ONGC to lose Rs 14,000 crore in Cairn's oilfields

26 May 2009 Evaluate

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will lose about Rs 14,000 crore, if it is forced to continue in Cairn India's prolific Rajasthan oilfields as it will have to pay for all of the government levies.

 

The government has appointed ONGC as the licencee for Cairn's RJ-ON-09/1 block, making it liable to pay royalty to the state government and cess to the Centre on entire oil and gas production irrespective of whether it holds any stake in the field or not. As a consolation, the state-run firm was given a choice of taking 30 per cent stake once oil or gas was found. ONGC took 30 per cent in Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya fields in the block but it now wants to exit as the obligation to pay all the levies had made the project economically unviable.

 

If crude oil is sold at USD 60 a barrel price, ONGC will have to pay USD 7.44 in cess (at the rate of Rs 2,500 per tonne), USD 36 in royalty (for its and Cairn's share) and USD 10.34 per barrel in profit petroleum, leaving USD 6.22. Out of this, ONGC will have to pay for operating and capital expenditure and sales tax on its 30 per cent share. At USD 70 a barrel sale price, the realisation after paying for cess, royalty and profit petroleum was just USD 5.78. The project offers negative return and over the life of the field and ONGC will end up losing Rs 14,000 crore.

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