Indian Oil Corporation inks definitive agreement to acquire stake in Rosneft

18 Jun 2016 Evaluate

An Indian consortium, led by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) along with Oil India (OIL) and Bharat Petro Resources (BPRL), a 100% subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), have signed definitive agreement to acquire upto 23.9% shares from Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft), NOC of Russia in JSC Vankorneft, a company organised under the law of Russian Federation which is the owner of Vankor and North Vankor Field licenses. The acquisition is subject to relevant Board, Government and regulatory approvals and is expected to close by September 2016.

Presently Rosneft Oil Company holds 85% shares while ONGC Videsh (through its subsidiary) holds 15% shares in JSC Vankorneft. Vankor field, located in East Siberia is Russia's second largest field by production and accounts for around 4% of Russian production and currently producing oil at a level of approximately 4,22,000 bopd.

It is the largest of the fields, discovered and commissioned in Russia during the last twenty five years and is located in the North of Eastern Siberia in Turukhansk District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory 142 km away from Igarka town. Recoverable resources of the Vankor field as of 01.01.2016 stood at 361 million tons of oil and condensate and 138 bcm of gas. With the closure of the Vankor deal, Indian oil’s equity portfolio will go up by 106 MMT per annum.

IOC is the largest enterprise in the country and the foremost ranked Fortune Global 500 Company in India and has presence in the complete hydrocarbon value chain from downstream refining & marketing, pipeline transportation, Petrochemicals, E&P and Gas Marketing.

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