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Article: India : Aban seeks rejig of its Rs 13k-cr debt.
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- TendersInfo
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- September 5, 2009
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Aban Offshore, the Chennai-based drilling firm, is in talks with State Bank of India and other public sector and private bank lenders for restructuring its Rs 13,000-crore loan. The loan was primarily to finance the acquisition of the Norwegian drilling company Sinvest ASA in 2006 for Rs 5,200 crore (at the then exchange rate of Rs 40 to a dollar).
In the last financial year, the company s debt had been estimated at 12 times of its net worth. The company had reported net sales of Rs 3,050 core for 2008-09. Its profit for the period was Rs 540 crore.
Aban Offshore, which began as a comparatively small manufacturer of pipelines ...