Indian oil & gas sector — upstream + downstream
Indian oil & gas sector — Reliance, ONGC, IOC, BPCL, HPCL, GAIL. Live prices, refining margins (GRM), marketing margins on retail fuel, gas volumes.
Why this sector matters
India's oil & gas stack splits into three: (1) upstream (ONGC, Oil India) — pure crude price leverage; (2) refining + marketing (IOC, BPCL, HPCL) — GRM drives refining, government pricing policy drives retail; (3) integrated + gas (Reliance, GAIL). Under-recoveries (when retail prices don't pass through crude spikes) are the PSU OMC fat-tail risk. Reliance is now a conglomerate — oil & gas is <40% of its earnings; the narrative is consumer + telecom + green energy.
Key drivers to track
- • Brent crude — upstream EPS leverage ~3% per $1/bbl
- • Gross refining margin (GRM) — $1/bbl shift = ~₹1500 Cr annual EBITDA for IOC
- • Retail marketing margins — policy-controlled; under-recovery risk for OMCs
- • LNG price (Henry Hub + Asian spot) — gas-utility + city-gas margin lever
- • Reliance: O2C vs consumer vs telecom mix — driving multiple re-rating
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