Bharat Oman Refineries likely to float IPO by 2013 end

26 Sep 2012 Evaluate

Bharat Oman Refineries (BORL), a joint venture between government-run refinery Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Oman Oil Company (OOC), is likely to file for an initial public offering (IPO) by the end of 2013. Following the issue as per the company’s annual report, the final equity pattern will see BPCL holding 49%, Oman Oil sharing 26%, a marginal stake by the Madhya Pradesh government and the balance accounted for by the public and financial institutions.

With this IPO, the company is planning to expand the refinery’s capacity to 9 million tonnes per year and to pay interest costs. The plans to list BORL come at a time when the refinery discovered huge oil and gas finds in some of its blocks. To improve the efficiency of the plant, it has started its operation since last year.

Bharat Oman Refineries (BORL), a 50-50 joint-venture, runs a refinery in Bina, Madhya Pradesh where 6 million tonne of crude oil can be processed per year. The company’s E&P arm, Bharat PetroResources, had last year reported finds of oil and gas in Mozambique, Brazil and Indonesia. Anadarko Petroleum, the operator of the block in Mozambique,  to tap into the block’s resources.

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