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The much talked about Reliance BP deal finally came through in July 2011 after a 5 month wait. Reliance Industries signed a 7.2 billion dollar deal with UK energy giant BP, with 30 percent stake in 21 oil and gas blocks operated in India. Although the Indian governments approval on two oil blocks still remains pending, this still makes it one of the biggest FDI deals to come through in India Inc in 2011-12-31.
In one of the biggest overseas acquisitions initiated by India in September 2011, Hyderabad-based GVK Power bought out Australias Hancock Coal for about 1.26 billion dollars. The acquisition includes a majority of the coal resources, railway line and port infrastructure of Hancock Coal, along with the option for long term coal supply contracts.
In June 2011, Adani acquired the Australian Abbot Point Port for 1.9 billion dollars. With this deal, the revenues from port operations are expected to almost triple from 110 million Australian dollars to 305 million Australian dollars in 2011. According to Adani, this was amongst the largest port deals ever made.