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GSPC's sub-optimal import of LNG into Mundra: Find out more.  Rs 1000 crore POL terminal: RFQ for PMC in Q-4, 2020.  PLL's LNG tank tender: Who could be the possible bidders?.  ONGC will try and "break" day rates for offshore vessels.  Ammonium Sulphate Expansion Project: RFQ in September.  Rs 6000 crore ammonia-urea plant: RFQs are getting put off.  End of CGD marketing exclusivity: Why is the government keener than PNGRB to see more competition.  Clean hydrogen prices are expected to fall: What will be the role of gas in this transition?.  Refiners likely to post a surrisingly good quarter.  Virus timeline: Only the virus can make the timeline, we cannot.  Tanker market: Not doing so well as of now.  Crew change has become a very expensive business.  Oil and Natural Gas Corporation cuts debt by 35 per cent to Rs 13,949 crore.  ONGC CMD's slot: Who is on top of the queue?.  Italian major scouting for gas opportunities in India.  BPCL disinvestment, West Coast refinery: Saudis are in touch with India.  TAPI pipeline: Turkmenistan to build a quick-start segment on its own steam.  PLL MOU with Tellurian: US terminal owner says it can provide the lowest priced LNG in the world.  GSPC has three cargoes lined up for delivery in the days ahead.  Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project: EPC RFQ in October.  

GSPC's sub-optimal import of LNG into Mundra: Find out more

Aug 10: At the end of last week, we have a short list of LNG vessels lining up for Indian terminals.
8The LNG carrier Pan Asia, with a sub-optimal cargo of 77302 cubic metres was at berth at Mundra late last week. An ordinary cargo would have twice as much cargo.
8Such sub-optimal cargoes would ordinarily be priced out of a competitive LNG market but why is that not the situation now?
Click on Details for more. Details

Rs 1000 crore POL terminal: RFQ for PMC in Q-4, 2020

Aug 10: It is a greenfield POL terminal
8The cost is Rs 1000 crore
8The start date is now going to be Q4, 2020, it was earlier it was planned for Q2, 2020
8RFQ for PMC is expected in Q4, 2020
8The project has to go through the environment clearance process
Click here for more details Details

PLL's LNG tank tender: Who could be the possible bidders?

Aug 10: PLL is building two more tanks at Dahej
8The bid date is nearing
8Find out the names who are likely to bid
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC will try and "break" day rates for offshore vessels

Aug 10: 8ONGC will be trying its best to "break" the day rates for offshore vessels
8How does it intend to do so?
8And will it be susccessful?
Click on Details for more Details

Ammonium Sulphate Expansion Project: RFQ in September

Aug 10: Ammonium Sulphate Expansion Project
8Cost - Low budget but it is a job in Gujarat.
8Project Event: The proposal for the environmental clearance has been accepted in March 2019. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in September in-place of August 2020, due to COVID-19. Details

Rs 6000 crore ammonia-urea plant: RFQs are getting put off

Aug 10: There is a lot of commonality between a urea-ammonia plant and a refinery or a downstream project in terms of equipment needed.
Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: Some RFQs are getting put off again, find out which ones, also know more who had been shortlisted where
Click on Details for more Details

End of CGD marketing exclusivity: Why is the government keener than PNGRB to see more competition

Aug 10: 8Why is the government than the PNGRB more keen to bring about more competition in CGD areas where marketing exclusivity has ended
Click on Details for more Details

Clean hydrogen prices are expected to fall: What will be the role of gas in this transition?

