MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.05.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Jeevan Bharati Tower – II, 124 Indira Chowk, New Delhi – 110 001

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

23.06.1993

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

54155

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L74899DL1993GOI054155

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMO00241D

 

 

Legal Form :

A public limited liability company. The company's shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Liquefied etroleum Gas, Natural Gasoline, Ethane / Propane, Aromatic Rich Naptha and Superior Kerosene Oil.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 2100000000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed having fine track. The company is progressing well. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

Fundamentals are strong and healthy.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

The company can be regarded as a promising business partner in a medium to long-run. 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Jeevan Bharati Tower – II, 124 Indira Chowk, New Delhi – 110 001, INDIA.

Tel. No.:

91-11-23721756/23310156-58/23301000

Fax No.:

91-11-23316413

E-Mail :

info@ongcindia.com

cmsg@ongcindia.com

ent@delhi.ongc.co.in

setia_sc@ongc.co.in

Website :

http://www.ongcindia.com

 

 

Corporate Office :

P. O. Box 55, Tel Bhavan, Dehradun – 248 003, Uttar Pradesh

Tel. No.:

91-135-2757121

Fax No.:

91-135-2755298

 

 

Factory 1 :

Hazira and Uran

 

 

Regional Offices :

Located at :

 

Baroda, Nazira, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai

 

 

Head Quarters :

Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh

 

 

Institutes :

Mumbai, Goa, Dehradun and Baroda

 

 

Branches :

Located at :-

 

v      701 Vasundhara Area, Ali Yavarjung Marg, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051, Maharashtra

      Tel. No. 91-22-26451827 / 26513924 / 23513925 / 26429901 /

                          26429983

 

v      Nirmal, 7th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra

 

v      5/A, Vasudhara Bhavan, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051, Maharashtra

 

v      Ankleshwar – 393010, Gujarat

 

v      No. 8, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai – 600 008, Tamilnadu

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr.  R.S. Sharma

Designation :

Chairman & Managing Director (from 25.05.2006) / Director (Finance)

Date of Birth/Age :

01.02.1951

Date of Appointment :

01.03.2002

Qualification :

CAIIB, FICWA & Advance Financia Management Program in Oil and Gas from University of Texas, Dallas (USA).

Experience in Specific Functional Areas  :

Currently holding the position of Chairman & Managing Director (from 25.05.2006)/Director (Finance); Enriched and diverse experience of more than 30 years in finance, accounts, insurance and banking.

Directorship held in other Public companies :

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited

ONGC Videsh Limited

ONGC Tripura Power Co. Private Limited

Mangalore SEZ Limited

Kakinada SEZ Private Limited

Kakinada Refinery &

Petrochemicals Private Limited

ONGC Mittal Energy Services Limited

ONGC Mittal Energy Limited

Mangalam Retail Services Limited

Chairmanship /Membership of Committees across all Public companies :

 

ONGC

Member

• Business Development

• Financial Management Health, Safety & Environment

• Human Resource

Management

Project Appraisal

Remuneration

• Shareholders'/ Investors' Grievance

• Share Transfer

ONGC Videsh Limited

Member

Audit

 

 

Name :

Mr.  Subir Raha

Designation :

Chairman & Managing Director (upto 24.05.2006)

 

 

Name :

Dr. A.K. Balyan

Designation :

Director (Human Resource)

Date of Birth/Age :

2nd July, 1951

Date of Appointment :

23rd August, 2003

Qualification :

Decorate Degree in Chemistry from Technische Hochshule fur Chemie, Merseburg, Germany, and alumnus of IIT, Delhi

Experience in Specific Functional Areas  :

Holding position of Director (HR) and in-charge of Business Development & Joint-ventures; Multifarious and enriched experience of over 3 decades in various disciplines including Analytical Geo-Chernistry Lab, Mud Engineering, Planning, Exploration and Project Management.

Directorship held in other Public companies :

ONGC Videsh Limited

Mangalore Refinery and

Petrochemicals Limited

Dahej SEZ Limited

Mangalore SEZ Limited

ONGC Tripura Power Co. Private Limited

Chairmanship /Membership of Committees across all Public companies :

 

ONGC

Member

Business Development Human Resource Management

• Health, Safety & Environment

• Project Appraisal

• Remuneration

Shareholders'/Investors' Grievance

• Share Transfer

 

 

Name :

Mr.  N.K. Mitra

Designation :

Director (Offshore)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  A.K. Hazarika

Designation :

Director (Onshore)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  O.K. Pande

Designation :

Director (Exploratron) (from 23.09.2005)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  Y.B. Sinha

Designation :

Director (Exploration) (upto 04.05.2005)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  U.N. Bose

Designation :

Director (Technology & Field Services) (from 27.09.2005)

Date of Birth/Age :

07.11.1952

Date of Appointment :

27.09.2005

Qualification :

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience in Specific Functional Areas  :

Currently holding the position of Director (T&FS) and has to his credit, experience of about 30 years in various fields including deviation/ horizontal drilling, implemented drilling programmes in high pressure/high dip and technology solutions to resolve difficult area drilling problems; initiated deep water drilling campaign in deep and ultra-deep areas; contributed technical papers and developed high -end training facilities for rig supervisors.

Directorship held in other Public companies :

Engineers India Limited

ONGC Videsh Limited

Chairmanship /Membership of Committees across all Public companies :

 

ONGC

Member

• Business Development

• Health, Safety & Environment

Project Appraisal

• Human Resource Management

 

 

Name :

Mr.  Nathu Lai

Designation :

Director (Technology & Field Services) (upto 30.04.2005)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  Anil Razdan

Designation :

Director (from 20.02.2006)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  M.S. Srinivasan

Designation :

Director (from 5.12.2005 to 02.01.2006)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  Ashok Chawla

Designation :

Director (from 05.12.2005)

Date of Birth/Age :

08.01.1951

Date of Appointment :

05.12.2005

Qualification :

IAS, Post Graduate in English Literature and Economics; Diploma (Micro-level Planning).

Experience in Specific Functional Areas  :

Currently holding the position of Addl. Secretary, Deptt. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance; concurrently Chairman & Managing Director, Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Limited Served with distinction both in Central and State Governments. Important assignments include Collector of Ahmedabad and Baroda Districts, Addl. Controller of Capital Issues; Economic Counsellor, Indian Embassy, Washington, USA; C&MD, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Industries Commissioner, Govt. of Gujarat; represented India in a number of UN meetings.

Directorship held in other Public companies :

Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Limited

• Member, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.

Chairmanship /Membership of Committees across all Public companies :

 

ONGC

Member

• Audit & Ethics

• Business Development

• Financial Management

• Project Appraisal

 

 

Name :

Mr.  RK. Deb

Designation :

Director (upto 05.12.2005)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  Sunjoy Joshi

Designation :

Director (upto 05.12.2005)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  RK. Sinha

Designation :

Director (upto 03.03.2006)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  M.M. Chitale

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr.  Rajesh V. Shah

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr.  U. Sundararajan

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth :

14th June, 1942

Date of Appointment  :

11th September, 2003

Qualification :

FICWA

Other Directorship :

Ø       Thirumalai Chemicals Limited

Ø       Cochin Shipyard Limited

 

 

Name :

Mr.  A.M. Uplenchwar

Designation :

(from 23.12.2005)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  N.K. Nayyar

Designation :

Director (upto 05.12.2005)

 

 

Name :

Dr. R.K. Pachauri

Designation :

Director (from 26.06.2006)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  V.R Singh

Designation :

Director (from 26.06.2006)

 

 

Name :

Mr.  RK. Choudhury

Designation :

Director (from 26.06.2006)

 

 

Name :

Dr. Bakul H. Dholakia

Designation :

Director (from 26.06.2006)

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. S. C. Setia

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

President of India

1057160451

74.14 %

Banks, Financial Institutions and Insurance Companies

34671585

2.43 %

Foreign Institutional Investors

120295921

8.43 %

Mutual Funds & UTI

9805173

0.69 %

NRIs & OCBs

943565

0.07 %

Bodies Corporate:

 

 

- Government

171334226

12.01 %

- Others

4572009

0.32 %

Public

27251062

1.91 %

TOTAL

1425933992

100.00 %

 

 

 

President of India

1057160451

74.14 %

Indian Oil Corporation

109653905

7.69 %

GAIL (India) Limited

34266845

2.40 %

Life Insurance Corporation of India

27080268

1.90 %

Euro Pacific Growth Fund

13502527

0.95 %

Capital World Growth & Income Fund. Inc.

7555840

0.53 %

HSBC Global Investment Funds A/C. HSBC Global Investment Funds Mauritius Limited

7457164

0.52 %

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited A/C-Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Mauritius Company Limited

4621752

0.32 %

Aberdeen Asset Mangers Limited A/C-Aberdeen International India Opportunities Fund (Mauritius) Limited

3444000

0.24 %

Franklin Templeton Investment Funds

3314586

0.23 %

TOTAL

1268057338

88.92 %

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Liquefied etroleum Gas, Natural Gasoline, Ethane / Propane, Aromatic Rich Naptha and Superior Kerosene Oil.

