Oil India Ltd (OIL), along with ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of ONGC, will acquire Videocon Industries’ 10 per cent participating interest in Rovuma Area 1 Offshore Block in Mozambique for $2.475 billion (Rs 14,750 crore)..Amarchand Mangaldas advised Videocon with a team led by Delhi Managing Partner Shardul Shroff along with Partners Vidyut Gulati and Nikhil Narayanan and Associate Neha Yadav..Simmons and Simmons advised OIL and OVL with a team led by Hong Kong Partners Vivien Yang and Ian Wood..The two state-run companies will form a venture for the acquisition in which OVL and OIL are expected to hold a 60% stake and 40% stake respectively..The acquisition is subject to the approvals of the Governments of Mozambique and India and the deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013..Other stakeholders in the gas block include Anadarko as an operator of the project, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL), Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) of Mozambique, Mitsui and Co. Ltd of Japan and PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd (PTTEP) of Thailand. Area 1 has the potential to become one of the world’s largest LNG producing hubs with the first LNG expected by 2018..With the acquisition, the Indian state-owned firms will have a 20% stake in the block, making them the second largest stake holders, reports Mint.
Oil India Ltd (OIL), along with ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of ONGC, will acquire Videocon Industries’ 10 per cent participating interest in Rovuma Area 1 Offshore Block in Mozambique for $2.475 billion (Rs 14,750 crore)..Amarchand Mangaldas advised Videocon with a team led by Delhi Managing Partner Shardul Shroff along with Partners Vidyut Gulati and Nikhil Narayanan and Associate Neha Yadav..Simmons and Simmons advised OIL and OVL with a team led by Hong Kong Partners Vivien Yang and Ian Wood..The two state-run companies will form a venture for the acquisition in which OVL and OIL are expected to hold a 60% stake and 40% stake respectively..The acquisition is subject to the approvals of the Governments of Mozambique and India and the deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013..Other stakeholders in the gas block include Anadarko as an operator of the project, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL), Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) of Mozambique, Mitsui and Co. Ltd of Japan and PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd (PTTEP) of Thailand. Area 1 has the potential to become one of the world’s largest LNG producing hubs with the first LNG expected by 2018..With the acquisition, the Indian state-owned firms will have a 20% stake in the block, making them the second largest stake holders, reports Mint.