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Jan 2020

The BPCL disinvestment is making progress, it seems
8Documentation is being prepared for potential investors and request for proposal sought
8Since there is no formal instruction yet on public sector companies putting in bids, will IOC put in a request?
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Uncertainty seems to persists over the Gujarat Refinery expansion from 13.7 MMTPA to 18 MMTPA
8Officially IOC claims that capital approval is still under process, but that has been the standard line for a long time now
8Tenders for EPC packages are to come out after capital approval happens and after the bids for an EPC package that was already floated, for the Atmospheric Vacumn Distillation unit, is opened
8What is the new timeline now?
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LOAs are starting to be handed out for the Barmer refinery project
8One was handed over to Toyo Engineering last week for a a Diesel Hydrotreater (DHDT) and the Hydrogen Generation Unit but only after much haggling
8Tata Projects is the L-1 EPC bidder for the Sulphur Recovery Unit but an LOA is far from certain as of now
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Sanjay Gupta, former CMD of Engineers India Ltd. has joined as the CEO of an engineering company with a large international footprint
8Gupta was EIL CMD for two-and-half years and retired in October, 2017
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The government has eased rules for public hearing for E&P projects
8This will come as a big relief for many companies
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Today's CGD updates are:
8Project Name: Burdwan City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 1200 crore
8Project Event: RFQs for laying steel pipeline network and associated works is expected later in Q1 2021.
RFQs for laying of MDPE pipes network and associated works is expected in Q3 2020.
RFQs for further equipments for CNG stations are expected early in Q3 2020.
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8Project Name: Kolkata City Gas Distribution Network
8Project Cost: Rs 5200 crore
RFQs for laying of MDPE pipes network and associated works is expected in Q3 2020.
RFQs for further equipments for CNG stations are expected later in Q3 2020.
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This is one job that ONGC wants done confidentially.
8It has put in some strict caveats
8For one, it has said that Indian agents will not be allowed in
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Tamil Nadu has acquired a noteriority quite of its own for stalling oil and gas projects
8Here is a Rs 5600 crore ONGC investment held up on account of a lack of a public hearing slot
8But the company claims RFQs for equipment will come out in March, 2020
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8Project Name: CBM Development Expansion
8Project Cost: Rs 27200 crore
8The project authorities seem confident of going ahead.
8RFQs for drilling and engineering services have been delayed by a quarter
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Project Name: Kochi Refinery Motor Spirit Block upgradation project
8Petrofac is the LSTK contractor
8Some RFQs are up ahead
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Hydrotesting of High Pressure Heat Exchangers Details
8Supply of Flanges Details
8Supply of Demulsifier for Ahmedabad, Tarapur & Sanand Miroli Block Details
8RCC Piling Work for Tank Foundation at LPG Plant and Haldia Coastal Installation Details
8Managed Services for Multi Functional Printers Details
8Carrying out Housekeeping & Catering Services Details
8Procurement and Installation of Battery Bank under buyback Details
8Annual Rate Contract for inspection, testing, examination and certification of pressure vessels Details
8Hiring of Services for GPS based Foot Patrolling and Surveillance Jobs for pipelines Details
8Supply of Nitrogen Compressor Reciprocating for installation of GTC Details
8DHT-HGU Pre-reformer catalyst Details
8Carrying out Catalyst Replacement jobs in refinery Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Oil min to take Cabinet approval on natural gas sector reforms Details
8India’s refineries stare at a huge water crisis Details
8Middle East share of India's oil imports falls to 4-year low in 2019: Report Details
8Oil and gas firms invest less than 1 per cent in green energy Details
8Refining and Petrochemical Technology Meet underscores need for energy security Details
8HPCL holds rally for awareness on petroleum conservation Details
8DoT seeks Rs 48,000 cr from Oil India in telecom dues; company to challenge it in TDSAT Details
8Petrol, diesel prices cut further on Monday Details
8Saksham Cycle Day organised to create awareness about fuel conservation Details
8In a first, Indian Oil to buy 2 MT Russian crude oil to diversify supply Details
8DPIIT launches paperless licensing process for petroleum service stations Details
8Oil and gas sector keeps faith in low-carbon energy: survey Details
8Oil prices gain on Libya, Iraq supply worries Details
8IEA warns oil companies doing nothing on emissions is not an option Details
8China's CNPC finds oil and gas reserves from pre-salt field at Tarim Details
8EU warns Turkey off Mediterranean gas exploration plans Details
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Swan Energy's FRSU based 5 MMTPA LNG terminal in Jafarabad in Gujarat is built on solid foundations.
8It has its gas offtake agreements in place and it is just a few miles away from GSPL's pipeline network but the problem seems over a delay in the commissioning of the project.
