BPCL spurts on receiving green nod for LPG project in West Bengal

26 Apr 2016 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation is currently trading at Rs 976.80, up by 2.15 points or 0.22% from its previous closing of Rs. 974.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 971.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs 981.00 and Rs 971.50 respectively. So far 12553 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 987.00 on 23-Jul-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 704.40 on 13-May-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 983.05 and Rs. 950.85 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 70609.18 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.93% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.51% and 14.56% respectively.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has received green nod for its Rs 694-crore project of developing LPG import terminal as well as storage, bottling and bulk distribution facilities at Haldia Dock Complex in West Bengal.

Currently, domestic production of LPG is around 12.38 million metric tonne per annum (mmtpa), much lower than the estimated demand of 18.65 mmtpa for this year. The proposed project will ensure LPG supplies to far-flung areas of eastern and north-eastern regions and will create an infrastructure to import the eco-friendly LPG fuel. 

BPCL is into exploration, production and retailing of petroleum and petrol related products. The retail business unit of BPCL is into marketing of petrol, diesel and kerosene.

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