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Feb 2021

The demand for grants of the petroleum ministry for 2021-22 has many insights into the oil & gas sector
8There are several indicators that those in the sector may want to know more about
8Here is a full analysis
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What are the exact volumes of gas production from ONGC's KG-DWN-98/2 block?
8In the next three years
8And what kind of prices are they expected to get?
8Here is an estimate
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8JKM prices have come down from the highs of $30/mmbtu and above.
8But they are still quite high.
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IOC is looking at being a buyer of products and services to transition into a seller of products and services as well.
8And it does have a lot to offer
8The only problem is that it perhaps does not how to do the selling.
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8Is oil going to be at $100.
8Is a new super cycle beginning?
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8Get a weekly synopsis of fertilizer imports into India
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8Mumbai is the center for base oil imports
8Almost all imports are via Mumbai
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With Trafigura as the co-promoter of Nayara, the refinery is expected to have an optimized crude procurement mechanism in place.
8But Nayara sources said that it procures its crude cargoes on a competitive basis, and not necessarily via Traifugra.
8Four cargoes are salted to come in in the next few days, and they are coming in from Das Island, Bashrah and Covenas
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GSPC finds it more convenient to import an LNG cargo via Dahej than via its own terminal in Mundra.
8Pipeline evacuation issues dog Mundra
8Torrent too is bringing in a cargo from Ras Laffan at Dahej
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Construction of NRO Muradpur Details
8IT manpower requirement for Application Development and Maintenance Details
8Transportation of Packed LPG Cylinders by Road Ex Hubli LPG Plant Details
8Providing Facility Management Services Details
8Services for OFC AMC in Vijaipur region Details
8Installation of USM checkmeters and Dual metering skids including supply of piping hardware at various locations Details
8Supply of Pipe locator with Current Mapper Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8NGT constitutes expert committee to look into Rourkela Steel Plant gas leak matter Details
8Indian Oil starts land acquisition at Nagapattinam for new refinery Details
8Bahwan CyberTek and Lightbend expand partnership for MENA region Details
8Fitch lower risks for credit metrics of Indian oil marketing firms Details
8Kamal Nath calls for half-day state bandh against fuel price rise Details
8Recovering petroleum demand to support OMCs profitability: Fitch Details
8Meghalaya govt slashes petrol, diesel prices by Rs 7 Details
8Britain's Cairn files case in U.S. to push India to pay $1.2 bln award Details
8India shifts oil imports from Middle East to Africa, North America due to OPEC cuts Details
8Crude oil futures decline on low demand Details
8Germany's 2020 oil imports down 3.4 per cent Details
8Norway energy industry in wage bargain, averting oil, gas outages Details
8BP offers employees shares in rallying cry for low-carbon shift Details
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85.53 lakh tonnes of fertilizer imports coming in
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8Gas has been fully charged by the GAIL pipeline right up to the Matix ammonia-urea plant at Panagarh near Durgapur, West Bengal.
8So when is the plant going to start producing urea? Details
8The cause of the fire in the Greatship Rohini, an offshore supply vessel is still not known
8But it has no doubt caused some distress to India's largest private shipowner.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Electrical works for CBG Projects across India Details
8Providing Manpower Services at Mohali ASF Details
8Procurement of Bio-diesel produced from used Cooking Oil Details
8Supply of Bio-diesel produced from used Cooking Oil Details
8Supply of Liquid Nitrogen Details
8Procurement of 280 licenses for Jira Software Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over LPG cylinder price hike Details
8ONGC to scale up KG basin gas output this year Details
8Cairn Oil & Gas seeks bids for gas from Rajasthan block Details
8Why crude oil prices shot up by 21% this year Details
8Equinor considers more US asset sales in global strategy revamp Details
8Oil prices climb as deep freeze shuts U.S. oil wells, curbs refineries Details
8Bihar: Frequent petrol, LPG price hikes put a strain on household budget Details
8In 10 months, diesel hiked by Rs 20, petrol by Rs 19 in Mumbai Details
8Govt should have given relief of Rs 12-14 on petrol, diesel, says former Petroleum Secretary Details
8PM Modi to launch key projects of oil and gas sector in Tamil Nadu Details
8Crude oil futures rise on spot demand Details
8Rouble hits more than 1-month high on soaring oil prices Details
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Process Air Compressor Greenfield Project   
8Cost - Rs 347 crore
RFQ to be re-released
Phosphoric acid Expansion Project   
8Cost - Rs 130 crore
Construction start-up in May
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81.17 lakh tonnes of chemical imports coming in
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Project Name: Sundargarh and Jharsuguda District City Gas Distribution
 8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore
 8Project Event: RFQs for valves, gaskets, dispensers, compressors, meters and odorizing units are expected in March, 2021 PNGRB has given an extension period of 129 days to Gail Gas Limited for achieving their MWP targets due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
 8RFQ Date: Q1/2021
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8We are currently tracking 8 million tonnes of crude imports into India
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8Of the 2200 VLCCs in the world, one in 12 are involved in illegal trade with Venezuela and Iran.