 

 

Products :

Item Code No. (ITC CODE)

Products Description

27090000

Crude Oil

27112100

Natural Gas

27100000

Aromatic Rich Naptha

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

Installed Capacity

Actual Production

Crude Oil

MT

NA

26189601

Natural Gas

000M3

NA

24967985

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

MT

1158000

1094307

Natural Gasoline/Naptha

MT

2127000

357485

Ethane/Propane

MT

570000

535089

Aromatic Rich Naptha

MT

1072030

1199428

Superior Kerosene Oil

MT

297200

177756

Heavy Cut

MT

32965

10

LSHS

MT

19800

25096

HSD

MT

12540

36291

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

39352

 

 

Bankers :

State Bank of India, New Delhi

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

K. K. Soni & Company

Chartered Accountants

 

S. Bhandari & Company

Chartered Accountants

 

Brahmayya & Company

Chartered Accountants

 

Lodha & Company

Chartered Accountants

 

S.C. Ajmera & Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

Associates :

·         Petronet LNG Limited

·         ONGIO International Private Limited

·         Petronet MHB Limited

 

 

Subsidiaries :

·         ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL)

·         Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)

·         ONGC Nile Ganga B.V.

·         ONGC Narmada Limited

  • ONGC Bonny Brahmaputra Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

15,000,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.150,000.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1,425,933,992

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs.14,259.340 millions

Less :

Calls in Arrears

 

Rs. 0.040 millions

 

GRAND TOTAL

 

Rs.14,259.230 millions

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

14259.300

14259.280

14259.270

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

525337.390

454194.870

391171.660

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

539596.690

468454.150

405430.930

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

0.000

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

1069.760

18221.550

33785.910

TOTAL BORROWING

1069.760

18221.550

33785.910

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

63551.330

54438.460

58420.170

Liability for Abandonment Cost

126156.350

80940.640

80292.030

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

730374.130

622054.800

577929.040

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

78421.970

58365.310

56684.620

Capital work-in-progress

28303.010

43186.680

9825.610

Producing Properties [Net]

275833.370

229606.630

230803.820

 

 

 

 

Exploratory Wells In Progress

29602.830

17357.870

11220.440

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

48885.730

40366.660

44216.660

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Interest Accrued

3509.480

4357.270

0.000

 

Inventories

30384.940

23924.190

24056.890

 

Sundry Debtors

37042.760

37293.070

23177.990

 

Cash & Bank Balances

42792.650

58488.060

55734.480

 

Other Current Assets

45335.770

36190.660

37102.980

 

Loans & Advances

212549.330

159637.380

140542.200

Total Current Assets

371614.930

319890.630

280614.540

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

65270.110

51904.170

35740.640

 

Provisions

40680.950

40126.440

25102.800

Total Current Liabilities

105951.060

92030.610

60843.440

Net Current Assets

265663.870

227860.020

219771.100

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

3663.350

5311.630

5406.790

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

730374.130

622054.800

577929.040

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Sales Turnover

479663.930

463620.450

335973.220

Other Income

23484.980

17251.470

 

Total Income

503148.910

480871.920

335973.220

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

218371.220

196655.450

136384.060

Provision for Taxation

74063.440

66824.990

49739.770

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

144307.780

129830.460

86644.290

 

 

 

 

Earnings in Foreign Currency :

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

19.620

39.170

3725.990

 

Services

45398.510

33548.970

3.380

 

Other Earnings

3063.660

6216.400

14.770

Total Earnings

48481.790

39804.540

3744.140

 

 

 

 

Imports :

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

25371.540

28148.300

3171.380

 

Stores & Spares

4760.990

3301.910

3605.360

Total Imports

30132.530

31450.210

6776.740

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Purchase

34337.970

51013.160

0.000

 

Production, Transportation, Selling & Distribution Expenditures

170245.590

168428.250

142159.150

 

Recouped Costs

83021.720

62014.230

55608.640

 

Interest & Exchange Fluctuation

298.140

409.630

479.640

 

Provisions & Write-Offs (Net)

3437.650

2828.250

1341.730

Total Expenditure

291341.070

284693.520

199589.160

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2006

30.09.2006

31.12.2006

 Type

 1st Qtr

 2nd Qtr

 3rd Qtr

 Sales Turnover

 146027.700

 140685.500

 155645.200

 Other Income

 4199.500

9397.100

 7044.900

 Total Income

 150227.200

 150082.600

 16269.0.100

 Total Expenditure

 64933.400

 70287.300

 66552.500

 Operating Profit

 85293.800

 79795.300

 96137.600

 Interest

 32.800

 41.000

 76.700

 Gross Profit

 85261.000

 79754.300

 96060.900

 Depreciation

 22308.600

 18472.600

 25575.900

 Tax

 24104.700

 21254.400

 24861.000

 Reported PAT

 41189.900

 41739.800

 46683.100

 

200606 Quarter 1 –

 

Expenditure Includes (Increase)/Decrease in stock in Trade Rs 248.40 million Purchases Rs 16721.70 million Consumption of Raw Material Rs 771.20 million Staff Expenditure Rs 2974.50 million Statutory levies Rs 31140.00 million Other expenditure Rs 13077.60 million Tax Includes Provision for Current Tax Rs 24008.00 million Deferred Tax (Asset) Rs (2342.20) million Fringe Benefit Tax Rs 96.70 million Consumption of Raw Materials represents consumption of raw material, stores & spares Depreciation also includes depletion, amortisation and impairment loss EPS is Basic & Diluted Status of Investor Complaints for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 Complaints Pending at the beginning of the quarter 02 Complaints Received during the quarter 365 Complaints disposed off during the quarter 360 Complaints unresolved at the end of the quarter 07 1. The audited accounts for the year ended March 31, 2006 are under review by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India under section 619(4) of the Companies Act, 1956. 2. In terms of the decision of the GOI, the company has shared under recoveries of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for The 1st quarter of 2006 - 07 by allowing discount in the prices of Crude Oil, PDS kerosene and domestic LPG based on the provisional rates of discount communicated by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). The impact on this account is as under for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2006 : Decrease in Sales Revenue - Rs 51200.10 million Decrease in Profit before tax - Rs 46759.10 million 3. Gross sales and purchases for the quarter include Rs 16734.10 million (previous quarter Rs 9363.30 million) and Rs 16721.70 million (previous quarter Rs 9356.40 million) respectively on account of trading of MRPL products, a subsidiary of ONGC. 4. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued a revised AS-15 on Employee Benefits effective from April 01, 2006. Pending determination of liability in terms of said AS, for certain post retirement & other benefit plans, an additional provision of Rs 100 million has been made in the current quarter in this respect on an estimated basis. The additional obligation as on April 01, 2006 will be adjusted to opening balance of General Reserve. 5. Staff expenditure for the current quarter includes Rs 208.80 million (previous quarter Rs 353 million) on account of provision for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS). 6. The statutory auditors in their report on the accounts for the year 2005-06 have commented on accounting treatment of side tracking cost in respect of abandoned portion of wells for which a reference was made to The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) by the company. Since the opinion was received on May 31, 2006, and the company has sought certain specific clarifications, no accounting adjustment has been made in the 1st quarter. 7. In accordance with the ICAI Guidance note on VAT accounting, the sales turnover is net of VAT of Rs 6349.30 million during first quarter of 2006-07 whereas sales turnover of corresponding quarter of previous year is inclusive of VAT. 8. The above results have been reviewed and recommended by the Audit & Ethics Committee and approved by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on July 26, 2006. The same are subject to limited review by the statutory auditors of the company. 9. Previous period's figures have been regrouped / reclassified wherever necessary.

