Dateline 2014-07-31, Business Standard:
State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp and Oil India Ltd have submitted a joint bid worth about $1.5 billion to buy a stake in Murphy Oil Corp’s Malaysian oil and gas assets, sources directly involved in the process said.
Arkansas-based Murphy, which has interests in oil and gas fields in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei and Australia, has invited bids for a 30 percent stake in its Malaysian assets, Reuters previously reported.
If successful, ONGC, India’s largest oil and gas exploration company, will own a 20 percent stake in the assets, while Oil India would own the remaining 10 percent, said three sources involved in the process.
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