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Major LNG exporters have bought up the entire primary capacity of  of European regasification terminals for a 15-year period (on average).
8Europe is a "sink" for excess LNG capacity globally.
8Can excess capacity in India also become a "sink"?
8It can perhaps, but there will be a need for flexibility in regulations and contracts
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Sapura's pointsman in India is its country manager Phanindhar Chivukula
8He is an experienced hand, well versed in dealing with ONGC over the years
8But this time around, he is in unfamiliar territory.
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Spurred by prevailing low LNG prices, which may go even lower in the coming months, Indian spot LNG operators are reportedly among the most active buyers in the global market.
8Current purchases are still in the $5/mmbtu range but RIL was able to source a March cargo at $4.50-$4.70/mmbtu range
8GSPC's Mundra commissioning cargo came at a low $5/mmbtu
8The timeline on how long gas prices are going to remain low is getting extended, as waves of fresh capacity areexpected to come up going ahead.
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The Sapura-Afcons consortium bid against the Ratna platform tender is running into trouble.
8The consortium may not make it to the final list
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8RIL's Vadodara debottlenecking comes with some significant environmental riders. This includes zero liquid discharge within a stipulated time. And a 40% increase in green belt of the total land area. Click on  Details for more
8It is a small Rs 30 crore refinery debottlenecking activity. RFQ for an EPCM is expected in March. Click here for more details Details
8Project Name: Tengakhat-Kathaloni-Dikom Development Drilling
8Project Cost: Rs 5655 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for a drilling rig is expected by Q3 2020.
RFQ for a EPC contractor is expected by Q3 2020.
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8Project Name: Bhuvanagiri Development Drilling
8Project Cost: Rs 3750 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for the hiring of EIA services is expected by March 2020.
RFQ for the hiring of a Horizontal drilling services is expected by Q2 2020.
RFQ for the hiring of an EPC contractor for EPS expansion is expected by Q2 2020.
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8Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited's tender for the charter hiring of a Drillship Rig of 3000m WD capability for 1.5 years seems to be have evinced a lot of interest
8Find out who are interested and what kind of work will the drillship do  Details
Project Name:  Varanasi Greenfield LPG Bottling Plant Project
8Project Cost: 195 crores
8Project Event: RFQ for the EPCM contractor is expected by March-2020.instaed of January now
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We have stepped up our coverage of the city gas distribution sector in our database
8Project Name: Kota, Baran, and Chittorgarh (Rawatbhata Taluka) Districts City Gas Distribution
 8Project Cost: Rs 600 crore
 8Project Event: RFQs for laying steel pipeline network and associated works is expected later in Q1 2021.
RFQs for laying of MDPE pipes network and associated works is expected in Q3 2020.
RFQs for Galvanized Iron pipes is expected in Q3 2020.
RFQs for further equipments for CNG stations are expected later in Q3 2020.
8RFQ Date: Q3/2020
8Release Date: Q4/2020
8Start Date: Q1/2019
8Completion Date: Q4/2027
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8Project Name: SAS Nagar District, Patiala and Sangrur District City Gas Distribution
 8Project Cost: Rs 800 crore
 8Project Event: RFQs for laying steel pipeline network and associated works is expected later in Q1 2021.
RFQs for laying of MDPE pipes network and associated works is expected in Q3 2020.
RFQs for further equipments for CNG stations are expected later in Q3 2020.
8RFQ Date: Q3/2020
8Release Date: Q4/2020
8Start Date: Q1/2019
8Completion Date: Q4/2027
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Fresh offshore investment in new gas exploration in India is likely to come to a standstill, after the big decisions taken by ONGC and RIL-BP in India
8Globally, the move is towards pushing out gas from the sub-$3/mmbtu reservoirs
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Request for proposal for Sale of Oil & Gas Inventory Details
8Decontamination with Passivation of process loops/ equipments in Sour Water Strippers (SWS) units Details
8ARC for carrying out IBR piping jobs Details
8Supply of Manpower for shutdown related jobs Details
8Supply, Transportation and Installation of Smart Pylons together with Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Details
8Annual Rate contract for supply of Caustic Soda Lye on 100 % purity basis Details
8Supply of around 253 crore litres of Anhydrous Denatured Ethanol Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8RIL third quarter net profit rises 14 per cent to Rs 11,841 crore; Oil-to-chemical business weighs on top-line Details
8RIL-Saudi Aramco deal unlikely to close by March-end, says CFO Details
8Fuel price: Petrol, diesel rates dip in Delhi on third consecutive day Details
8Thirteen private companies bid to operate ONGC's 64 oil and gas fields Details
8Assam Hydrocarbon seeks 10 per cent participating interest in Oil India Details
8Reliance outpaces industry in petrol, diesel sales from its outlets Details
8LNG pumps being planned along golden quadrilateral Details
8Govt considering specific excise duty on aviation turbine fuel Details
8Make in India to get Rs 22,000 crore boost from city gas expansion programme Details
8Switch to cleaner fuel or face closure, EPCA chief warns Ghaziabad factories Details
8Petrol, diesel prices cut for 4th straight day Details
8Oil surges as Libyan pipeline shutdown cripples output Details
8Biodiesel producer BioD Energy planning to expand footprint Details
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It is hard to know sometimes whether natural gas is in a golden age or a dark age.