 

200609 Quarter 2 –

 

Expenditure Includes (Increase)/Decrease in stock in Trade Rs 253.30 million Purchases Rs 16348.40 million Consumption of Raw Material Rs 645.20 million Staff Expenditure Rs 6274.30 million Statutory levies Rs 29816.20 million Other expenditure Rs 16949.90 million Tax Includes Provision for Current Tax Rs 21158.00 million Deferred Tax (Asset) Rs (1712.50) million Fringe Benefit Tax Rs 96.40 million Consumption of Raw Materials represents consumption of raw material, stores & spares Depreciation also includes depletion, amortisation and impairment loss EPS is Basic & Diluted Status of Investor Complaints for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 Complaints Pending at the beginning of the quarter 07 Complaints Received during the quarter 17 Complaints disposed off during the quarter 24 Complaints unresolved at the end of the quarter Nil Note :- These exclude investor complaints regarding the offer for sale upto 10% of equity shares of the company made by the Government of India in March 2004, which are being attended to by the Registrar to the issue appointed by Govt. of India. 1. In terms of the decision of the GOI, the company has shared under recoveries of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for the 2nd quarter of 2006-07 by allowing discount in the prices of Crude Oil, PDS kerosene and domestic LPG based on the provisional rates of discount communicated by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). The impact on this account is as under for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2006: Decrease in: Gross Discount - Rs 50320.00 million Decrease in Sales Revenue - Rs 48268.20 million Decrease in Profit before tax - Rs 45602.90 million 2. Gross sales and purchases for the quarter include Rs 16362.90 million (previous quarter Rs 12156.90 million) and Rs 16348.30 million (previous quarter Rs 12143.80 million) respectively on account of trading of MRPL products, a subsidiary of ONGC. Similarly, gross sales and purchases for the half year include Rs. 33097.00 million (previous half year Rs 21520.20 million) and Rs. 33070.10 million (previous half year 2150.02 Crore) respectively. 3. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued a revised AS-15 on Employee Benefits effective from April 01, 2006. Pending final determination of liability in terms of said AS, for certain post retirement & other benefit plans, an additional provision of Rs 170 million and Rs 270 million has been made in the current quarter and half year respectively in this respect on an estimated basis. 4. The statutory auditors in their report on the accounts for the year 2005-06 have commented on accounting treatment of side tracking cost in respect of abandoned portion of wells for which a reference was made to The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) by the company. Since the opinion was received on May 31, 2006, and the company has sought certain specific clarifications, no accounting adjustment has been made in the current quarter. 5. In accordance with the ICAI Guidance note on VAT accounting, the sales turnover is net of VAT of Rs. 5879.70 million and Rs 12229.00 million during current quarter and half year respectively whereas sales turnover of corresponding periods of previous year are inclusive of VAT. 6. The company in its Annual General Meeting held on September 19, 2006 has approved issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2, i.e. one share against two shares held. The record date for the issue has been fixed as October 30, 2006. 7. Hazira gas processing complex experienced unprecedented floods resulting in total plant shutdown from August 07, 2006 to August 19, 2006. The operations were fully restored on September 08, 2006. The estimated revenue loss on this account is Rs. 4852.80 million. 8. Staff expenditure includes Rs 3050.00 million on account of Golden Jubilee and additional annual incentive. 9. Other expenditure included an amount of Rs 3650 million on account of liquidated damages payable to GOI for extension of license period / surrender of NELP Blocks. 10. The above results have been reviewed and recommended by the Audit & Ethics Committee and approved by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on October 19, 2006. The same are subject to limited review by the statutory auditors of the company. 11. Previous period's figures have been regrouped / reclassified wherever necessary.

 

200612 Quarter 3 –

 

Expenditure Includes (Increase)/Decrease in stock in Trade Rs (513.80) million Purchases (Trading) Rs 13788.40 million Consumption of Raw Material Rs 1617.50 million Staff Expenditure Rs 5020.40 million Statutory levies Rs 30582.20 million Other expenditure Rs 16057.80 million Tax Includes Provision for Current Tax Rs 24650.00 million Deferred Tax (Asset) Rs (1059.10) million Fringe Benefit Tax Rs 211.00 million Consumption of Raw Materials represents consumption of raw material, stores & spares Depreciation also includes depletion, amortisation and impairment loss EPS is Basic & Diluted Status of Investor Complaints for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 Complaints Pending at the beginning of the quarter Nil Complaints Received during the quarter 10 Complaints disposed off during the quarter 09 Complaints unresolved at the end of the quarter 01 1. In terms of the decision of the GOI, the company has shared under recoveries of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for the 3rd quarter 2006-07 by allowing discount in the prices of Crude Oil, PDS kerosene and domestic LPG based On the provisional rates of discount communicated by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). The impact on this account is as under:. For the Quarter ended December 31, 2006 Gross Discount - Rs 22040.00 million Decrease in Sales Revenue - Rs 21253.90 million Decrease in Profit Before Tax - Rs 20302.80 million 2. Gross sales for the quarter and nine months include Rs 13811.80 million (previous quarter Rs 5279.60 million) and Rs 46908.80 million (previous nine months Rs 26799.80 million) respectively on towards trading of products of MRPL, a subsidiary of ONGC. 3. In accordance with the ICAI Guidance note on VAT accounting, the sales turnover is net of VAT of Rs. 6714.40 million and Rs 19414.60 million during current quarter and nine months respectively whereas sales turnover of corresponding periods of previous year are inclusive of VAT. 4. Staff expenditure during the quarter and nine months includes Rs 2250.00 million on account of proposed contribution to post Retirement benefit Scheme. The expenditure during the nine months also includes Rs 3030 million towards Golden Jubilee and additional annual incentive. 5. ONGC has been representing for higher price towards richer fraction of APM gas being supplied t0 GAIL. In pursuant thereto, as per the decision of MoPNG, the surplus in gas pool account amounting to Rs 9080 million (including interest of Rs 190 million) lying with GAIL has been transferred to ONGC, subject to ONGC giving an undertaking that in case Governmen decides otherwise the amount would be refunded. In view of the uncertainty involved, the amount has been kept under Other Deposit Liability. 6. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued a revised AS-15 on Employee Benefits effective from April 01, 2006. Pending final determination of liability in terms of said AS, for certain post retirement & other benefit plans, an additional provision of Rs 140 million and Rs 410 million has been made in the current quarter and nine months respectively in this respect on an estimated basis. 7. The statutory auditors in their report on the accounts for the year 2005-06 have commented on accounting treatment of side tracking cost in respect of abandoned portion of wells for which a reference was earlier made by Company to The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). As per the Institute's Opinion, the cost of abandoned portion of side tracked exploratory wells is to be charged to P&L Account. Since the Company has sought certain specific clarifications on the opinion received from ICAI, no accounting adjustment has been made in the current year so far pending clarifications. 8. The Company in its Annual General Meeting held on September 19, 2006 has approved issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2, i.e. one share against two shares held. The bonus shares have since been issued during the current quarter, thus expanding paid up equity capital from Rs 14259.20 million to Rs 21388.70 million. 9. The Board of Directors had declared an interim dividend of Rs 18 per share (180%) amounting to Rs 38499.70 million in its meeting held on December 23, 2006 which has since been paid. 10. The above results have been reviewed and recommended by the Audit & Ethics Committee and taken on record by the Board of Directors in the meeting held on January 30, 2007 The same are subject to limited review by the statutory auditors of the company. 11. Previous period's figures have been regrouped/reclassified wherever necessary.

 

KEY RATIOS

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Debt-Equity Ratio

0.22

0.24

0.16

Long Term Debt-Equity Ratio

0.22

0.22

0.13

Current Ratio

1.44

1.45

1.34

TURNOVER RATIOS

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

1.06

1.11

0.81

Inventory

17.77

19.47

16.36

Debtors

12.98

15.45

10.40

Interest Cover Ratio

465.95

525.37

296.43

Operating Profit Margin(%)

50.28

43.34

43.84

Profit Before Interest And Tax Margin(%)

45.35

42.18

41.98

Cash Profit Margin(%)

34.84

28.96

28.50

Adjusted Net Profit Margin(%)

29.91

27.79

26.64

Return On Capital Employed(%)

35.71

36.61

31.09

Return On Net Worth(%)

28.63

29.71

22.72

 

 

 

STOCK PRICES

 

Face Value

Rs.10.00/-

High

Rs.897.00/-

Low

Rs.869.00/-

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

The company's fixed assets of important value includes Freehold & Leasehold Land, Buildings & Bunk Houses, Railway Slidings, Plant & Machinery, Furniture & Fittings, Vehicles, Survey Ships, Crew Boats, Aircrafts and Helicopters.

 

HISTORY

 

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was set up in 1956 with significant contribution in industrial and economic growth of the country, is a leading National Oil Company of India engaged mainly in exploration, development and production of crude oil, natural gas and some value added products. It was subsequently converted into a public limited company in Jun.'93 following new liberalized economic policy adopted by the Government of India in July, 1991 sought to deregulate and delicense the core sector (including petroleum sector) with partial disinvestment of Govt. equity in Public Sector Undertakings and other measures. 

 
It is India's largest producers of Crude Oil, Natural Gas and LPG. It also produce other value added petroleum products such as NGL, C2-C3, Aromatic Rich Naptha and Kerosene. Since its inception in 1956 the company has made four basin discoveries in India and presently produces from 108 oil & gas fields located in six sedimentary basins. It has drilled a total of 8248 wells (exploratory 4051 and development 4197) and established 278 hydrocarbon finds with ultimate reserve of about 1900 million tonnes of oil & oil equivalent gas. The company is active in 16 of the 26 sedimentary basins and in others knowledge building efforts at various stages are in progress. Its activities are spread over both land and offshore areas of Indian sedimentary basins. 

