Essar Oil
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Public company | |
Traded as |
BSE: 500134 NSE: ESSAROIL |
Industry | Oil and gas |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people |
Ravi Ruia, Chairman Lalit K Gupta, MD,CEO |
Products | Petroleum, fuels, natural gas and other petrochemicals |
Revenue |
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Total assets |
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Owner | Essar Group |
Parent | Essar Energy plc[2] |
Website |
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Essar Oil is an India-based company engaged in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, refining of crude oil, and marketing of petroleum products. It is a part of the Essar Group based in Mumbai. It operates a major refinery in Vadinar, Gujarat, India, which made it the second largest non-state refiner in India in 2009.[3]
In July 2009, Essar acquired a 50% stake in Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd.[4] In July 2012, following Gujarat High Court's directions Gujarat Government seized three bank accounts of the company to recover its tax dues of Rs80 billion.[5]
References
- ↑ "moneycontrol". moneycontrol. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ↑ Essar Oil Ltd subsidiary of Essar Energy plc [LSE: ESSR, the India-focused integrated energy]
- ↑ "Essar May Rise After Report That Shell May Acquire 10% Stake". Bloomberg. 23 November 2009.
- ↑ Sharma, Rakesh (3 November 2009). "Essar Oil CEO: Exclusive Talks With Shell to End Nov. 30". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Gujarat govt attaches Essar Oil's bank accounts to recover tax dues". The Times Of India. 9 July 2012.
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