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AsianOil                                     NEWS IN BRIEF                                           AsianOil







       SOUTH ASIA                          processed during the previous quarter and 217  Industries (FIMI) and Chairman of CII’s
                                           TBTU processed during the corresponding   Mining Committee.
       GAIL announces financial            quarter. The overall LNG volume processed by   Ltd on his appointment: “We are delighted to
                                                                                  Said Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta
                                           the Company in the current quarter was 190
       results                             TBTU, as against the LNG volume processed   welcome Sunil Duggal as our CEO. Sunil is a
                                                                                proven leader with a wealth of strategic executive
                                           in the previous and corresponding quarter,
       GAIL (India) Limited recorded a Turnover   which stood at 219 TBTU and 226 TBTU   experience. He has motivated and lead teams to
       of Rs. 12,060 crore, Profit before Tax (PBT)   respectively.             deliver high standards of operational excellence,
       of Rs. 356 crore and Profit after Tax (PAT) of   The Company has reported PBT of Rs 696   stakeholder management, best-in-class people
       Rs. 256 crore for the Q1 FY21 as against Rs.   Crore in the current quarter, as against Rs 486   practices, technology, safety, ESG and carbon
       18,276 crore, Rs. 1,981 crore and Rs. 1,288   Crore in the previous quarter and Rs 838 Crore   footprint.”
       crore respectively in Q1 FY20.      in the corresponding quarter. The PAT for the   VEDANTA, August 14, 2020
         The sharp decline in financial performance   current quarter was reported at Rs 520 Crore
       is mainly attributable to significant impact   as against the PAT of the previous quarter and
       in physical performance due to nation-wide   corresponding quarter i.e. Rs 359 Crore and Rs   SOUTHEAST ASIA
       lockdown during the earlier part of the   560 Crore respectively.
       quarter coupled with lower price realization   In spite of the impact of COVID-19   Indonesian fuel
       in Petrochemicals, Liquid Hydrocarbons and   pandemic on the economy and the Oil & Gas
       Natural Gas.                        industry, the strong financial results in Q1,   consumption bounces back
         During the quarter, Natural Gas   2020-21, was achieved due to robust operational
       Transmission and Marketing volume stood   efficiency and effective commercial planning by   PT Pertamina (Persero) through Marketing
       at 90.22 MMSCMD and 81.16 MMSCMD    the Company.                         Operation Region III, recorded an increase
       as against 105.41 MMSCMD and 96.55   PETRONET LNG, August 17, 2020       in fuel consumption until mid-August 2020.
       MMSCMD respectively in Q1 FY20,                                          Based on the realization, fuel consumption
       Petrochemical Sales and Liquid Hydrocarbon   Sunil Duggal takes over as   during the transition period of the new order
       Sales stood at 183 TMT and 265 TMT as against                            phase II in the MOR III region, namely DKI
       136 TMT and 296 TMT respectively during Q1   Vedanta CEO                 Jakarta, Banten and West Java has reached
       FY20 .                                                                   91% of consumption during normal times,
         During the quarter, the consolidated group   Vedanta Limited announced that industry   namely the January - February 2020 period
       turnover stood at Rs. 12,152 crore as against Rs.   veteran and former CEO of Hindustan   before the Covid-19 pandemic.
       18,445 crore in Q1 FY20 while the groups PAT   Zinc Ltd, Sunil Duggal is elevated as Chief   Meanwhile, during the long holiday and leave
       stood at Rs. 654 crore as against Rs. 1,502 crore   Executive Officer of the company.  with the Islamic New Year 1442 H, Pertamina
       in Q1 FY20.                            Earlier, in March 2020, Sunil Duggal was   ensured that fuel and LPG readiness were
       GAIL (INDIA), August 13, 2020       given additional charge as Vedanta’s Interim   sufficient to meet the needs of the community.
                                           CEO. Former Tata Steel Vice President and   Unit Manager Communication Relations
       Petronet provides Q2                Head of Mining, Arun Misra, succeeded him as   & CSR MOR III Eko Kristiawan revealed,
                                           CEO of HZL.
                                                                                for the MOR III area, gasoline types of fuel
       update                              the past 10 years and has over 35 years of   (Premium, Pertalite, Pertamax, Pertamax
                                              Sunil is associated with Vedanta for
                                                                                Turbo), public consumption until mid-
       During the quarter ended 30th June, 2020   rich and diverse leadership experience. An   August 2020 average daily consumption has
       (current quarter), Dahej terminal processed   active member of several industry forums,   reached 23,808 Kilo Liters (Kl) per day. This
       181 TBTU of LNG as against 206 TBTU   he is President of the Federation of Mining   reflects that people’s fuel consumption has
                                                                                begun to approach normal conditions, which
                                                                                is around 91% of the normal 26 thousand Kl
                                                                                per day. The normal condition is the daily
                                                                                average consumption in the January-February
                                                                                2020 period, namely the conditions before
                                                                                the Covid-19 pandemic was announced in
                                                                                Indonesia and the imposition of large-scale
                                                                                social restrictions (PSBB) which require people
                                                                                to move from home.
                                                                                  Meanwhile, the consumption of Gasoil type
                                                                                fuels (Biosolar, Dexlite and Pertamina Dex) has
                                                                                reached 8,281 KL per day, or has reached 85%
                                                                                of the average daily consumption in normal
                                                                                conditions for the January-February period of
                                                                                around 9,811 Kl.
                                                                                  “Since the Government implemented a new
                                                                                phase I transition period in June 2020, especially
                                                                                for the DKI Jakarta area and its surroundings,
                                                                                fuel consumption, both gasoline and gasoil, has
                                                                                gradually increased,” said Eko.
                                                                                PERTAMINA, August 20, 2020


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