Aug 10: While clean hydrogen is not yet cost-competitive in many applications, a policy-driven scale-up could drive delivered costs down from around $4/kg today to around $2/kg, and $1/kg in going further ahead, opening up possibilities in a variety of commercial applications.
8What will the role of the natural gas industry in this transition or will it all be done via the renewable energy route
Click on Details for more Details

Refiners likely to post a surrisingly good quarter

Aug 10: Public sector oil marketing companies are expected to post a surprisingly good quarter
8And for several reasons
Click on Reports for more Details

Virus timeline: Only the virus can make the timeline, we cannot

Aug 10: What kind of timelines are we talking about when it comes to the virus.
8None in fact.
8You cannot make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline
Click on Reports for more on this and the accompanying data, which is useful for you decision making. Details

Tanker market: Not doing so well as of now

Aug 10: These are not the best of times for the tanker market
8VLCC rates have dropped to $10-15,000/day levels for older vessels and $20-25,000/day for modern vessels.
8Suezmax, Aframax, MR tankers are all trading at below $10,000/day on most trade routes
Click on Reports for more Details

Crew change has become a very expensive business

Aug 10: 8Crew change can be an expensive business as one ship owner found out
Click on Details for more Details

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation cuts debt by 35 per cent to Rs 13,949 crore

Aug 10: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Sales & Customer Service Automation Software Product Details
8Expression of interest for supply of around 53 crore litres of denatured Anhydrous Ethanol Details
8Procurement of products to build a Customer Engagement Platform Details
8Annual Rate Contract for supply of Hydrant Spares Details
8MEROX-2 unit reactor carbon replacement jobs Details
8Annual Rate Contract for Supply of Refractory Material Details
8Supply of Control Valves Details
8Procurement of Self regulated Electric Heat Tracing Cables as per tender specifications Details
8Annual Rate Contract for procurement of DOD MK Fast Dry Black Printing Ink for Online PP Bags Printing Machine Details
8Hiring of cars on call on basis Details
8Supply of Prefabricated Tanks Details
8Procurement of Down hole Pump with other accessories of Progressive Cavity Pump for Surface Team Details
8Procurement of 24.1 MT Deoiler for Assam Asset for the year 2020-21 Details
You can also click on Tenders for more
For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8ONGC sells Oct-loading Russian Sokol crude at three-month-low spot premium Details
8Petrol, diesel prices may rise again from next week Details
8TSRTC staff to run fuel outlets, corpn eyes Rs 20 lakh/mnth Details
8Mukesh Ambani eclipses richest European to become world’s No. 4 Details
8OMCs hold fuel prices, diesel price same for 9th day Details
8Reliance has a 15-year plan to convert itself into a new energy company Details
8Oil and Natural Gas Corporation cuts debt by 35 per cent to Rs 13,949 crore Details
8Saudi Aramco still aims for $15 billion investment in India’s Reliance Details
8OPINION: Refining margins mired between OPEC+ and recession: Kemp Details
8Libya's National Oil Corporation warns of dangers at oil ports Details
8Nobel-winning Mexican scientist calls for complete ban on fuel oil Details
8Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship Details
8Oil prices back on the rise on U.S. stimulus hopes, Iraq output cut Details
8Saudi Aramco profits slump 73% on low oil price Details
8BP's green energy targets will be tough to meet Details
8Oil giants' production cuts come to 1 million bpd as they post massive writedowns Details
8Damaged ship leaking oil off Mauritius could split: PM Details
You can also click on Newsclips for more   Details

ONGC CMD's slot: Who is on top of the queue?

Aug 07: ONGC CDD's slot is falling vacant in March
8Who is on top of the queue for it? Details

Italian major scouting for gas opportunities in India

Aug 07: 8An Italian major is scouting around for LNG, gas storage and hydrogen fuel opportunities in India
Click on Details for more. Details

BPCL disinvestment, West Coast refinery: Saudis are in touch with India

Aug 07: Saudi Aramco continues to stay in touch with top government officials on its interests in India.
8Disinvestment of BPCL and the West Coast refinery is their agenda
Click on Details for more Details

TAPI pipeline: Turkmenistan to build a quick-start segment on its own steam

Aug 07: Turkmenistan it seems is the most impatient when it comes to the TAPI pipeline. It wants to sell  gas from its vast reserves and does not want to dependent just on the Chineses or be hemmed in by the Russians, and see the TAPI line as a safety valve.
8Pakistan and India while keen are a little reticent, understanding that geopolitics will hamper the pipeline's progress, Turkmenistan is not.
8It is now building a quick-start segment of the pipeline quite on its own.
Click on Details for more Details

