石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據路透社新德里7月19日消息，印度政府一位知情人士周三表示，印度政府已經批準國有油氣勘探商印度油氣公司（ONGC）購買其在國有煉油商印度斯坦石油公司（HPCL）所持有51.1%股權的計劃，因為印度政府尋求建立一家大型的綜合性石油公司。
印度大約有十二家國有油氣公司，其中很多公司在業務上重疊。就個體而言，這些油氣公司沒有財力與全球石油巨頭競爭爭奪海外的勘探和開采資產。
印度是全球第三大石油消費國，其原油需求的約80%依賴于進口。印度總理穆迪已經設定目標，2020年前，印度對進口石油的依賴度將減少10%。
HPCL股權出售所獲得的資金還將幫助政府支付福利項目。印度這個亞洲第三大經濟體旨在通過出售政府在多家公司的股權募集到112.4億美元的資金。
印度財政部長Arun Jaitley今年2月份宣布ONGC將通過合并其它國有公司的方式組建一家巨大的國家石油公司。ONGC董事長Dinesh K. Sarraf告訴路透社：“協同作用的效益將是巨大的?！?br />
Sarraf表示：“當前原油價格持續低迷，作為上游油氣勘探商的ONGC的贏利能力大幅下降，但是煉油廠的煉油毛利和油品銷售利潤卻在上升，因此對于ONGC來說進行這次收購是非常合理的?！?br />
據路透社計算，按當前的市場價格，政府所持有HPCL 51.1%的股權價值約46.5億美元。據ONGC網站顯示，今年三月底，ONGC持有的現金等價物和銀行存款約為20億美元。
Sarraf 表示，ONGC還沒有起草針對此次收購的出資計劃。
知情人士表示，收購完成后，ONGC旗下煉油子公司芒格洛爾煉化公司將與HPCL進行合并。 唐紹紅 摘譯自 路透社 原文如下： India allows ONGC to buy out government stake in refiner HPCL India has approved explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s plan to buy its 51.1% stake in state-refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp , a government source said on Wednesday, as New Delhi seeks to create a large integrated oil firm. India has about a dozen state-owned oil and gas companies, with significant overlaps in operations. Alone they do not have the financial power to rival global oil majors in bids for overseas exploration and production assets. India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer, imports about 80% of its crude needs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target to cut dependence on oil imports by 10% by 2020. The proceeds from the HPCL stake sale will also help the federal government pay for welfare programmes. Asia’s third-largest economy aims to raise $11.24 B through government stake sales in various companies. Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley announced in February the plan to form a giant national oil company by combining other state-owned firms. “The benefits of synergy would be huge,” ONGC Chairman Dinesh K. Sarraf told Reuters. “Today crude prices are down, so ONGC’s profitability is down while gross refining margins and marketing margins of refiners are up so it makes a lot of sense for ONGC to make this acquisition,” Sarraf said. At current market prices, the government’s 51.1% stake in HPCL is worth about $4.65 B, according to Reuters calculations. At the end of March, state-run ONGC, the country’s top explorer, had cash equivalents and bank balances of about $2 B, the company’s website showed. Sarraf said ONGC had yet to draw up a funding plan for the acquisition. At a later date ONGC’s refining subsidiary Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals will be merged with HPCL, the government source said. ?
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