The Kazakh government exercised its right of first refusal (ROFR) or pre-emption rights to acquire the 8.4 per cent stake held by ConocoPhillips in Kashagan oilfield. In November 2012, India's ONGC decided to buy ConocoPhillips' 8.4 per cent stake in Kazakhstan's biggest oilfield, Kashagan for $5 billion. But, according to a law in Kazakhstan, the national government has the ROFR that allowed it an option to buy the stake at the price agreed between ONGC and Con
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In order to maintain the current peak production level, Cairn India plans to drill 48 wells at a cost of less than $100 million on the Mangala oilfield in its Rajasthan block. Mangala is the biggest among the 26 oil and gas discoveries Cairn has made in the Barmer basin block in Rajasthan
SEEPCO, ONGC may close $2 bn oil and gas deal
Sterling Energy and Exploration Production Company (SEEPCO) may sell its 25-30 percent stake in four hydrocarbon blocks in Nigeria to ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC). The value of the deal, which is not yet finalised, is expected to be $2 billion. Both the companies entered into a confidentiality agreement for the deal and OVL is reportedly conducting due
RIL eyes $4 billion Iraq oilfield project
India's ` (RIL) is in race along with French energy giant Total, Russia's Lukoil, CNPC of China, American's Brown Energy for a $4 billion project in Iraq. RIL is one of the seven companies shortlisted by Iraq for developing its al-Nassiriya oilfield and construction and operation of a 300,000 barrel per day refine
OVL’s $1 bn acquisition plan gets CCEA nod
The proposal of ONGC Videsh (OVL) to pick up the 2.7213 per cent stake of US energy major Hess Corp in the Azerbaijan oilfield received approval from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). According to the plan, OVL would invest $ 1.001 billion to buy 2.7213 per cent stake of the above mentioned firm in Azeri, Chirag and the deep water porti
OVL plans to complete Azerbaijan block deal in 3 months
ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of state-run oil explorer ONGC, plans to complete the $1 billion acquisition of a stake in an Azerbaijan oilfield by the first quarter of 2013 subject to government and regulatory approvals. Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is said to be studying the
OVL produces oil from Carabobo field
In a move that may increase crude oil production of ONGC, the state-owned oil explorer's overseas arm ONGC Videsh (OVL) began production from its Carabobo oilfield in Venezuela oil-rich Orinoco Belt. The asset is operated by a joint venture firm Petrocarabobo, set up in Venezuela in June 2010 in which OVL has 11 percent stake. Oil India and Indian Oil Corp
Eni waives pre-emption rights in favour of OVL
In a move that reduces the hurdle for ONGC Videsh's $5 billion bid to acquire ConocoPhillips' stake in Kashagan oilfield of Kazakhstan, one of the field operator Eni has publicly stated that it will not pre-empt or block the acquisition.
Italy's Eni is the operator of the first phase of the Kashagan oilfield that is due to start production in second quarter