Bharat Petroleum Signs Crude Import Deals with UAE, Kuwait

Refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) has signed a deal with ADNOC, national oil company of the United Arab Emirates, to import 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil in 2014-15, a company statement said on Friday.

State-run BPCL, along with its subsidiary Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL), has also signed a deal with Kuwati Petroleum Company to buy 84,000 bpd oil in the fiscal year to March 31, 2015, it said.

BPCL operates a 240,000 bpd Mumbai refinery in West India and a 190,000 bpd Kochi refinery in the South of the country.

It also has majority stakes in the 60,000 bpd Numaligarh refinery in North East.

BORL, majority owned by BPCL, operates a 120,000 bpd Bina refinery in central India.

Oman Oil Company has a minority stake in BORL.

Shares in Bharat Petroleum, on Friday, ended at Rs 551.55 apiece on the BSE, up 6.68 per cent from the previous close.

Copyright @ Thomson Reuters 2014

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