OREANDA-NEWS. November 22, 2012. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has registered a profit of Rs 9,611 crore for the second quarter of the financial year 2012-13 as compared to a loss of Rs 7,486 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year; mainly due to release of Govt. Assistance to the tune of Rs 16094 crore towards under recoveries on sale of three sensitive products i.e. Diesel, PDS Kerosene and LPG (Domestic).

The unaudited financial results of the Corporation were taken on record at the meeting of the Board of Directors here today. IndianOil’s turnover for the second quarter of the current financial year rose by 10% to Rs 94,680 crore from Rs 86,101 crore during the corresponding quarter last year.

For the half year ended September 2012, the Gross Turnover rose by 11.2% to Rs 196,616 crore from Rs 176,815 crore during the corresponding period of previous Financial Year. However, Corporation has posted a loss of Rs 12,840 crore for the first six months of FY 2012-13 as compared to a loss of Rs 11,204 crore for the same period of the previous year mainly on account of unmet under recoveries on account of non-realisation of market-related prices for Diesel, PDS Kerosene and LPG (Domestic) which still stands at Rs 13,635 crore for the period April-September 2012.

Mr. R.S. Butola, Chairman, IndianOil, said, “IndianOil’s product sales volumes including exports rose by 0.152 Million Tonnes to 17.845 Million Tonnes during the second quarter of FY 2012-13 as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. Our quarterly refining throughput went up marginally by 0.072 Million Tonnes to 13.118 Million Tonnes as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. The throughput of the Corporation’s countrywide pipelines network went up by 0.322 Million Tonnes to 18.440 Million Tonnes as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.”