State-owned Oil and Pure Fuel Company (ONGC) on Friday reported a 16.7 per cent drop in its third-quarter internet revenue because it realised decrease charges for crude oil it produces. Standalone internet revenue was at ₹8,240 crore in October-December 2024 – the third quarter of April 2024 to March 2025 monetary 12 months – in contrast with ₹9,892 crore in the identical interval a 12 months again, based on an organization assertion.
The agency realised USD 72.57 per barrel for crude oil from beneath floor and seabed it produced and bought to refiners for turning into fuels like petrol and diesel. This in contrast with a realisation of USD 81.13 per barrel in October-December 2023.
Costs of pure fuel, which is used to generate electrical energy, make fertiliser and changed into CNG on the market to vehicles and piped to family kitchens for cooking, remained unchanged at USD 6.50 per million British thermal unit. Gross income fell 3.1 per cent to ₹33,771 crore on decrease oil costs.
“With a spotlight to reinforce operational effectivity, ONGC has been capable of preserve the growing development in crude oil manufacturing for 2 consecutive quarters. The standalone crude oil manufacturing (excluding condensate) throughout Q3 FY 25 was 4.653 million tonnes, registering a development of two.2 per cent over corresponding quarter of FY 24 (April 2023 to March 2024),” ONGC mentioned.
Equally, the standalone crude oil manufacturing through the first 9 months of the present fiscal 12 months was 13.858 million tonnes, a rise of 1.2 per cent over the year-ago interval. “In December 2024, the expansion in standalone crude oil manufacturing was 5.4 per cent over December 2023,” it mentioned.
Additionally, ONGC has been capable of reverse the decline and enhance fuel manufacturing as nicely. “The standalone pure fuel manufacturing throughout Q3 FY 25 was 4.978 billion cubic meters registering a development of 0.3 per cent over Q3 FY 24,” it mentioned. “Specifically for the month of December 2024, the fuel manufacturing was up by 0.9 per cent over December 2023.”
ONGC mentioned its KG basin block KG-DWN-98/2 was flowing about 35,000 barrels per day of oil after commissioning of the 5 oil wells of P-field within the deepwater block. With this, 13 wells are actually flowing oil.
The corporate board accepted a second interim dividend of 100 per cent – ₹5 on every fairness share of ₹5. The whole payout on this account might be ₹6,290 crore. That is along with the primary interim dividend of ₹6 declared earlier in November.
ONGC mentioned it has made a complete of seven oil and fuel discoveries (4 in onland and three in offshore) through the present FY 2024-25 up to now in its operated acreages. Out of those, 5 are prospects (3 onland and a couple of Offshore) and a couple of (1 in onland and 1 in offshore) are new swimming pools.
