no traders will be left in the market, cautions Sudarshan Sukhani of S2analytics.com.
Stay away from Gujarat Gas and GSPL, says Niraj Mansingka of Edelweiss Securities.
Buy Indraprastha Gas for long term, says Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com.