IOC borrowings hit record on delay in subsidy payment: Moody's
State-owned Indian Oil Corp's borrowings have reach a record high level due to delay in release of fuel subsidy by the government, Moody's said today.
Moody's Investors Service said IOC's October-December results were better-than-expected because of its higher gross refining margins of USD 6.15 per barrel versus USD 5.15 a barrel in Q2 and USD 4.31 per barrel in Q3, 2011.
"However, the improvement in IOC's margins is somewhat tempered by the increase in its total borrowings, which have reached to a record high level owing to a delay in the reimbursement of under recoveries (revenue loss on fuel sales) by the government," it said.
Vikas Halan, Moody's Vice President and Senior Analyst, said the improvement in IOC's gross refining margins in Q3 is from the higher regional refining margins and from gains on inventory valuations.
"Consequently, IOC recorded its best quarterly results this fiscal year, posting stronger refining margins, refinery throughput, pipeline throughput, total sales and normalised EBITDA when compared with its Q1 and Q2 results and also versus its Q3 results last year," adds Halan, who is also Moody's Lead Analyst for IOC.
In addition, IOC's refinery throughput of 14.2 million tonnes in Q3 was also higher than in Q1 (13.6 million tonnes) and Q2 (13.1 million tonnes) and comparable with that of Q3 2011 (14.2 million tonnes).
IOC's normalised EBITDA (excluding the effects of under- recoveries and foreign exchange losses) for Q3, at Rs 7,200 crore was higher than in Q1 (Rs 1300 crore) and Q2 (Rs 6,300 crore) and also better than
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