Essar Oil crawls higher on commencing production of VG bitumen from Vadinar Refinery

27 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Essar Oil is currently trading at Rs 62.80, up by 0.50 points or 0.80% from its previous closing of Rs 62.30 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 62.35 and has touched a high and low of Rs 64.20 and Rs 61.80 respectively. So far 1449546 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 147.80 on 11-Apr-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs 44.80 on 18-Jan-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 64.50 and Rs 51.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 8576.39 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 15.96% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 4.22% and 5.83% respectively.

Essar Oil has commenced the production of viscosity grade (VG) bitumen from its Vadinar Refinery. Viscosity grade bitumen conforms to the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) standard IS 73:2006, which has been widely adopted by the Ministry of Road Transport and highways (MoRTH), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal (DGSD) and all the government Public Work Department (PWDs).

MoRTH, in consultation with BIS, has revised bitumen specifications from penetration grade to viscosity grade in a bid to enhance the durability of Indian roads. The move was aimed at overcoming the limitations of penetration grade bitumen that was in vogue earlier.

Further, the company has successfully produced superior performance VG grade bitumen (VG 30) by processing a judicious mix of crudes and blending components. The Vadinar Refinery is equipped with a state of the art laboratory, which is dedicated to developing superior grade petro products that find acceptance in both domestic and international markets.

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