ONGC net soars 800% in Q1

Saturday, 14 August 2021Newsdesk

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) net profit soared by nearly 800 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal after more than doubling of oil prices compensated for a fall in production.

New Delhi, 14 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, net profit in April-June at Rs 4,335 crore was 772.2 per cent higher than Rs 497 crore in Q1 of previous fiscal when demand as well as price had plummeted due to coronavirus-related lockdown, the company said in a statement. The firm got USD 65.59 for every barrel of crude oil it produced and sold in the first quarter of the 2021-22 fiscal as compared to USD 28.87 per barrel realisation in April-June 2020.

Source -The Indian Express