The meeting of the board of Directors of Reliance Industries and Reliance Petroleum will be held on
The merger of stand-alone refinery Reliance Petroleum (RPL) with integrated oil, gas and petrochemicals major Reliance Industries (RIL) would create global-scale operations. It would lead to synergies and tax savings. The world over, integrated oil and gas majors command higher value, by way of reducing earnings volatility with operational presence across the value chain, both upstream and downstream.
Given the economic downturn abroad and the subdued demand conditions for oil products, it makes perfect sense for RPL to merge operations with RIL. In a difficult market, RPL may not have been profitable in the foreseeable future. Yet the merger timing seems just right.
RIL would save on transfer pricing on use of about-to-begin gas production from the Krishna-Godavari basin. The merger route with itself for capital-intensive refinery projects, and at an attractive swap ratio, has been scripted earlier by RIL. But back in 2002, for the then stand-alone entity, also labelled Reliance Petroleum, the swap ratio was 1:11. Post merger, RIL would be among the 50 most profitable corporate in the world, within the top ten private refining majors, and also high in the list of independent upstream oil companies. crackcrack
Company Name | CMP |
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Reliance Industries | 2815.15 |
Indian Oil Corp. | 158.95 |
BPCL | 618.60 |
HPCL | 501.45 |
MRPL | 210.50 |
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