HOEC gains on successfully conducting DST of appraisal well, Dirok-4

04 Jul 2012 Evaluate

Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) is currently trading at Rs. 136.30, up by 1.45 points or 1.08% from its previous closing of Rs. 134.85 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 138.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 138.75 and Rs. 135.50 respectively. So far 1,47,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 187.30 on 08-Jul-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 86.70 on 21-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 138.75 and Rs. 126.05 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1,778.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 47.18% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 8.73% and 44.09% respectively.

HOEC has successfully conducted drill stem tests (DST) in gas bearing sands of the appraisal well Dirok-4. While conducting the DST, the gas flow rate was around 2 million standard cubic feet per day along with approximately 32 bbls of condensate per day. The company (the operator), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Oil India (OIL) presently have 40.323%, 43.548% and 16.129% participating interest respectively in the exploration phase.

OIL, the licensee of the block, has an option under the production sharing contract to acquire additional 30% participating interest in the development and production phase. Upon exercising this option, the revised participating interest in the development and production phase shall be 26.882%, 29.032% and 44.086% for the company, IOC and OIL respectively.

Hindustan Oil Exploration Company was the first private company in India to enter into field of oil and gas exploration. The company’s operational activities commenced in 1991 with the Government of India announcing the fourth round of exploration bidding for private sector participation.

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