8Find out more on why inspectors are finding it tough to break this chain. Details
Scheduled LNG cargoes for the coming days are coming in from the following points of origin:
8Sabnal
8Qalhat
8Lake Charles
8Sabine Pass
8Ras Laffan
8Soyo
8Ingleside
8Doha
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A petrochemical project is coming up with the following ingredients:
8Poly vinyl Chloride (PVC) Plant
8Polymer modified bitumen (PMB) Plant,
8Gas Storage Terminal
8LPG Bottling Plant
8Gas Based Captive Power Plant
8Sea Water Desalination Plant
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8Another 4.5 mmscmd of gas has been put up for sale.
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Private ownership uniformly produces superior performance. Just sell the PSUs to private ownership and be done with it.
8Statements of this sort are common in public discourse. As we have seen above, these are little more than ideological preferences.
8They have little basis in empirical fact.
8The reality is rather more complex.
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8This was one drilling company that got into the business with a lot of promise
8But the lockdown and its grave aftermath has meant the spilling of red ink on its books
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Petronet LNG's revenue is way lower in Q-3, 2020-21 than the same quarter last year
8Even so, it posts a larger profit as expenses are way lower as it squeezed employee benefits. Financing costs are down too
8So margins have gone up.
Also, what is the capex guidance for PLL now that the company is going up to 22.5 MMTPA capacity?
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8Despite improvement in its matrices, the aviation industry continues to be in turmoil.
8Find out why
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8Find out why a tiredness of sorts has settled in when it comes to Nayara's projects.
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For the Indian government, the virus seems to be on its way out.
8Everyone has been told to attend office, without exception.
8All public sector officers will concurrently have full attendance, we have been told.
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project     
8Cost - Rs 380 crore
8Project Event: The project is still on hold due to a lack of funds, the project is likely to be activated in April 2021. RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be re-released in May 2021. 
SSP Fertilizer Greenfield Project    
8Cost - Rs 90 crore
8Project Event: The project is still on hold, It is likely to be active in June 2021. the RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be released in July 2021. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Expression of Interest for Augmenting Gas Production for Aatmanirbhar Bharat - Sale of Natural Gas from Oil & Gas Fields in Rajasthan Details
8Electrical works for CBG Projects across India Details
8Replacement /Revamp /Retrofitting of produced Water Conditioning System in MH Asset Details
8Procurement of Bio-diesel Produced from used Cooking Oil Details
8Supply of Fresh Catalyst of SRU Details
8Supply of chloride guard adsorbent for CCR reduction gas Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8PNB signs MoU with IndianOil for e-dealer financing Details
8Potential for 5,000 bio CNG manufacturing units in India: Nitin Gadkari Details
8Congress MPs give adjournment motion notice in LS demanding discussion on fuel price hike Details
8AAP's Sanjay Singh accuses govt of selling country's assets Details
8India Petronet to expand Dahej LNG terminal's capacity to 22.5 MTPA Details
8Offshore vessel catches fire near Mumbai High oilfield; one injured, three stuck Details
8ONGC third quarter net profit falls 67 per cent on drop in oil, gas prices Details
8Foreign Secretary visit: India, Russia to draw roadmap for expanding partnership Details
8Environmental clearance received for Nayara’s Gujarat expansion Details
8Price of LPG gas cylinder hiked by Rs 50, to cost Rs 769 in Delhi Details
8PM Modi inaugurates BPCL's Rs 6000 crore petrochemical project Details
8Petrol with additives crosses Rs 100 mark in Maharashtra's Parbhani district Details
8ONGC takes leaf out of Reliance's book, floats subsidiary to buy own gas Details
8Premium petrol price at never-before Rs 100 per liter in Bhopal Details
8Oil price rises on fears of heightened tensions in Middle East Details
8Iraq in advanced talks to build oil storage in China, says oil minister Details
8CII seeks nod for use of very low sulphur fuel oil in industries Details
8Oil prices hit critical threshold for OPEC+ Details
8Day after mid-sea fire, three charred bodies found on offshore vessel Details
8Rosneft holds talks with global traders, India and China on Vostok Oil project Details
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Project Name: Dakshina Kannada District City Gas Distribution.