8Gas is often presented as a promising candidate to deliver cleaner air and decarbonization, which are reasons why many outlooks see a continued need for gas to 2040 and beyond, even assuming a rapid energy transition.
8Others see it as a temporary and expensive solution that we, as a world, must not lock in, lest we undermine our efforts on deep decarbonization.
8And others still question whether gas should play any role at all in the energy transition, its environmental credentials undercut by fugitive emissions, venting and flaring, and by the fact that it is still a carbon-emitting energy source. In their eyes, the sooner we can phase out gas, the better.
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2020 is going to see a precipitous drop in spot LNG prices
8And this may well become the golden age for gas in India, powered by LNG. Low prices, along with policy support, can trigger the start-up of the currently hibernating gas-based power capacity.
8The gas market in India is elastic and low prices can see a wholesale switch from up to 100 industrial clusters which are currently under notice from the National Green Tribunal
8The big constraint will be on the part of the gas supplier, in being able to reach out either through physical pipeline or virtual pipeline deliveries wherever gas is needed.
8How far can prices fall?
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There has been an easing in the trade war between China and the US
8China has committed to $52.4 billion in additional energy purchases,
8So what are the implications for the crude tanker and LNG shipping market?
8Will this lead to higher traffic?
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Coal based Ammonia-Urea & Coal Handling Plant Greenfield Project
 8Cost - Rs 7484 crore
 8Project Event: The feasibility study is still ongoing, It is likely to be completed in March 2020. The RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in April 2020 in place of January 2020. due to delay in the studies.
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 NPK-TSP-GSSP Greenfield Project 
 8Cost - Rs 100 crore
 8Project Event: RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in March 2020 instead of January as was envisaged earlier.
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The PNGRB is drawing up what will arguably be the most ambitious mapping of the gas sector in India
8It will lay out in great detail the current and the future road map for demand as well as supply of gas
8It is going to be a bottom up exercise, and therefore likely to be more realistic.
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Cairn India has decided to fast track its E&P work in its offshore fields
8It is now actively looking for contractors
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8Cyclic Steam Simulation project coming up. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited is planning to enhance the productivity from the Lanwa field, using cyclic stimulation pilot project.
 Pre bid conference is on January 28, 2020
8ONGC awards seismic contract: Alphageo bags the award Details
The job involves process platforms across different fields
8February 20 is the pre-bid meeting
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Project Name: Natural gas pipeline
8Project Cost: Rs 1632 crores
8Phase-2 work has begun
8Project Event: RFQ for the mainline pipes and pumps is expected in March-2020.
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8Project Name: Hilara Oil Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 150 crore
8Project Description: Prize Petroleum Company Limited, the DSF-1 round awardee for AA/ONDSF/HILARA/2016 block, is finally expected to float the tenders for the hiring of oilfield equipment and services for the project. As of now, the capital approval for the project is still awaited. In-house feasibility studies are under process, the project is expected to start by the end of 2020 or early 2021. Third party integrated drilling services contract will come out by June 2020
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8Project Name: Offshore Living Quarters Platform Development
 8Project Cost: Rs 1600 crore
 8Project Event: LOI to the L-1 bidder was expected in December but has not been put off to January end 2020.
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Project Name: Faridabad Greenfield Research And Development Center Project
8Project Cost: Rs 2281.94 crores
8EPCM may go to L&T?