 
During March, 1999, ONGC, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) a downstream giantand Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) the only gas marketing company, agreed to have cross holding in each other's stock to pave the way for Long-term strategic alliance amongst themselves, both for the domestic and overseas business opportunities, in the energy value chain. During 2001-02 the augment recovery from Onshore fields of 13 projects 2 were commissioned. The Sakhalin-I project in Russia is progressing on Schedule. OVL acquired 20% PI in the project in July 2001. First oil from the field is scheduled to flow from end 2005. 

 
During 2002-03 the company has acquired the entire 37.39% stake which was held by the Indian Rayon and Industries Limited In the context of acquisition, Greater Nile Oil Project, the subsidiary OVL Limited was sold to Oil India LIMITED on 10th March 2003 at par value. 

 
In March 2004, the government of India has disinvested its stake in company through Offer for sale of upto 142593300 equity shares of Rs. 10 each at a price of RS. 750. The offer would constitutes upped 10% of the total paid-up capital of the company. 

 
ONGC is pursuing a strategy of downstream integration to diversify its revenues and establish presence in higher-margin segments. Through MRPL, it has a major presence in oil refining (capacity: 9.69 million TPA - 8% of total refining capacity in India), and is looking to establish upto 1600 retail outlets to get into oil marketing directly. ONGC stake in MRPL, a subsidiary company was 71.62% during 2005.  

 
On a long-term basis, ONGC has drawn out a four pronged strategy for the next twenty years. This includes-1. Doubling reserves from 5.77 billion metric tonne (bln Mt) oil plus oil equivalent gas (O+OEG) to 12 bln Mt in the next 20 years. 

 
Improving average recovery factor to 40% from 28% currently. Notably, while some of the wells have a recovery factor of over 30%, some have a recovery factor of less than 10% also. 

 
Souring 20 mln Mt pa Oil/Oil-equivalent Gas from Equity Assets abroad. 

 
Sustainable growth as a Global Integrated Energy Provider. 

 
During 2005 ONGC completed Phase-I of a collaborative project on CBM in Jharia Field which was initiated in May 2004. The company has signed a joint industry program with M/s Roxar, Norway, on proper placement of horizontal wells. Some of the Constancy works of company during 2005are Simulation study for Mangla, Saraswati, Aishwarya and Rageshwari fields was done for joint venture fields of Rajasthan; Studies for production potential of Pramoda Prospect, Gauri&Laxmi fields for HOEC; Field Implementation of MEOR using S-2 Consortium, active up to 90 degree Celsius in fields of Oil India LIMITED, Naharkatia, Assam and also lab studies for application of ASP flood process in Naharkatia field. 

 
In March 2005 ONGC launched its retail marketing business with commissioning of the 1st autofuels outlet at Mangalore under the 'ONGC Values' brand coupled with the brand 'Shopp'njoy' for the non-fuel Business. The company has also received approval/license from the Government for marketing of non-subsidised LPG cooking gas, Kerosene and Aviation refueling sales. 

 
A joint venture project with Petronet LNG Limited to enhance capacity of the Dahej terminal from 5 to 10 MMTPA and also set up another terminal at Kochi of 2.5 MMTPA Capacity was commenced on 1st April 2004. The company holds 12.5% equity stake in Petronet LNG Limited The company is holding 23% equity stake in Petronet MHB Limited(Joint venture project) for the product pipeline company linking MRPL to Bangalore. Also the company holds 21.5% equity stake in Pawan Hans helicopters Limited (Joint Venture project) for providing helicopter services primarily to the company. The company's ONGIO International Private Limited, is a 50:50 joint venture project with Indian Oil Corporation Limited which was incorporated on 8th June 2001 for Training, Consultancy & Services in Hydrocarbon Sector. Now the company has decided to wind up ONGIO due to loss. Dahej SEZ Limited (DSL) was incorporated on 21st September 2004 to develope a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Dahej. The Company holds 23% Equity Stake in DSL. Tripura Power Development Company Private Limited (TPDCL) was incorporated to set up a gas-based power generating project in Tripura. TPDCL has been renamed as ONGC Tripura Power Company Private Limited The company is holding 26% Equity at par as on 18th February 2005. 

 
During 2005 the company has entered into various alliances in form of execution of Memorandum of Understanding with Kakinada Seaport & IL&FS with 26% equity stake for development of Port based SEZ at Kakinada, AndhraPradesh: with Karnataka State Government for developing a Coastal Special Economic Zone at Mangalore: with Mittal Investments Sarl(Mittal Group) for cooperation in trading and shipping of oil and gas (including LNG) sourced through the MoU between OVL and Mittal Investments Sarl and related consequential business opportunites. 

 
During 2004-05 the company discovered its third deep-water exploration campaign 'Sagar Samriddhi' in Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin at the location Vashistha (VA-1A) in block KG-OS-DW-IV. In the western offshore a shallow-water oil and gas was recorded in D-33, about 60 Kilometers South-West of Mumbai High, Onshore, Oil and Gas was found in Tiphuk-1 in North Assam Shelf and Oil was struck at Wamaj in Cambay Basin. Offshore, four new Platforms (2 Well Platforms, 1 Process Platforms and 1 Clamp-on) were Commissioned for enhancing production. New trunk pipelines are being laidsub-sea from Mumbai High Field to Urban Oil and Gas processing facility. New fields are being brought into production, Onshore as well as Offshore; Of these, the project at G1-Gs15 field in KG Basin in the first deep-water development project in India using 'Smart Wells' concept. 

 
The company 's subsidiary unit ONGC Videsh Limited will commence the commercial production of gas by the end of current financial year(2001-02). Internationally, its wholly owned subsidiary ONGC Videsh Limited has a number of existing and upcoming interests in selected oil patches including development of a large gas field discovered by it in Vietnam offshore. The company's subsidiary ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) has been selected as winner by Petro Vietnam in a global competitive bid for 9 offshore exploration blocks in the 2004 Licensing Round and the company has been awarded Block 127 in Phu Khanh Basin with 100% participating interest and operatorship. OVL has secured equity participation in 9 Oil and Gas Assets in 7 Countries in 2005-06. Now the company participates in equity of 22 Assets in 13 countries. 

 
During 2006 the company was awarded 60 out of 110 exploration blocks by the Government in the five NELP rounds. Out of these 60 NELP Blocks 35 are in The form of unincorporated joint ventures and remaining blocks the company has 100% participating interest. 

 
The company has issue bonus shares as a 'Golden Jubilee year Memorabilia' in the ratio of 1:2. 

 
The company has taken structured initiatives towards new energy sources, i.e. Coal Bed Methane(CBM), under Ground Coal Gasification (UCG) and surface Coal Gasificiation (SCG). The company has intensified CBM Exploration and expects to produce CBM from early 2007. The company has entered into Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad to carry out laboratory and field-based studies for CBM exploration and exploitation. The company has chosen the location for pilot project for UCG at Vastan, Gujarat. The company plans for commercial production of UCG from 2009-10. 

 
The company has firmed up two state-of-the-art petrochemical complexes one at Dahej (Gujarat) and other at Mangalore (Karnataka). Dahej Complex will have C2-C3 extraction plant and an integrated Petrochemical Complex. Mangalore Complex envisages Aromatic and Olefins Projects. 

 
The company is developing a 740 MW Power Plant at Palatana in Tripura Primarily to monetize idle gas. The project is scheduled to be completed by 2008. The company is also taking initiatives to develop non-conventional energy sources and has planned to set up two Wind Power Projects of 50 MW each at Gujarat and Karnataka with approximate investment of Rs.5000 Million.

 

The Company, 'India's most Valuable Corporate' tested a new peak of Two Trillion Rupees in terms of Market Capitalization in May, 2006 The Company also continues to maintain the unique distinction of having the highest Net Worth and the highest Net Profit, inspite of allowing discounts to the tune of Rs 119,565 million to PSU Oil Marketing Companies, in crude oil and product prices, as per administrative orders by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India. The Company remains the undisputed leader in India in terms of dividend payout also.

 

The Company has been awarded the highest-ever Credit Rating for any Indian Corporate by the International Credit Rating Agency, Moody's Investors Services. The rating awarded to the Company is Baa1 (Indicative Foreign Currency debt rating) 2 notches higher than Sovereign rating / A2 (Local Currency issuer rating) 6 notches higher than Sovereign rating, with 'stable' outlook. CRISIL and ICRA have also assigned the Company the highest domestic credit ratings of AAA and LAAA, respectively with a 'stable' outlook. 

 
The Company retains its numero uno ranking among all Indian Companies in the prestigious Forbes Global 2000 list of world's mega corporations (based on composite evaluation of sales, profits, assets and market value). You will be surely happy to know that the Company has now improved its position in Forbes Global 2000 to 256th ranking from 265th in the previous year.

 

Highlights 
 
 * The Company has been ranked 158th among the world's largest companies, in terms of Market Capitalization, in 10th annual Financial Times, Global 500 listing (June 2006). 