PLL MOU with Tellurian: US terminal owner says it can provide the lowest priced LNG in the world

Aug 07: Tellurian, with whom PLL has extended its investment MOU till the end of the year, claims that it is still the lowest cost LNG project in the world
8It claims that LNG can be loaded on to vessels at an extremely low rate
8How low is that rate? Details

GSPC has three cargoes lined up for delivery in the days ahead

Aug 07: 8As of now, GSPC seems to have three LNG cargoes lined up for delivery.
8Two from Bonny and one from Qalhat.
Click on Reports for more on deliveries lined up in the coming days. Details

Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project: EPC RFQ in October

Aug 07: Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 300 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in October 2020. Details

GSPC's sub-optimal import of LNG into Mundra: Find out more

Aug 10: At the end of last week, we have a short list of LNG vessels lining up for Indian terminals.
8The LNG carrier Pan Asia, with a sub-optimal cargo of 77302 cubic metres was at berth at Mundra late last week. An ordinary cargo would have twice as much cargo.
8Such sub-optimal cargoes would ordinarily be priced out of a competitive LNG market but why is that not the situation now?
Click on Details for more. Details

Rs 1000 crore POL terminal: RFQ for PMC in Q-4, 2020

Aug 10: It is a greenfield POL terminal
8The cost is Rs 1000 crore
8The start date is now going to be Q4, 2020, it was earlier it was planned for Q2, 2020
8RFQ for PMC is expected in Q4, 2020
8The project has to go through the environment clearance process
Click here for more details Details

PLL's LNG tank tender: Who could be the possible bidders?

Aug 10: PLL is building two more tanks at Dahej
8The bid date is nearing
8Find out the names who are likely to bid
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC will try and "break" day rates for offshore vessels

Aug 10: 8ONGC will be trying its best to "break" the day rates for offshore vessels
8How does it intend to do so?
8And will it be susccessful?
Click on Details for more Details

Ammonium Sulphate Expansion Project: RFQ in September

Aug 10: Ammonium Sulphate Expansion Project
8Cost - Low budget but it is a job in Gujarat.
8Project Event: The proposal for the environmental clearance has been accepted in March 2019. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in September in-place of August 2020, due to COVID-19. Details

Rs 6000 crore ammonia-urea plant: RFQs are getting put off

Aug 10: There is a lot of commonality between a urea-ammonia plant and a refinery or a downstream project in terms of equipment needed.
Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: Some RFQs are getting put off again, find out which ones, also know more who had been shortlisted where
Click on Details for more Details

End of CGD marketing exclusivity: Why is the government keener than PNGRB to see more competition

Aug 10: 8Why is the government than the PNGRB more keen to bring about more competition in CGD areas where marketing exclusivity has ended
Click on Details for more Details

Clean hydrogen prices are expected to fall: What will be the role of gas in this transition?

Aug 10: While clean hydrogen is not yet cost-competitive in many applications, a policy-driven scale-up could drive delivered costs down from around $4/kg today to around $2/kg, and $1/kg in going further ahead, opening up possibilities in a variety of commercial applications.
8What will the role of the natural gas industry in this transition or will it all be done via the renewable energy route
Click on Details for more Details

Refiners likely to post a surrisingly good quarter

Aug 10: Public sector oil marketing companies are expected to post a surprisingly good quarter
8And for several reasons
Click on Reports for more Details

Virus timeline: Only the virus can make the timeline, we cannot

Aug 10: What kind of timelines are we talking about when it comes to the virus.
8None in fact.
8You cannot make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline
Click on Reports for more on this and the accompanying data, which is useful for you decision making. Details

Tanker market: Not doing so well as of now

Aug 10: These are not the best of times for the tanker market
8VLCC rates have dropped to $10-15,000/day levels for older vessels and $20-25,000/day for modern vessels.
8Suezmax, Aframax, MR tankers are all trading at below $10,000/day on most trade routes
Click on Reports for more Details

Crew change has become a very expensive business

Aug 10: 8Crew change can be an expensive business as one ship owner found out
Click on Details for more Details

