India’s largest gas firm GAIL has infused Rs 2,100 crore in insolvent private-sector chemical company JBF Petrochemicals Ltd that it had acquired in bankruptcy proceedings.
The firm had in March won bankruptcy court approval for taking over JBF.
In a stock exchange filing, GAIL (India) Ltd said it has “infused Rs 2,101 crore (equity – Rs 625 crore and debt – Rs 1,476 crore)” in the committed bankruptcy resolution plan.
“Accordingly, JBF has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAIL with effect from June 1, 2023,” it said.
GAIL had outbid a consortium of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in the insolvency process run by IDBI Bank to recover Rs 5,628 crore of dues to financial and operational credito…
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