Shares of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) tanked over 5% on the BSE on news reports the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) may acquire HPCL in an about Rs 44,000 crore deal as part of the government's plan to create an integrated oil giant.

Reacting to the buzz, the stock of HPCL shed 5% to Rs 531 in intraday trade on the BSE. Stock of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) also slipped nearly 3% to Rs 670. ONGC was trading flat at Rs 194.

India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp will take control of Hindustan Petroleum Corp as part of the government's plan to create an integrated public sector oil entity, the Economic Times daily reported on Monday citing top government officials.

India plans to create a giant oil company by combining state-owned firms, finance minister Arun Jaitley said in the budget speech earlier this month as the world's third largest oil consumer looks to better compete with global majors in acquiring foreign assets.

NEW DELHI: The government’s plan to create an integrated oil company will likely involve Oil and Natural Gas Corp taking over either Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) or Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) but won’t result in a mega merger leading to the creation of an industry giant.

In his February 1 Budget speech, FM Arun Jaitley had said the government proposes to “create an integrated public sector oil major which will be able to match the performance of international and domestic private sector oil and gas companies”.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) dipped over 6% to Rs 541 on the BSE on profit booking after the company reported 53% year-on-year rise in its net profit at Rs 1,590 crore for the quarter ended December 2016 (Q3FY17), owing to better operational performance.

Total income from operations for the quarter under review was at Rs 55,541 crore, 15% higher from Rs 48,323 crore.

State-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has received environment clearance for expansion of its Mumbai refinery in Maharashtra, entailing an investment of Rs 3,846 crore.

With the proposed expansion, HPCL said the Mumbai refinery will be able to produce gasoline and diesel meeting Euro IV quality specifications, besides other petroleum products like LPG, Naphtha, Kerosene, ATF, Fuel oil and Sulphur and can meet the current market demands.

Public sector oil and gas companies GAIL and HPCL together propose to set up a cracker unit at Kakinada on the east coast at an estimated investment of Rs 40,000 crore.

The proposal was in discussions for more than a year now with Andhra Pradesh government seeking these investments at Machilipatnam port closer to the upcoming capital city Amaravati.

All three listed oil marketing companies (OMCs) Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) along with IndusInd Bank, Hindustan Zinc and Power Grid Corporation are 10 stocks from the Nifty500 index hitting their respective record highs on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Caplin Point Lab, CCL Products, EID Parry and Vakrangee are others that hit lifetime highs on the NSE in intra-day trade.

State-run oil marketing companies shares rose on Monday amid flat broader markets on the back of increase in retail fuel prices announced last night. Indian Oil Corp, the country’s largest oil marketer, was trading at Rs 335.3, up 1.36% from the previous close. Other two state-run oil marketing companies – Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd were also trading higher at Rs 490.7 (up 0.57%) and Rs 658.45 (0.12%) in the morning trade. Benchmark indices marginally recovered from early morning weakness. BSE Sensex was trading at 27,257.16 points, up 0.07%, and NSE Nifty regained the 8,400-mark at 8,409.1 points, up 0.1%.

New Delhi: The PSU oil companies have deferred a planned Rs2.26 a litre hike in petrol and Rs1.78 increase in diesel.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) revise rates, particularly when a price cut is necessitated, on 1st and 16th of every month based on average international price in the previous fortnight. But an increase that was warranted because of a rise in international gasoline (petrol) price to $62.82 per barrel from $57.43 and that of diesel to $60.97 from $56.79 was deferred on Friday.

Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corp today signed a pact to build India's biggest oil refinery at a cost of $30 billion on the west coast.

The three firms signed the pact for the 60-million tonne a year refinery in Maharashtra with IOC as leader of the consortium, officials said.

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