印度新石油政策 各公司从中获益

The government is leveraging its position as world’s fastest growing economy and one of the world’s biggest energy consumers to secure sweetened energy deals globally by renegotiating gas contracts, signing long term crude deals at discounted prices and buying oil equity.

Petronet LNG Limited, India’s largest gas importer would have at least saved $8 billion or Rs 50,000 crore over the life of the contract at current oil prices by re-negotiating a gas deal with Qatar’s RasGas, translating to annual savings of $600 million.

India’s growing geopolitical influence globally and tumbling oil prices and a global gas glut are compelling exporters to offer better deals to retain their share in the global energy trade, benefiting Indian energy firms.

As a friendly gesture, Ras Gas has also waived a penalty of $1.5 billion to PLL for not lifting committed amount of gas under the ‘take or pay’ clause.

Similarly, OVL, the international arm of state-owned energy major ONGC has bought 15 per cent stake in Russia’s second largest oil field Vencor for $1.27 billion at one-third of the prices of the OVL-Imperial deal a few years back.