Mercator surges with arm gearing up for first sale of oil in August

07 Aug 2018 Evaluate

Mercator is currently trading at Rs. 22.80, up by 0.75 points or 3.40% from its previous closing of Rs. 22.05 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 22.15 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 23.15 and Rs. 22.05 respectively. So far 127431 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 49.00 on 01-Nov-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 18.80 on 20-Jul-2018.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 23.15 and Rs. 20.55 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 669.95 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 30.84%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 15.48% and 53.67% respectively.

Mercator’s subsidiary -- Mercator Petroleum has mobilized all the equipment at site and is all geared up for first sale of oil in August 2018. It received the mining lease for the oil blocks in June 2018 for a period of 20 years.

The company has an approved Field Development Plan for 23 million barrels of proven high-quality oil in their oil block in the Cambay basin. Besides, first sale from oil block expected in August 2018 and H2FY19 earnings to see significant growth as oil & gas segment ramps up. Further, the company has signed a MOU with Indian Oil Corporation for sales of its crude oil.

The oil block will produce light sweet crude oil, the company aims to close FY19 at a production rate of Rs 5,500 barrels of oil per day. Moreover, for the developmental wells yet to be drilled, environment clearance is under progress. When the company enters into the second phase of exploration, it expects new discoveries and reserves to increase significantly.

Mercator is one of India's largest private sector Dredging Company. The group has a presence in varied segments namely shipping, offshore services, oil exploration and production, dredging, coal mining/trading and logistics.

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