 
 * The Company has been ranked 3rd amongst the 50 Best Asian companies and it topped the list of six Indian companies in Business Weeks first annual ranking of Asia's 50 best-performing listed Companies drawn from a list of 625 Asian corporates (October 2005). 

 
 * The Company in terms of revenue scaled up to 402nd rank in Fortune Global 500 list from 454th rank in the previous list. In terms of Profit, the Company is ranked 115th, leading all Indian Corporates (July 2006). 

 
 * The Company was ranked 26th in the Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Ranking, 2006 based on the five metrics of Asset, Revenue, Profit, Earning Per Share and Return on Invested Capital (ROTC) (March 2006). 

 
 * The Company bagged the prestigious NDTV Profit Business Leadership Award, in the oil and gas category. The Hon'ble Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, gave away the Award which was received by the C&MD on 28th July, 2006. 

 
In India the Company remained front runner in the following areas: 

 
 * Biggest Wealth Creator amongst all listed companies on Indian bourses 
 
 * Introduced Integrity Pact to institutionalise Transparency in public procurement practices.  
 
 * Excellence in Promotion of Sports in PSU category  
 
 * Trend Setter in PSU for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in line with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
 
 * Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility 
 
 * Excellence in Safety & Environment Management 
 
 * Excellence in Corporate Governance 
 

During the year, the Company discovered Ten new finds of Hydrocarbons-5 in Deepwater, 3 in Shallow Water and 2 in Onshore areas. You will be glad to note that the Company has taken initiatives for Shallow Gas Exploration in Cambay and KG Basins and presence of commercially exploitable shallow gas has been confirmed in Ankleshwar field. 

 
In the previous five bidding rounds of NELP Blocks, the Company has been able to secure 60 out of 110 blocks. Out of the secured 60 NELP Blocks, in 35 Blocks the Company holds participating interest through Joint Ventures (JVs) and the Company holds 100% participating interest in the remaining Blocks. In the Sixth NELP round, Government has offered 55 blocks: 25 Onshore, 6 Shallow water and 24 Deepwater. As in the past, the company would like to be an aggressive bidder. 

 
Hazira Gas Processing Complex of the Company has witnessed unprecedented floods and thus had to be put on planned shut-down from the midnight of August 07-08, 2006. On account of pro-active measures, timely action was taken for sequential safe shut-down thus minimising the damages. Revival work is underway on war footing to flow the gas at the quickest possible time, in order to minimise the hardship on the HVJ gas pipeline consumers. 
 
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the biggest Indian Multinational in terms of overseas investment recorded the following` achievements: 

 


 * Highest-ever Production 
 
 * Highest-ever Turnover  
 
 * Highest-ever Profits  
 
 * Status of second largest E&P company in India (Second only to the Company) 
 
 The Company's subsidiary, Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) registered commendable performance in operations, with the following achievements: 
 
 * Highest-ever Crude Run* Highest-ever Capacity Utilization * Highest-ever Turnover * Lowest-ever Energy Consumption 

 

OIL & GAS RESERVES 

 
As a measure of good governance, the Company has made voluntary disclosures in respect of the Oil & Gas Reserves. Such voluntary disclosures conform to the Reserves Categorisation procedure specified by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE classification 1994) and comply with US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) statement no. 69 for disclosure of annual estimates of proven Oil & Gas reserves. 

 
You will be pleased to know that the Company has added 68.37 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of ultimate reserves of oil and oil equivalent gas (O+OEG) during the year under review from its domestic & overseas assets (held by OVL). The domestic accretion was 51.65 MMT including ONGC's share in JVs against production of 51.16 MMT during 2005-06. 

 

SUBSIDIARIES 
 
(i) ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) 

 
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company which is engaged in overseas E&P activities made significant strides in 2005-06. The Company secured equity participation in 9 Oil & Gas Assets in 7 countries namely Block 81-1 in Libya, Block-2 in Nigeria, Block A-3 in Myanmar, Al Furat Producing Blocks in Syria, Block BC-10 in Brazil, Block 127 & 128 in Vietnam, Block 24,26,27,28,29 & 36 (including part of Block 35) and Block 34 & 35 in Cuba. 

 
OVL participates in 22 E&P assets in 13 countries namely Vietnam (3 assets), Russia, Sudan (3 assets), Iran, Iraq, Libya (3 assets), Myanmar (2 assets), Syria (2 assets), Qatar, Egypt, Cuba (2 assets), Nigeria and Brazil

 
Besides, OVL has recently won two highly prospective exploration Blocks in oil-rich Nigeria through its joint venture company ONGC Mittal Energy Limited (OMEL). Out of the existing 22 assets, OVL is operator/ joint operator in 9 assets in 8 countries. OVL studded its first well in the Farsi Offshore Block in Iran during April 2006, as operator in the block. 

 
OVL is currently producing oil and gas from its assets in Sudan (Greater Nile Oil & Block 5-A Projects), Vietnam (Block 06.1), Syria (Al Furat) and on a limited scale from Russia (Sakhalin-I). Sakhalin-1 project is expected to go for full scale production in 2007. The Block 5A in Sudan has commenced production on 24th June, 2006 and Block BC-10 in Brazil is currently under development with production expected to begin in 2009-10; the remaining assets are in exploration/ appraisal phase. 

 
OVL's share in production of Oil and Oil equivalent gas (O+OEG), together with its wholly-owned subsidiary ONGC Nile Ganga BY, increased to 6.339 MMT a rise of 25%. OVL earned consolidated gross revenue of Rs. 81,707.28 million, up 36% and its net profit was Rs. 9,011.96 million, up18%. 

 
The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the subscription of 70 million additional equity shares of Rs. 100/- each of OVL at par, aggregating to Rs. 7,000 million by opting to convert the loan extended by the Company into equity. 

 
(ii) Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) 

 
The Company continues to hold 71.62% equity stake in MRPL. MRPL has scaled a new heights of excellence in its operational performance: 

 

 
 * Highest-ever Crude Throughput at 12.12 MMT ; 
 
 * Highest-ever Capacity Utilisation at 125%- The highest among all PSU Refineries; 
 
 * Highest-ever Turnover of Rs.282,430 million ; 
 
 * Highest-ever Export sales of Rs. 119,170 million;  
 
 * Lowest Energy Consumption among all similar Indian Refineries; 
 
 * Highest-ever Accident Free Working days-951 days as on 18th July, 2006. 

Inspite of the excellent operational performance, MRPL earned a Net Profit of Rs.3,716 million against Rs.8,800 million in 2004-05, because of sharing of under recoveries/subsidy burden on LPG (domestic), SKO (PDS), MS and HSD, on the instructions of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, on account of unprecedented increase in the crude oil prices. PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have advised discounts of Rs.3,986 million as share of MRPL towards the above subsidy/ under recoveries. MRPL is seeking more equitable approach with Government of India regarding the mechanism of these discounts. Besides, the reduced lifting by the PSU refineries for domestic market, leading to higher exports with lower margins, has also adversely affected the financial performance of MRPL. 

 
MRPL has started implementing a Refinery Up-gradation-cum-Expansion project involving a capital outlay of Rs.79,430 million to (i) increase the refining capacity to 15 MMTPA, (ii) increase the distillate yield by about 10% in lieu of low value black oil pool, (iii) enhance capacity to process cheaper high-sulphur & high TAN crude oils even while producing the transportation fuels of Euro III / Euro IV standards and (iv) enable MRPL's entry into Lube Oil Base Stock (LOBS) market with 250,000 tonnes per annum capacity. Engineers India Limited (EIL) has been appointed Project Management Consultant (PMC) and the project is scheduled to be completed in 48 months time (June, 2010). 

 
In addition, an Aromatic complex is also being set up through a separate SPV of ONGC/ MRPL at Mangalore SEZ with an estimated project cost of Rs.48,520 million to bring value-addition to surplus naphtha by producing paraxylene. 
 
The Board of Directors of MRPL has recommended a dividend of Rs. 0.7/- per share (7%) for the year 2005-06. 

 

JOINT VENTURES/ASSOCIATES 

 
(i) Petronet LNG Limited (PLL) The Company has 12.5% equity stake in PLL. During the year 2005-06, it has achieved the extraordinary dual distinction of becoming a profit-making undertaking and recording an almost 100% operating capacity (against 50% in 2004-05). During the year, the turnover is Rs. 38,371.7 million, profit before tax is Rs. 2,950.3 million and profit after tax is Rs. 1,949.3 million, respectively.  

 
(ii) ONGC Tripura Power Company Private Limited (OTPC) Incorporated as Joint Venture with Tripura Power Development Corporation Limited(TPDC) and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS). The objective is that of monetisation of the Company's idling gas reserves by setting up a gas-based power generating project in Tripura. OTPC is setting up 740 MW (2x370 MW) power generation plant in Tripura at an all inclusive cost of Rs.29,031 million. 

