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This Article is From Nov 20, 2025

Oil And Gas Q2 Review: OMCs Drive Overall YoY Strength; Gas Companies See Lower Margin: ICICI Securities

ICICI Securities remains positive on downstream names and selective on the gas space; but upstream may remain under pressure in the near term.

Oil And Gas Q2 Review: OMCs Drive Overall YoY Strength; Gas Companies See Lower Margin: ICICI Securities
IGL, MGL delivered strong volume growth of ~3%/14% YoY while Gujarat Gas’ volume were muted due to weaker performance at Morbi.(Photo Source: PilMo Kang/Unsplash)
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Oil marketing companies reported Ebitda/PAT of Rs 312.5 billion/Rs 178.8 billion for Q2 FY26 – up 2.8x/8.9x YoY (+5%/11% QoQ). The three CGDs – Indraprastha Gas, Gujarat Gas and Mahanagar Gas – delivered weaker earnings in Q2 FY26.

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ICICI Securities Report

Q2 FY26 Ebitda/PAT improved 33%/36% YoY and 3%/9% QoQ, respectively, for our oil and gas coverage universe. The rise in Ebitda was driven by strong YoY growth seen in the OMCs, Reliance Industries and GulfOil Lubricants, with gas companies/upstream reporting weaker earnings.

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Strong refining margins, decline in LPG under-recovery and improvement in RIL's consumer segments drove the YoY operational improvement, even as retail fuel margins saw some YoY softness for the OMCs.

A further decline in APM allocation raised gas costs and dragged margins for city gas distributions.

Lower crude realisations impacted upstream earnings, with one-off factors impacting Oil India's production as well.

We remain positive on downstream names and selective on the gas space; but upstream may remain under pressure in the near term.

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