Essar Oil

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Essar Oil
Public limited company[1]
Industry Oil and gas
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people
Ravi Ruia, Chairman
Lalit K Gupta, MD, CEO
Products Petroleum, fuels, natural gas and other petrochemicals
Revenue 983.53 billion (US$15 billion) (2014)[2]
21.55 billion (US$320 million) (2011)
Total assets 210.84 billion (US$3.1 billion) (2011)
Owner Essar Group
Parent Essar Energy plc[3]
Website www.essaroil.co.in

Essar Oil is an India-based company engaged in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, refining of crude oil, and marketing of petroleum products. It is a part of the Essar Group based in Mumbai. It operates a major refinery in Vadinar, Gujarat, India, which made it the second largest non-state refiner in India in 2009.[4]

In July 2009, Essar acquired a 50% stake in Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd.[5] In July 2012, following Gujarat High Court's directions Gujarat Government seized three bank accounts of the company to recover its tax dues of Rs80 billion.[6]

It was a publicly traded company (NSEESSAROIL & BSE500134),until it was taken private in a leveraged buyout which closed on December 30, 2015.[7] It delisted the company valued at 380 billion (US$5.6 billion) by paying 37.45 billion (US$560 million).[8][9]

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  3. Essar Oil Ltd subsidiary of Essar Energy plc [LSE: ESSR, the India-focused integrated energy]
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