Bharat Petroleum Corporation informs about business updates

18 Jun 2016 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation has informed that Bharat PetroResources Limited (BPRL), a 100% subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), and its exploration and production arm, along with Oil India Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited, acting jointly as the Indian Consortium, signed definitive agreements to acquire, through a joint venture company formed by their wholly owned subsidiaries in Singapore, up to 23.9% shares of the charter capital of JSC Vankorneft, a company organised under the laws of the Russian Federation, which is the owner of Vankor and North Vankor Field licenses, from Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft), a National Oil Company of Russia. The acquisition is subject to relevant Board, Government and regulatory approvals and is expected to close by September 2016. Rosneft Oil Company holds about 85% shares while ONGC Videsh Ltd (through its subsidiary) holds about 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. In 2015, the Vankor field produced 22 mln tons of oil and 8.71 BCM of gas.

The above information is a part of company’s filings submitted to BSE.

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