Performance Highlights FY’10
Dated: 28th May, 2010
A. Highlights
Total 21 Discoveries made in FY’10 which include 11 New Prospects (1 Deep water, 3 Shallow water, 7 Onshore) and 10 New pools (6 onshore, 4 offshore).
ONGC’s ultimate reserve accretion of 82.98 MTOE from domestic acreages is highest in 20 years.
Crude production declines 2%, from 27.13 MMT to 26.46 MMT.  Natural Gas production increases 1%, from 25.43 BCM to 25.60 BCM
Net Profit of Q4FY’10 increases 71%, from Rs 2,207 Crore to Rs. 3,776 Crore.

Annual net profit of ONGC increases 4%, from Rs. 16,126 Crore to Rs.16,768 Crore in FY’10.
Subsidy payout of Rs.4,999 Crore as compared to Rs. 852 Crore in Q4FY’09.  On annualized basis, subsidy payout of Rs.11,554 Crore as compared to Rs. 28,225 Crore in FY’09.
Dividend:  Recommended payout of Rs. 33 per share (including interim dividend Rs. 18 per share) aggregating to Rs. 7,058 Crore (FY ’09- Rs,32 per share aggregating to Rs 6844 crore)

ONGC Exploration & Production (E&P) Highlights:

B.1 Exploration

1 Total 21 Discoveries made in FY’10 which include 11 New Prospects (1 Deep water, 3 Shallow water, 7 Onshore) and 10 New pools.
2 ONGC’s ultimate reserve accretion of 82.98 MTOE from ONGC operated domestic acreages is highest in 20 years.
3 Reserve Replacement Ratio of 1.73 (up 20% against RR of 1.44 in FY’09) is the 6th consecutive year of maintaining Positive reserve replacement.

B.2 Reserve Accretion in 2009-10

  Ultimate (MTOE)
Domestic 82.98
JV Domestic 4.39

B.3 Reserve Replacement ratio of ONGC-operated  domestic areas

Year Ultimate Reserve Accretion (MTOE)

Production

MTOE
Reserve Replacement Ratio
2006-07 65.56 48.49 1.35
2007-08 63.82 48.28 1.32
2008-09 68.90 47.85 1.44
2009-10 82.98 47.78 1.74

B.4  Aggregate (Ultimate) Reserves (MTOE) as on 31.03.2010

  ONGC JV OVL Total
1P 737.31 39.59 185.99 962.89
2P 968.99 43.95 356.78 1,369.72
3P 1,174.92 46.09 398.24 1,619.25

C. Production
Production Performance – FY’10


  FY’10 FY’09
Crude Oil – ONGC (MMT) 24.67 25.37
Crude oil – JVs – (MMT) 01.79 01.76
Total Crude Oil – (MMT) 26.46 27.13
Gas – ONGC (BCM) 23.11 22.48
Gas – JVs (BCM) 02.49 02.95
Total Gas (BCM) 25.60 25.43
Total VAPs ( MMT) 03.46 03.32

D. Financials

(Rs. in Crore)
Particulars Q4FY’10 Q4FY’09 % Var FY’10 FY’09 % Var
Sales Income (excl. Trading) 14,792  12,131 22 60,205  55,419 9
Trading of MRPL products     1,670     8,510  
Sales Income (Including Trading) 14,792  13,801 7 60,205 63,929 (6)
Net Profit  3,776  2,207 71 16,768  16,126 4

1 73% of the Turnover derived from sale of Crude Oil, 13% from sale of Natural Gas, 14% from sale of Value-Added-Products (VAPs) viz. LPG, Naptha etc
2 ONGC continues to be a zero debt Company

E.1    Subsidy Impact on Profit

(Rs. in Crore)

  2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06
Gross Discount 11,554 28,225 22,001 17,024 11,956
Impact on Statutory Levies 1,629 4,292 1,942 1,448 1,089
Impact on Profit before tax 9,925 23,933 20,059 15,576 10,867
Impact on Profit after tax 6,551 15,798 13,241 10,333 7,210

E.2    Impact of Discount on Rate of Crude Oil:

Particulars FY 2009-10 FY 2008-09
  Q4 FY Q4 FY
A.In USD per Bbl        
Pre Discount Rate 79.15 71.65 47.85 86.15
Discount 27.74 15.71 4.45 38.45
Post Discount Rate 51.42 55.94 43.40 47.70
B. Rs./USD Ex. Rate 45.92 47.42 49.76 45.91
C.In Rs. per Bbl        
Pre Discount Rate 3,635 3,397 2,381 3,955
Discount 1,274 745 221 1,765
Post Discount Rate 2,361 2,653 2,159 2,190

F. Consolidated Group Results of ONGC
Group consisting of:


1. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd
Subsidiaries:
2. ONGC Videsh Ltd (Consolidated)
3. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd
4. Joint Venture Entities:
i

Petronet LNG Ltd

ii Petronet MHB Ltd
iii Mangalore SEZ Ltd
iv ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd
v ONGC Petro Additions Ltd
vi ONGC Tripura Power Company Ltd
vii ONGC TERI Biotech Ltd

5. Associate:


 Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd
1 Group Turnover of Rs 106,169 Crore (down 3% from Rs. 109,413 Crore in FY’09) due to fall in international prices of refined petroleum products of MRPL and crude oil prices of OVL.
2 Net Profit of the Group Rs 19,404 Crore (down 2% from Rs. 19,796 Crore in FY’09)

F.1 ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) in FY’10

1 Production of 8.87 MTOE of O+OEG, as compared to 8.78 MTOE in FY’09
2 Profit after tax Rs. 2,115 Crore, down 25% over Rs. 2,853 Crore in FY’09 (lower average crude oil prices in the international market)
3 OVL led Consortium selected to acquire stake for development of Heavy Oil field in Venezuela.
4 OVL has 39 projects spread over 16 countries with 9 producing assets in 7 countries namely Sudan, Russia, Vietnam, Syria, Brazil,  Columbia and Venezuela.

F.2 Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) in FY’10

1 Refinery Crude Thruput 12.50 MMT, down from 12.59 MMT in FY’09
2 Capacity utilization 129%; the highest among Indian Refineries.
3 Turnover Rs. 36,081 Crore, down 15% from Rs. 42,719 Crore in FY’09 (due to fall in international prices of refined petroleum products)
4 Profit-after-tax Rs. 1,112 Crore, down 7% Rs. 1,193 Crore in FY’09

G.      Dividend payout during the last five years

(Rs. in Crore)

Year PAT Dividend Tax on Dividend Payout %
    % Rs. in crore Including Dividend Tax Excluding Dividend tax
2005-06 14,431 300* 6,417  900 50.70 44.47
2006-07 15,643 310 6,631 1,012 48.86 42.39
2007-08 16,702 320 6,844 1,163 47.95 40.98
2008-09 16,126 320 6,844 1,163 49.66 42.44
2009-10 16,768 330 7,058 1,187 49.17 42.09

* adjusted for bonus
Declaring the audited financial results of ONGC Group for FY’10 to the media on 28th May 2010, soon after the ONGC Board meeting, CMD   Mr. R S Sharma outlined that prudent reservoir management has always been ONGC’s focus area through identified Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) or redevelopment schemes.  In addition, ONGC has forayed into E&P of alternate and clean sources of energy and is benchmarking its operations leading to energy efficiency and help develop new Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects.

He further stated that future upsides for company’s growth would come from :
i Increase in APM gas price.
ii Anticipated equity in subsidy sharing mechanism in crude oil sales, pursuant to Dr. Kirit Parikh Committee recommendations.
iii Production enhancement in oil as well as gas due to new development schemes under implementation.
iv Implementation of value added SPV businesses.
v OVL : Higher production and revenue from new acquisitions.
vi MRPL: Up-gradation and capacity enhancement of refinery, as well as OMPL coming on stream.

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Conversion Rates:
INR/1 USD: 47.42 (average for the Year FY’10)
INR/1 USD: 45.91 (average for the Year FY’09)

Listing references (as on 28th May, 2010):
ONGC: BSE – Rs. 1130.95
         NSE – Rs. 1129.00

MRPL: BSE – Rs.66.50
         NSE – Rs. 66.00.


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