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Hindustan Oil Exploration Company update on B-80 block Gas E-Auction

Posted On : 2022-03-10 09:14:19( TIMEZONE : IST )

B-80 block in Mumbai Offshore being developed by Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited, under the Revenue Sharing Contract Model, enjoys oil and gas marketing freedom.

To discover the market price for the gas, as required by the Government policy, HOEC invited proposals for participation in the e-auction for sale of 0.3 mmscmd natural gas to be produced from B-80.

In response, bidders from both private and public sector submitted their bids and pursuant to the techno-commercial evaluation, e-auction to discover the gas price was held on March 08, 2022 and M/s Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) has emerged as the successful bidder.

The contract for offtake of gas on an immediate sale basis shall be entered with GSPC for a duration of 2 years and the monthly sales gas price in US$/mmbtu will be calculated at 22.2% of the previous month average Brent Crude Oil price in US$/barrel. A floor price of US$ 6/mmbtu is applicable, i.e., if in any month the calculated sales gas price is less than US$ 6/mmbtu then a price of US$ 6/mmbtu shall apply.

For example, if the average Brent Crude Oil price of previous month is US$ 80/barrel, the applicable current month sales gas price will be US$ 17.76/mmbtu. The Company is on track to commence commercial production of oil and gas from B-80 Block by end of March 2022.

The bidding process for the above e-auction was conducted by MSTC Ltd. who are authorised by the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to conduct E-Auction for gas sales.

Shares of Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 205.05 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 207.15. The total number of shares traded during the day was 109612 in over 2436 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 214.40 and intraday low of 203.55. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 22852444.00.