BPCL gains on new oil find by Brazil partner

27 Sep 2013 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is currently trading at Rs. 327.60, up by 17.85 points or 5.76 % from its previous closing of Rs. 309.75 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 314.80 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 339.80 and Rs. 314.80 respectively. So far 505742 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 449.00 on 21-Jan-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs. 256.00 on 06-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 344.80 and Rs. 297.25 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 23417.08 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.93% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 27.11% and 17.95% respectively.

IBV Brasil, a 50-50 joint venture between Videocon Industries and BPCL, and Petroleo Brasileiro SA have found more than a billion barrels of oil in a field off the Brazilian coast. Both the entities have found the ‘SEAL-11’ exploration block which contains very large amounts of high-quality light crude oil and natural gas.

The SEAL-11 block and adjacent areas, 100 kilometers (62 miles) off the coast of the Brazilian state of Sergipe, may hold more than 3 billion barrels of oil in place. If confirmed, that would make the block one of the biggest global discoveries of the year. Petroleo Brasileiro owned 60 percent in the block, while 40 percent will be held by IBV (Videocon and BPCL).

If the area proves to have 3 billion barrels or more in place, it could ultimately produce 1 billion barrels based on Brazilian recovery rates of 25 percent to 30 percent of oil in place.

Videocon is globally recognized in this field and shares a seat with amongst the world’s largest oil companies in oil exploration and hence opportunities come to us more easily than they did five years back.

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