ONGC gains on getting nod to invest Rs 5,050 crore in Tripura

23 Feb 2016 Evaluate

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is currently trading at Rs. 215.55, up by 1.15 points or 0.54% from its previous closing of Rs. 214.40 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 216.30 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 217.65 and Rs. 215.30 respectively. So far 136287 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 343.00 on 05-May-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 188.00 on 12-Feb-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 215.10 and Rs. 197.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 185183.58 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 68.93% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 17.49% and 13.57% respectively.

ONGC has received its board’s approval for Rs 5,050 crore investment in Tripura for drilling of wells and creation of surface facilities to produce 5.1 mmscmd gas from the state’s fields. The company’s board gave approval for the same at its meeting held at New Delhi on February 11.

As a result of geological mapping and exploratory efforts, so far 11 gas fields are discovered by ONGC in Tripura and of these seven fields are on production. ONGC Tripura Asset is carrying out its drilling activities with three owned rigs under operation and well servicing operations through two work-over rigs.

ONGC is India's largest government-run corporation and produces about 70% of India's crude oil and natural gas. The corporation is the biggest public sector commercial organization in India with current market capitalization of about $31 billion.

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