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation cuts debt by 35 per cent to Rs 13,949 crore

Aug 10: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Sales & Customer Service Automation Software Product Details
8Expression of interest for supply of around 53 crore litres of denatured Anhydrous Ethanol Details
8Procurement of products to build a Customer Engagement Platform Details
8Annual Rate Contract for supply of Hydrant Spares Details
8MEROX-2 unit reactor carbon replacement jobs Details
8Annual Rate Contract for Supply of Refractory Material Details
8Supply of Control Valves Details
8Procurement of Self regulated Electric Heat Tracing Cables as per tender specifications Details
8Annual Rate Contract for procurement of DOD MK Fast Dry Black Printing Ink for Online PP Bags Printing Machine Details
8Hiring of cars on call on basis Details
8Supply of Prefabricated Tanks Details
8Procurement of Down hole Pump with other accessories of Progressive Cavity Pump for Surface Team Details
8Procurement of 24.1 MT Deoiler for Assam Asset for the year 2020-21 Details
You can also click on Tenders for more
For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8ONGC sells Oct-loading Russian Sokol crude at three-month-low spot premium Details
8Petrol, diesel prices may rise again from next week Details
8TSRTC staff to run fuel outlets, corpn eyes Rs 20 lakh/mnth Details
8Mukesh Ambani eclipses richest European to become world’s No. 4 Details
8OMCs hold fuel prices, diesel price same for 9th day Details
8Reliance has a 15-year plan to convert itself into a new energy company Details
8Oil and Natural Gas Corporation cuts debt by 35 per cent to Rs 13,949 crore Details
8Saudi Aramco still aims for $15 billion investment in India’s Reliance Details
8OPINION: Refining margins mired between OPEC+ and recession: Kemp Details
8Libya's National Oil Corporation warns of dangers at oil ports Details
8Nobel-winning Mexican scientist calls for complete ban on fuel oil Details
8Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship Details
8Oil prices back on the rise on U.S. stimulus hopes, Iraq output cut Details
8Saudi Aramco profits slump 73% on low oil price Details
8BP's green energy targets will be tough to meet Details
8Oil giants' production cuts come to 1 million bpd as they post massive writedowns Details
8Damaged ship leaking oil off Mauritius could split: PM Details
You can also click on Newsclips for more   Details

ONGC CMD's slot: Who is on top of the queue?

Aug 07: ONGC CDD's slot is falling vacant in March
8Who is on top of the queue for it? Details

Italian major scouting for gas opportunities in India

Aug 07: 8An Italian major is scouting around for LNG, gas storage and hydrogen fuel opportunities in India
Click on Details for more. Details

BPCL disinvestment, West Coast refinery: Saudis are in touch with India

Aug 07: Saudi Aramco continues to stay in touch with top government officials on its interests in India.
8Disinvestment of BPCL and the West Coast refinery is their agenda
Click on Details for more Details

TAPI pipeline: Turkmenistan to build a quick-start segment on its own steam

Aug 07: Turkmenistan it seems is the most impatient when it comes to the TAPI pipeline. It wants to sell  gas from its vast reserves and does not want to dependent just on the Chineses or be hemmed in by the Russians, and see the TAPI line as a safety valve.
8Pakistan and India while keen are a little reticent, understanding that geopolitics will hamper the pipeline's progress, Turkmenistan is not.
8It is now building a quick-start segment of the pipeline quite on its own.
Click on Details for more Details

PLL MOU with Tellurian: US terminal owner says it can provide the lowest priced LNG in the world

Aug 07: Tellurian, with whom PLL has extended its investment MOU till the end of the year, claims that it is still the lowest cost LNG project in the world
8It claims that LNG can be loaded on to vessels at an extremely low rate
8How low is that rate? Details

GSPC has three cargoes lined up for delivery in the days ahead

Aug 07: 8As of now, GSPC seems to have three LNG cargoes lined up for delivery.
8Two from Bonny and one from Qalhat.
Click on Reports for more on deliveries lined up in the coming days. Details

Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project: EPC RFQ in October

Aug 07: Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 300 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in October 2020. Details
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