 
The Company has also approved subscription of upto 150% equity in the transmission project. 

 
Further, the Company has decided to lend Rs 200 million as unsecured loan to Tripura Power Development Corporation Limited (TPDC) for taking up project development work and to allot land for the project at a nominal cost. A sum of Rs.191.49 million has been paid to TPDC during the year. 

 
(iii) Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) 

 
The Company has 21.5% equity in PHHL, which provides helicopter services primarily to the Company. PHHL earned a provisional net profit of Rs 370 million during 2005-06. 

 
(iv) Petronet MHB Limited (PMHBL) 

 
The Company holds 23% equity stake in this product pipeline company linking MRPL to Bangalore, PMHBL is incurring losses because of low capacity utilisation. Initiatives have been taken for optimal capacity utilisation and for restoring the financial health of the company. 

 
(v) Dahej SEZ Limited (DSL) 

 
The Company is the co-promoter of Dahej SEZ Limited (DSL) with 23% equity participation. The Government of Gujarat through Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has a participative interest of 26%. The balance 51% equity of the Company shall be with other Joint Venture partners. DSL has been incorporated with the objective of developing a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Dahej, Gujarat, A Petrochemical Complex involving dual fuel cracker polymer plant at a cost of Rs.135,400 million is being set up, involving an equity investment of Rs. 9,920 million by ONGC. 

 
(vi) Mangalore SEZ Limited (M-SEZ) 

 
The Company along with Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB), representing Government of Karnataka, is the anchor co-promoter of Mangalore SEZ Limited, which has been incorporated on 24th February, 2006. ONGC holds 23% equity in this Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which has been established to develop infrastructure for MRPL's project within the SEZ. The Kannara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Industrial Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) have entered into an MOU envisaging participation of 51% in this SPV. 

 
(vii) ONGC Mittal Energy Services Limited (OMESL) 

 
The Company has formed a Joint Venture (JV) company with Mittal Investments S.A.R.L. in the name of ONGC Mittal Energy Services Limited (OMESL) with the objective to focus on trading and shipping of Oil and Gas, including LNG. In this JV 98% of the equity shall be held by the Company and Mittal Investments S.A.R.L. in the ratio of 51:49. The balance 2% shall be with financial institutions. 

 
10. OTHER BUSINESS INITIATIVES In pursuit of achieving organisational growth with stability, the Company has been looking for new business growth options through entering into various strategic alliances in the form of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with companies having niche strength. Prominent amongst these are: 
 
(i) MoU with Shell Exploration B.V. to pursue joint business opportunities globally in the entire hydrocarbon value-chain. 
 
(ii) MoU with Enter Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI), the 6th biggest integrated Oil Major, a Fortune 500 company. The terms of the MoU extend beyond the confines E&P covering midstream projects like LNG as well. 

 
(iii) MoU with Norsk Hydro of Norway, one of the largest Offshore E&P Company in the world, for co-operation in Deepwater Drilling, Field Development and Reservoir Management. 

 
(iv) MoU with the Institute of Petroleum Technology (IPT) of Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), to pursue work on Reservoir Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery. 
 
(v) MoU was inked with another Norwegian firm Roxar Software Solutions, to enable the Company to focus on Real-Time Model Updation of Reservoir using Logging While Drilling (LWD), Geosteering information, integrated Log and Drilling data. 

 
(vi) MoU with Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) for forming of a joint-venture SPV, for Offshore services and related business. 

 
(vii) An Integrated Trading Desk (ITD) was established in 2003, as a platform for coordinating transactions relating to sourcing of crude oil for MRPL and export of products of ONGC group of companies namely, ONGC, ONGC Videsh, ONGC B.V. and MRPL. The ITD is engaged in varied activities like the international sale of crude oil from OVL's properties abroad; arranging MRPL's requirement of crude oil; export of surplus refined petroleum products of MRPL and export of surplus value-added petroleum products from ONGC's Hazira and Uran Plants. The desk's performance during the year, in successfully handling import of crude oil for MRPL under Term Contracts and the export of products/sale of crude through tenders has been commendable. 

 
The future plan of ITD includes interalia risk management, hedging, swapping, shipping, charter hiring etc. 

 

Super Unnati Prayas Scheme 

 
The first Batch of 20 executives engaged in a customised, exclusive MBA programme at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) were conferred with MBA degrees in International Business at the 40th IIFT convocation in New Delhi. Our executives excelled and eight of our executives, out of a batch of twenty, surpassed the highest grade of the topper of the regular batch by achieving CGPA of more than 3.9. Mr. Rajashri Gupta, Manager (Logistics), bagged the gold medal creating an all time high record of 4.27 CGPA in the history of IIFT. 

 
Another 20 executives, pursuing a consortium MBA programme at MDI Gurgaon; successfully completed the course with excellent performance and were awarded MBA degrees in March, 2006. 

 
(iii) Shangsaptak 

 
This unique, innovative and exclusive orientation programme for below-the-Board executives is being conducted at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. This unique programme of three modules spread over 15 months includes classroom sessions, overseas learning component and project/ assignments to be undertaken by the participants. The overseas learning component includes internationalised training at Petronas (Malyasia), Trafigura (Singapore), British Petroleum (USA), Exxon Mobil (USA), Baker Hughes (USA) and University of Houston among others. 

 
The second batch of 31 executives completed their exposure to a world-class curriculum with academic and industry exposure in October, 2005 and the course for the third batch of 31 senior executives commenced in August, 2005. 

 
(iv) Senior Management Programme 

 
A Senior Management Programme (SMP) was introduced this year for executives at middle level. A total of twenty six executives have undergone the programme which comprises of classroom learning for 14 days at MDI Gurgaon and an overseas learning component for the next 14 days including overseas training at OPEC HQ, Vienna, Vienna Power Plant, Garbage recycling plant, Vienna, British Petroleum Downstream hub-Austria, University of Antwerp, European School of Management-Paris, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, etc. 

 
(v) ONGC Academy As many as 3,848 executives attended 186 programmes at the academy, excluding 351 fresh executives inducted as graduate trainees on their induction course. The academy organised a total of 16 high intensity E&P training programmes on emerging technologies with training conducted by internationally renowned foreign faculty. 

 
The Regional Training Institutes conducted 348 training programmes for 5,313 non-executives. 

 
During the year under report, eighteen participants from Oil Exploration Company (DEC), Iraq and National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Iran attended various customised and calendar programmes at ONGC Academy
 
(vi) ARCUBE 

 
As reported in 2004-05, the Company has initiated a comprehensive study to redefine the organization in order to achieve world class performance levels. The Three Rs represent Roster, Roles and Responsibilities. From the findings of this study, various HR initiatives have been identified and are under implementation, that is; 


 
 * Competency Mapping in the core business areas of exploration. 
 
 * Rationalisation of Cadres and Disciplines in line with the global best practices. 
 
 * Optimum manpower deployment in the operational areas like GGS, Rigs, etc. 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANTI ANALYSIS REPORT 

 
A. Industry structure and developments 

 
A.1 Since last Annual General Body Meeting of the Company in September' 2005 global landscape and dynamics for petroleum industry has changed radically. 

 
A.2 Oil prices crossed USD 75 per barrel. Natural gas prices also increased world over. Hurricane Katrina's effect on production and refining capacity in the Gulf of Mexico, ongoing conflicts in Middle East, surging demands from world's two fastest growing nations India and China coupled with capacity constrains of oil exporting countries are few reasons for sudden rise in oil and gas prices. 

 
A.3 Growing concern about energy security, geo-politics and unprecedented interest of investors in energy business are also the factors to put energy at premium. Continuous hardening of oil prices and other energy sources are now being seen as the long-term response to 'demand shock'. 

 
Oil and Gas Demand 

 
Over the last decade primary energy consumption in the world increased at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than two percent, mainly due to surge in energy demand from developing world, especially from China and India, where it has spiraled at a CAGR of 5.4% and 4.3% respectively. 

 
Oil and natural gas are the dominant fuels in energy basket, accounting for almost 60% of the primary energy consumption with a share of 36% and 24% respectively. 

 
Oil consumption in the world increased at a CAGR of 1.7%; however, China and India registered a CAGR of 7.4% and 4.4% respectively in the last decade. 

 
Globally natural gas consumption increased at a CAGR of 2.5%. In case of China and India it increased at a CAGR of 10.4% and 6.6% respectively against a decline in gas consumption in USA, the largest gas consumer in the world. 

 
Hydrocarbon Resources 

 
The greatest exploration successes occurred prior to 1980, driven by large discoveries in Middle East, Russia etc. Since then, hydrocarbon resource additions have lagged behind the demand. The demand for oil and gas will continue to increase, as they are expected to remain dominant energy sources in the near future also. 
 
