HPCL surges on plan to sign crude import agreement with SOCAR

10 May 2012 Evaluate

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is currently trading at Rs. 303.90, up by 3.15 points or 1.05 % from its previous closing of Rs. 300.75 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 302.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 308.00 and Rs. 302.00 respectively. So far 15861 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 419.50 on 27-Jun-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 238.75 on 06-Jan-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 311.75 and Rs. 294.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 10328.13 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 51.11% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 35.21% and 13.68% respectively. 

The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is planning to sign crude import agreement with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). As per the deal, Azerbaijani company is likely to supply crude and the proposal will be taken up with the HPCL Board.

The company’s move to import crude from the CIS nation indicates the oil PSU’s intention to diversify its sources of crude oil imports and to reduce its dependence on any particular region, particularly in the wake of sanctions imposed by the US and EU on Iran. The initial quantities from Azerbaijan will be in the range of 0.5 million tonnes, adding that if everything goes well the quantity can be increased.

The Azeri crude is also economical for the company. Another state-owned oil company, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has also started importing from Azerbaijan from January.

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