Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, the country’s largest oil marketing company, has sought shareholder approval to raise up to ₹20,000 crore through a private placement of debentures in 2018-19, said two people aware of the...
Aramco listing plan halted, oil giant disbands advisors – sources
Saudi Arabia has called off both the domestic and international stock listing of state oil giant Aramco, billed as the biggest such deal in history, four senior industry sources said on Wednesday. The financial advisors...
NZ’s Contact Energy to sell LPG business for $177.4 mln
Contact Energy Ltd said on Tuesday it will sell Rockgas Ltd, which holds the company’s LPG business, to an associate of First Gas Ltd for NZ$260 million ($177.35 million) in cash. As a part of the deal, Contact will...
Japanese refiner Idemitsu wins family backing for Showa Shell merger
Japanese oil refiners Idemitsu Kosan and Showa Shell Sekiyu said on Tuesday they had agreed to merge on April 1 next year, after Idemitsu’s founding family dropped its long-standing opposition to the plan. The refiners...
UAE’s ADNOC may sell more of distribution business: sources
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is considering selling another 10 percent stake in its fuel distribution business, which listed in an initial public offering last year, but the timing is uncertain, three sources familiar...
Japan’s Idemitsu says no oil refineries will close in touted merger
Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan (5019.T) does not expect to close any domestic oil refineries as part of its long-delayed merger with smaller rival Showa Shell Sekiyu (5002.T) even as local demand for oil continues to fall. That...
Kuwait Petroleum International in talks to buy 24% in Bina refinery
Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) is in talks to buy 24 per cent of the Bina joint venture refinery in Madhya Pradesh, two Indian and two foreign sources said, as the West Asia nation wants to increase its South...
IOC to buy 4% stake in LanzaTech
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Thursday said it will buy a 4% stake in bio-based gas fermentation technology firm LanzaTech New Zealand for $20 million. Besides approving the stake buying, the Board of the...
TPG Capital, Blackstone vie for Kirloskar Oil Engines
Global private equity funds Blackstone Group Lp and TPG Capital are in separate discussions to acquire a controlling stake in Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd, two people aware of the development said. The deal is expected to...
BPCL to participate in insolvency process for Nagarjuna Oil corp
State run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) on Tuesday said it will participate in the insolvency process for Nagarjuna Oil Corporation at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). ” The Board of BPCL in its...
UK officials told that Aramco IPO unlikely until 2019: FT
British officials have been informed by their Saudi counterparts that oil giant Saudi Aramco’s IPO-ARMO.SE initial public offering is likely to be delayed until 2019, the Financial Times reported. The Saudi government...
Debt-laden Videocon Industries to sell off stakes in Brazil oil blocks
Videocon Industries Ltd plans to raise as much as Rs30,000 crore by selling its stakes in oil blocks in Brazil, as part of the debt-laden company’s plan to repay bank loans. “We will repay banks in the next 2-3 months,”...