BPCL’s arm inks definitive pact to acquire stake in JSC Vankorneft

20 Jun 2016 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation’s 100% subsidiary - Bharat PetroResources (BPRL), along with Oil India and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), acting jointly as the Indian Consortium, have 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 organized 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 (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 million tons of oil and 8.71 BCM of gas.

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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