Industry has made significant new discoveries in the last few years but they are increasingly being made at greater depths on land and in deepwater where cost of finds and production are high. New and discovered resources need to be produced economically and in environment friendly manner to meet ever growing demand for oil and gas and offset natural field decline. Exploration successes would also require new and better technology. 
 
New supplies, especially gas, are located at increasing distances from consuming markets. Finding economic and safe transportation solutions is yet another challenge before the industry. However, good news is that transnational trade of natural gas has increased substantially in recent past mainly due to strengthening of gas supply from countries like, Oman, Qatar, Iran, Nigeria, Trinidad & Tobago etc. LNG supply and use which has also increased substantially, today accounts for about 35% of international gas trade. 

 
B. Opportunities and threats 

 
Rising oil and gas prices favour the financials of the Company but its effect on national economy would be devastating in the longrun. There are early indications of global economic recession, particularly on economies dependent on oil import. 

 
In this scenario, the company faces two challenges. First, ensuring sustained growth for the Company and second supporting national cause to minimize the effect of high energy cost. These challenges can be handled only through finding new energy assets in the country through intensive exploration and/or acquiring equity oil and gas overseas. 

 
The Company, carrying the responsibility of nation's energy security concerns, has committed itself for locating new oil & gas assets in the country, bringing new sources of energy to stream and aggressively pursuing global hydrocarbon opportunities. For this, sufficient resources have already been earmarked. 

 
'Energy Resource Nationalism' has caught the attention of Governments world over. Energy security options go beyond national boundaries and equity oil and gas have become priority for the nations. 

 
The Company had realized this long back and responded by forming ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) to secure energy security for the country, which is now sourcing more than six million Tonnes of oil and oil equivalent gas per year from 22 oil and gas assets in 14 countries. 

 
The Company has committed required resources to support OVL's quest for equity oil and gas for energy security of the country. 

 
Keeping in view the increasing gas demand in India, and available global opportunities, the Company finds opportunity in LNG business and is taking appropriate measures to get into the business. 

 
C. Physical Performance 

 
C.1 Crude oil production 

 
Crude oil production during the year was 26.19 MMT as against 28.13 MMT during the previous year. Natural Gas production was 24.97 BCM against 25.23 BCM during the previous year. Less oil and gas production was mainly due to shortfall in production from Mumbai High, Neelam-Heera and Bassein & Satellite assets. The shortfall in Mumbai High production was primarily due to unfortunate BHN platform accident on 27th July, 2005. There was a shortfall in production from Assam Asset as well. 

 
C.2 Value-added products (VAP) 

 
Production of value added products during the year was 3,364 MT against 3,419 MT during the previous year. VAP production was less mainly on account of less gas production and supply. 

 
C.3 Drilling 

 
Total 270 wells were drilled during the year out of which 106 were exploratory wells and 164 were development wells. 
 
C.4 Seismic survey 

 
6,197 Line Kilometers of 2D and 19,865.6 Square Kms. of 3D seismic data were acquired during the year. 

 
D. Outlook 

 
D.1 Exploration and Production 

 
D.1.1 The Company, in recent years, has taken positive initiatives to revitalize its oil and gas assets in India; most of which are matured fields. Improved/ Enhanced Oil Recovery (IOR/ EOR) programmes are under implementation in 10 major fields with planned investment of more than Rs.120,000 million. The Company expects that declining production will be arrested from these fields. 

 
D.1.2 Under the present oil price regime, Marginal fields are no longer marginal. Accordingly, the Company has identified expeditious development of marginal fields as one of the major thrust area. The Company had identified 153 fields (79 in onshore and 74 in offshore) as marginal fields, as in earlier oil price regime did not favour development of these fields. The ultimate reserves of more than 180 Million Tonnes of oil and oil equivalent gas (O+OEG) was lying idle with these dormant assets. 

 
D.1.3 Out of these 153 fields, 38 fields (Onshore: 36, Offshore: 2) have already been monetized. 94 fields are under monetization (Onshore: 39, Offshore: 55) and balance 21 fields are planned for monetization (Onshore: 4, Offshore: 17). The Company will be malting investment to the tune of Rs 127,000 million and expects that these marginal fields may contribute 50,000 bbls/ day of oil and 10 MMm 3/day of gas by terminal year of XI Plan. 

 
D.1.4 Technology plays an important role in risk mitigation and value addition in E&P industry. Recognizing that, in recent years the Company has inducted best-in-class technology in all spheres of its exploration and production activities. In addition, the Company has entered into strategic alliances with reputed service providers like Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, IPR, Transocean etc., to have cutting edge in E&P The Company has also established association/ cooperation with major E&P companies like BG, ENI, CAIRN, SHELL, Norsk Hydro, BP BHP Biliton, etc. 

 
D.1.5 Renewal and replacement of old installations, facilities and pipelines of the Company is in progress in most of the Assets. More than Rs 20,000 million is being invested in Assam fields alone for revamping of old installations and pipeline network to reduce surface bottlenecks. 

 

 

AS PER WEBSITE

 

Global Ranking

 

  • Is Asia’s best Oil & Gas company, as per a recent survey conducted by US-based magazine ‘Global Finance’.
  • Ranks as the 2nd biggest E&P company (and 1st in terms of profits), as per the Platts Energy Business Technology (EBT) Survey 2004
  • Ranks 24th among Global Energy Companies by Market Capitalization in PFC Energy 50 (December 2004). [ONGC was ranked 17th till March 2004, before the shares prices dropped marginally for external reasons.
  • Is placed at the top of all Indian Corporates listed in Forbes 400 Global Corporates (rank 133rd) and Financial Times Global 500 (rank 326th), by Market Capitalization.
  • Is recognized as the Most Valuable Indian Corporate, by Market Capitalization, Net Worth and Net Profits, in current listings of Economic Times 500 (4th time in a row), Business Today 500, Business Baron 500 and Business Week.
  • Has created the highest-ever Market Value-Added (MVA) of Rs. 24,258 Crore and the fourth-highest Economic Value-Added (EVA) of Rs. 596 Crore, as assessed in the 5th Business Today-Stern Stewart study (April 2003), ahead of private sector leaders like Reliance and Infosys. ONGC is the only Public Sector Enterprise to achieve a positive MV A as well as EVA.
  • Is targeting to have all its installations (offshore and onshore) accredited (certified) by March 2005. This will make ONGC the only company in the world in this regard.
  • Owns and operates more than 11000 kilometers of pipelines in India, including nearly 3200 kilometers of sub-sea pipelines. No other company in India operates even 50 per cent of this route length.
  • Crossed the landmark of earning Net Profit exceeding Rs.10,000 Crore, the first to do so among all Indian Corporates, and a remarkable Net Profit to Revenue ratio of 29.8 per cent. The growth in ONGC's profits is not solely due to deregulation in crude prices in India, as deregulation has affected all the oil companies, upstream as well as downstream, but it is only ONGC which has exhibited such a performance (of doubling turnover and profits).
  • Has paid the highest-ever dividend in the Indian corporate history.
  • Its 10 per cent equity sale (India's highest-ever equity offer) received unprecedented Global Investor recognition. This was a landmark in Indian equity market, establishing beyond doubt, the respect ONGC's professional management commands among the global investor community. According to a report published in 'The Asian Wall Street Journal (Hongkong)', ONGC's Public Issue brought in 20 Foreign Institutional Investors (FIls) to India, as (it was reported), 'they could not ignore the company representing India's energy security'.
  • The Market Capitalization of the ONGC Group (ONGC & MRPL) constitutes 10 per cent of the total market capitalization on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). ONGC has an equity weightage of 5 per cent in Sensex; 15 per cent in the Nifty (the only Indian corporate with a two-digit presence there); ONGC commands a 7 per cent weightage in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Index.
  • The growth in ONGC's Market Capitalization (from Rs. 18,500 Crore before May 2001 to Rs. 1,25,000 Crore in January 2004) is unprecedented and except Wipro (who had a higher market capitalization temporarily), no other Indian company (either in public or private sector) has seen such a phenomenal growth.
  • ONGC has come a long way from the day (a few years back) when India and ONGC did not figure on the global oil and gas map. Today, ONGC Group has 14 properties in 10 foreign countries. Going by the investments (Committed: USD 2.708 billion, and Actual: USD 1.919 billion), ONGC is the biggest Indian Multinational Corporation (MNC).
  • ONGC ended the sectoral regime in the Indian hydrocarbon industry and benchmarked the globally- established integrated business model; it took up 71.6 per cent equity in the Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), and also took up a 23 per cent stake in the 364-km-long Mangalore-Hasan-Bangalore product Pipeline, connecting the refinery to the Karnataka hinterland. By turning around MRPL in 368 days, ONGC has set standards of public sector companies reviving joint (or private) sector companies, proving that in business, professionalism matters, not ownership.