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Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) will make another attempt to bring down its steep long term LNG slope with Qatar Gas
8Find out what steps PLL is taking in this direction. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of High Pressure Small Bore Valves Details
8Procurement of spare parts for battery operated forklift truck operating at PTD Details
8Supply and Commissioning of CO2 Flooding System Details
8Corrigendum: Appointment of Consultant for Rationalisation of Natural Gas Pipeline Tariff Structure Details
8ARC for Calibration of Portable Multigas Detectors Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8New petrol pumps to be at least 50 mtrs away rom schools, hospitals, houses: CPCB Details
8Indian Oil eyes output of over 1 mt 'very low sulphur' marine fuel in 2020 Details
8PetroChina's oil and gas trade turnover up 5% in 2019 Details
8Petrol, diesel prices cut after slump in crude rates Details
8ONGC sells March-loading Russian Sokol crude at higher premium Details
8IOC to decide on bidding for BPCL after govt lays out rules: Chairman Details
8Iran expects India to source its oil, devise new barter trade: Iranian minister Details
8India looks to double oil import from US, would seek concessions Details
8Punjab: Peda upgrades bio-CNG plant at Hambran Road Details
8INNOVATION: IIT-M develops eco-friendly way to produce hydrogen fuel from seawater Details
8Crude oil futures gain on spot demand, global cues Details
8Tension but no shock on oil market: IEA Details
8Australia's Woodside Petroleum posts 8 per cent fall in Q4 revenue Details
8Crude oil outlook turns bearish on US-Iran relief, surplus fears Details
8Crude price expected to stay around $65-70 through 2024 Details
8Global oil prices rise as China agrees to more U.S. energy purchases Details
8Oil slips on doubts about U.S.-China deal, OPEC outlook Details
8Petronas raises Feb crude price factor to record high $9.20/bbl Details
8IEA says oil stocks, non-OPEC output to buffer market from shocks Details
8U.S. energy exports to climb as China pledges ramp-up in purchases Details
8The $95 billion centerpiece of the trade deal is already in doubt Details
8Air pollution from oil, gas production sites visible from space Details
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8Ms Vartika Shukla has been appointed as a new Director (Technical ) of EIL.
8There were seven candidates are in the race and she beat them all to the job.
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Effluent Treatment Plant Up-gradation Project  
 8Cost - Rs 101 crore
 8Project Event: The NIT for the LSTK contractor is likely to be re-released in late January 2020 in place of Dec 2019 due to a delay in the board approval and technical issues.
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Urea Casale Revamp Project   
8Cost - Rs 137 crore
8Project Event: The project has been delay by three months due to procurement issues, as all long lead item has not reached the site. The company is planning to revamp the urea plant in the upcoming shut down in April 2020.
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8Project Name: Navsari, Tapi, and Dang Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 150 crore
8Project Description: Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd. has been granted authorization
8Project Event: RFQs for laying of MDPE pipes network and associated works is expected early in Q3 2020.
RFQs for GI pipes are expected later in Q2 2020.
RFQs for equipments for City Gas Station expected late in Q2 2020.
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Project Name: Greenfield Product Pipeline Project
8Project Cost: 350 crores
8Project Event: RFQ for mainline pipes and pumps is expected ahead
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8Project Name: Jambusar Drilling Site Development
8A wokover rig tender was meant to come out, but has been delayed by a month
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8Project Name: Sanarudravaram Oil Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 150 crore
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8Project Name: Nagayalanka Field Phase 2 Development
8Project Cost: Rs 500 crore
RFQs are going to be delayed
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Well head gas prices are going to go down in 2020 in relation to 2019
8Lower hub prices will help push LNG prices even lower as production outpaces demand
8All of this comes at a bad time when domestic gas producers, such as RIL and ONGC, are beginning to market gas out of the KG basin
8ONGC was forced to cancel is earlier tender, and is now auctioning fresh gas from its KG-DWN-98/2 field at a lower price.
8A minimum of $6/mmbtu is its breakeven price, and it is now marketing the gas at a lower price point than that
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The PNGRB is expected to digitize the entire CGD network in the country
8Pipeline networks and CGD stations are all going to be on a GIP map, with interactive features
8Whether the regulator will use these maps for its own consumption or whether they will be open for public viewing remains a moot point however.
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At a time when coal use is being frowned upon, a consortium of Engineers India Ltd, Thermax and HPCL is planning to re-start its coal-to-liquid (CTL) pilot plant, where work was discontinued a couple of years ago.
8CTL is a complex technology and few companies globally have mastered it.
8As the world has moved towards renewable energy, a CTL project with a 20-year life span can only be acceptable if there is compatible carbon sequestration technology available.
8Given this background, analysts are wondering why the consortium is reviving the pilot plant again
8EIL however thinks that demand for couple of such plants may emerge and it wants to be prepared to bid for them
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L&T will need to do a reappraisal of how it has been conducting project cost estimations for refinery projects
8In the last 5 refinery EPC packages opened recently, it has been bag only one
8In the other four, it seems to be well behind the competition, coming last
8What is more the differential between the L-1 bidder and L&T is very wide, raising eyebrows everywhere
8Clearly, the cost estimation teams needs to go through their calculations more thoroughly, or somewhere L&T is losing its competitive edge.
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The Rajasthan refinery tender for a polypropylene unit, along with a Butene-1 unit and associated bagging system was opened earlier this week
8Find out who the EPC winner is
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