‘Buy’ on ONGC, Oil India; prefer IOCL to BPCL/HPCL Posted on 9th March 2018 |
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| ONGC, Oil India and BPCL’s Area-1 project moved a step forward this week although FID may still be months away. Even so, with start-up only in 2023E, any earnings uplift is years away with development spend likely to weigh on cashflow in the interim with Oil India, BPCL more vulnerable to downside surprises than ONGC. Nonetheless, with valuations inexpensive we keep our ‘Buy’ on ONGC, Oil India preferring IOCL to BPCL/HPCL in downstream SOEs. The Anadarko operated Area-1 project where ONGC (16%), Oil India (4%) and BPCL (10%) are partners moved a step further to sanction with the Mozambique government approving the plan for the first two trains (12.9 MT) based off the Golfinho-Atum fields. FID, already delayed by several years, may still be some time away, though. ENI signed off on its smaller 3.3 MT Coral FLNG project in adjacent Area-4 only in November 16, e.g., nine months after the February16 government approval, with FID taking another seven months. Finalizing offtake and financing will be key for FID with Anadarko targeting 8.5 MT of SPAs (two third of capacity) to underpin this. It has agreed key terms for 5.1 MT with the LNG deficit that may build post 2023 boding well LT. Yet, with buyer-seller expectations mismatched and supplies abundant for now, closing firm SPAs may remain challenging or involve concessions. Some 80 MT of new LNG supply is likely in 2018-19E, e.g., with low-cost Qatar also looking to expand by ~30%. Indeed, Shell suggests that offtake contracts are becoming shorter, smaller and riskier. We build a pricing mix that implies $8.5-9.0/mmbtu East Asia DES (or $7.5-8.0 FOB) at our $65/$3.5 Brent /HH LT forecasts (~13.5% slope). This is higher than what Brent/HH curves support with Asia LNG forwards ($6.2-8.5) lower on average too. We assume that 6-7% of LNG is sold domestically at $5 FOB. Pricing is uncertain, though, as is capex. A few years back Anadarko had estimated $12-16 billion for two 5-MT trains predicated on the excellent reservoir and well flow but we model a higher $20 bn that most other partners appear to suggest. At $1575/ tonne, though, even this will be competitive for an integrated LNG project. |
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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