 ONGC Represents India’s Energy Security

 ONGC has single-handedly scripted India’s hydrocarbon saga by :

  • Establishing 6 billion tonnes of In-place hydrocarbon reserves with more than 300 discoveries of oil and gas; in fact, 5 out of the 6 producing basins have been discovered by ONGC: out of these In-place hydrocarbons in domestic acreage, Ultimate Reserves are 2.1 Billion Metric Tonnes (BMT) of Oil Plus Oil Equivalent Gas (O+OEG).
  • Cumulatively producing 685 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of crude and 375 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM) of Natural Gas, from 115 fields.

 India’s Most Valuable Company:

 

  • With a market capitalization having exceeded Rs 1 trillion, ONGC retains it’s position as the most valuable company in India in various listings.
  • As per 5th Business Today Stern-Stewart study, ONGC was the biggest Wealth Creator during 1998-2003 (Rs 226.30 billion). It was again the highest wealth creator during 1999-2004, as per Motilal Oswal Securities.
  • ONGC’s mega Public Offer (India’s biggest-ever equity offer worth more than Rs 100 billion was over subscribed 5.88 times.
  • ONGC is the only Indian company to have earned a Net Profit of over Rs 10,000 crores (2002-03).
  • The market capitalization of the ONGC group constitutes 8% of the market capitalization of BSE.
  • ONGC added 49.06 MMT of ultimate reserves of O+OEG during 2003-04 (including overseas acquisitions), maintaining the trend of positive accretion for the third consecutive year.

 

 ONGC’s Pioneering Efforts


ONGC is the only fully–integrated petroleum company in India, operating along the entire hydrocarbon value chain :

  • Holds largest share (57.2 per cent) of hydrocarbon acreages in India.
  • Contributes over 84 per cent of Indian’s oil and gas production.
  • Every sixth LPG cylinder comes from ONGC.
  • About one-tenth of Indian refining capacity.
  • Created a record of sorts by turning Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited around from being a stretcher case for referral to BIFR to among the BSE Top 30, within a year.
  • Owns 23% of Mangalore-Hasan-Bangalore Product Pipeline (MHBPL), connecting MRPL to the Karnataka hinterland.

 Competitive Strength

  • All crudes are sweet and most (76%) are light, with sulphur percentage ranging from 0.02-0.10, API gravity ranging from 26°-46° and hence attracts a premium in the market.
  • Strong intellectual property base, information, knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Maximum number of Exploration Licenses, including competitive NELP rounds.
  • ONGC owns and operates more than 11000 kilometers of pipelines in India, including nearly 3200 kilometers of sub-sea pipelines. No other company in India, operates even 50 per cent of this route length.

 

 

 

 Strategic Vision: 2001-2020

Focusing on core business of E&P, ONGC has set strategic objectives of :

  • Doubling reserves (i.e. accreting 6 billion tonnes of O+OEG) by 2020; out of this 4 billion tonnes are targeted from the Deep-waters.
  • Improving average recovery from 28 per cent to 40 per cent.
  • Tie-up 20 MMTPA of equity Hydrocarbon from abroad.
  • The focus of management will be to monetise the assets as well as to assetise the money.

The focus of management will be to monetise the assets as well as to assetise the money.

 

 Sagar Sammriddhi : Biggest Global Deepwater Campaign


ONGC launched ‘Sagar Sammriddhi’, the biggest deep-water exploration campaign ever undertaken by a single operator, anywhere in the world.

  • Strategic plan to accrete 4 billion tones of reserves by 2020.
  • US$0.75 million per day investment.
  • Integrated Well Completion approach.
  • Plans to drill 47 deepwater wells up to water depths of 3 kms.

Leveraging Technology


To attain the strategic objective of improving the Recovery Factor from 28 per cent to 40 per cent, ONGC has focused on prudent reservoir management as well as effective implementation of technologies for incremental recovery to maximize production over the entire life cycle of existing fields


Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) schemes are being implemented:

  • In 15 fields including Mumbai offshore
  • At a total investment exceeding US $2.5 billion.
  • Yielding incremental 120 MMT of O+OEG over 20 years

Sourcing Equity Oil Abroad

ONGC's overseas arm ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), has laid strong foothold in a number of lucrative acreages, some of them against stiff competition from international oil majors.

OVL has so far, acquired 15 properties in 14 foreign countries, and striving to reach out further

OVL’s projects are spread out in Vietnam, Russia, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Lybia, Syria, Myanmar, Australia, and Ivory Coast. It is further pursuing Oil and gas exploration blocks in Algeria, Australia, Indonesia, Nepal, Iran, Russia, UAE and Venezuela.

  • Production Sharing Contract in Vietnam for gas field having reserves of 2.04 TCF, with 45 per cent stake in partnership with BP and Petro Vietnam. Gas production has commenced from January 2003.
  • 20 per cent holding in the Sakhalin–1 Production Sharing Agreement. The US $ 1.77 billion investment in Sakhalin offshore field is the single largest foreign investment by India in any overseas venture and the single largest foreign investment in Russia. It is scheduled to go on production during 2005-06
  • Acquired 25 per cent of equity in the Greater Nile Oil Project in Sudan, the first producing oil property. ONGC Nile Ganga BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been set up in the Netherlands to manage this property. Around 3 Million Tonnes of crude oil is coming to India annually from this project. This is the first time that equity crude of a group of companies in India is being imported into India for refining by the group
  • Discovered a world-class giant gas field ‘Shwe” in Block A-1(where OVL has 20 per cent share) in Myanmar, with estimated recoverable reserve of 4 to 6 trillion cubic feet of gas.
  • Besides taking equity in oil & gas blocks and looking for stakes in E&P companies, OVL is also bagging prospective contracts (like the refinery upgradation and pipeline contracts in Sudan, awarded to OVL on nomination basis due to its performance in that country), which will increase ONGC’s equity oil basket. ONGC’s strategic objective of sourcing 20 million tones of equity oil abroad per year is likely to be fulfilled much before 2020. In fact, OVL is now eyeing a long-term target of 60 MMT of Oil equivalent per year by 2025.
  • Going by the investments (Committed: US $ 4.3 billion, and Actual: US $ 2.75 billion), ONGC is the biggest Indian Multinational Corporation (MNC).

 Frontiers Of Technology

 

  • Uses one of the Top Ten virtual Reality Interpretation facilities in the world
  • Rolled out ICE, one of the biggest ERP implementation facilities in the world

 

  Best In Class Infrastructure And Facilities

  • ONGC’s success rate is at par with the global norm and is elevating its operations to the best-in-class level, with the modernization of its fleet of drilling rigs and related equipment, at an investment of around US $ 400 million.
  • ONGC has adopted Best-in-class business practices for modernization, expansion and integration of all Info-com systems with investment of around US $ 125 million.


Onshore

  • Production Installation :- 225
  • Pipeline Network (km) :- 7900
  • Major Offshore Terminals (including CFU, LPG, Gas, Sweetening plants, Storage Tanks) :- 2
  • Drilling Rigs :- 75
  • Work Over rigs :- 66
  • Seismic Units :- 33
  • Logging Units :- 35

Offshore

  • Well Platforms :- 131
  • Well-cum-Process Platforms :- 5
  • Process Platforms :- 28
  • Drilling/ Jack-up-Rigs :- 18
  • Pipeline Networks (km) :- 3200
  • Offshore Supply Vessels :- 32
  • Special Application Vessels :- 4

Financial (2003-04)

 

  • Highest-ever dividend paid to shareholders (US$ 930 million)
  • Practically zero debt Corporate
  • Contributed over US $ 20 billion to the exchequer

The Road Ahead

ONGC is entering LNG (regasification), Petrochemicals, Power Generation, as well as Crude & Gas shipping, to have presence along the entire hydrocarbon value-chain. While remaining focused on its core business of oil & gas E&P, it is also looking at the future and promoting an applied R&D in alternate fuels (which can be commercially brought to market). These efforts in integration is basically to exploit the core competency of the organization – knowledge of hydrocarbons, gained over the five decades.

New Business

ONGC has also ventured into Coal Bed Methane (CBM) and Underground Coal Gasification (UCG); CBM production would commence in 2006-07 and UCG in 2008-09. ONGC is also looking at Gas Hydrates, as it is one possible source that could make India self-sufficient in energy, on a sustained basis.

Continuing On The Growth Trajectory

The ONGC Group has doubled its turnover from 5 billion US dollars to 10 billion US dollars (from Rs 23,238 Crore to Rs 48,368 Crore) in the last 3 years (2001- 2004); and it aims to go to 50 billion US dollars in the next 5 years. As this implies a commendable annual growth rate (compounded) of 40-50 per cent, this objective of ONGC, when realized, would be an outstanding achievement, by any standards.

ONGC Is Now Geared To Meet Its Vision

To be an Indian Integrated Energy Multinational (PSU); Target: A Turnover of 50 Billion US dollars in 5 years.

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.40.87

UK Pound

1

Rs.80.99

Euro

1

Rs.55.39

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

8

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

64

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

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