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,”...
Philadelphia Energy Solutions to file for bankruptcy – memo
Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC, the owner of the largest U.S. East Coast oil refining complex, announced to its employees on Sunday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to an internal memo...
Cummins in talks to acquire Kirloskar Oil Engines in $500 million deal
The Cummins Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of engines and power generation products, is in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd in a deal valued at over $500 million through...
Kirloskar group in talks for majority stake sale in diesel generator unit
The Kirloskar group is in talks to sell a controlling stake in Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd, its diesel generator manufacturing business, two people aware of the plan said. Kirloskar Oil Engines, one of the leading...
Buyers eye Sinopec’s Argentina oil assets in sale worth up to $1 billion: sources
Advisers to China’s Sinopec have offered its oil assets in Argentina to about a dozen potential suitors, three sources familiar with the matter said, as losses and labor headaches prompt Asia’s largest refiner to pull...
No plans to sell Stanlow refinery in UK, says Essar
After selling its domestic oil business to Russia’s Rosneft and partners for $12.9 billion, Essar Group has no plans to sell its Stanlow refinery in the UK, a senior company official said. Essar Oil (UK) Ltd Chief...
Ruchi Soya opts for separate business units via de-merger
Edible oil major Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd announced on Wednesday that it would demerge its business to make separate entities of its edible oil refining brand and other businesses comprising palm plantations, oil...
PwC, EY, ICICI Securities, 2 others in race to become HPCL deal advisor
PwC, JM Financial and ICICI Securities are among the five consultants vying to become transaction adviser to the government’s over Rs 33,000 crore stake sale in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to Oil &...