8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore
8Project Event: RFQs for valves, gaskets, dispensers, compressors, meters and odorizing units are expected in March, 2021 PNGRB has given an extension period of 129 days to Gail Gas Limited for achieving their MWP targets due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
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This is the lean season for fertilizer imports
8Even so we are tracking over 6 lakh tonnes of cargoes made up mostly of rock phosphate and sulphur, also MOP
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8We are currently tracking 1.05 million tonnes of chemical cargoes
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MRPL has two cargoes of crude coming in (end-of-the-week data).
8One from Zirku Island and the other from Ras Tanura
8Paradhip refinery's current cargoes are originating from a wide variety of sources: Mexico, Massango terminal, Galveston, Okono and Agbami
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More LNG cargoes are now headed towards India after JKM prices have settled down to more realistic levels.
8End-of-last-week data shows 2570840 cubic metres of gas headed in.
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When is the next round of planned shutdowns due in Indian refineries
8Here is an estimate
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How high will oil prices go in 2021?
8This is on the minds of the E&P crowd in India.
8Here is an analysis
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HOEC seems to have recovered from COVID imposed restrictions.
8Bidding for gas from its Dirok field is expected in March
8The critical B-80 job is sought to be completed within the fair weather window
8There are also plans for the Asjol and North Balol fields
8But let us see how much of this gets done on time
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8When is the Dhamra LNG terminal commissioning?
8Post COVID, work is picking up
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8A huge volume of incremental gas demand is coming up with the commissioning of fertilizer plants from now and end of the year
8Find out more on their demand and commissioning dates. Details
Phosphoric acid Expansion Project     
8Cost - Rs 50 crore
8Project Event: The proposal for the term of references has been accepted and the proposal for the environmental clearance is likely to be submitted in March 2021, discussion is ongoing for a contractor. The company is planning to hire a local contractor. RFQ for the Contractor is likely to be released in April 2021. Details
DAP/NPK- Phosphoric Acid & Sulphuric Acid Greenfield Project       
8Cost - Rs 2000 crore
8Project Event: All the project activities are on hold, the project is likely to be reactivated in March 2021. The proposal for the environmental clearance is likely to be submitted by April 2021.RFQ for the environmental clearance consultant is likely to be released in May 2021. Details
We are tracking 1 MMT of chemical imports
8Port wise, product wise, quantity wise, buyer wise, dispatch port wise data
8It is all forward looking data
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8Our website is tracing RIL's crude cargoes coming in from:
- Ras Tanura (multiple cargoes)
- Covenas
- Mina Saud
- Ras Gharrib
- Novorossiysk
- Gola
8Vessel waiting is noticed in Kochi and Mumbai ports for crude cargoes
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Clearly, LNG prices are settling down, much to the relief of both terminal owners and importers of LNG.
8RIL is bringing in cargoes now via Shell's Hazira terminal, and more activity is noticed in this terminal after remaining near-shut since January, when JKM prices shot up
8Three cargoes are currently registered on this terminal, two from Qalhat, and one from Sabine Pass
8A cargo from Qalhat is at dock in Cochin, brought in by PLL
8There is one at Ennore coming in from Doha.Click on Report for more. Details
8Project Name: Ganjam, Nayagarh and Puri Districts City Gas Distribution.
8Project Cost: Rs 730 crore
8RFQ Date: Q1/2021
8Release Date: Q2/2021
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Given the recent amendments in the right of first refusal caveats when it comes to bidding in open international tenders for vessels, it has become near-impossible for a foreign-flagged vessel to win a tender in ONGC.
8What a foreign-flagged vessel bidder can do is to quote so low that Indian flagged bidders find it impossible to match.
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ONGC 's 14-vessel offshore tender has opened.
8Against the requirement for four 80 tonnes AHTS, eight bids were submitted
8Against four PSVs of no less than 3000 DWT, 17 were submitted
8Also, for OSVs for not less than 1500 DWT, the requirement was for two vessels, against which 25 bids were submitted. Details
IOCL's Paradip refinery bids for the PTA project opened today.
8It was a close race.
8Find out who won. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8ARC for Rewinding and Repairing of Motors at Hazira Compressor Station Details
8ARC for providing Domestic and International Courier Services Details
8Supply, Supervision, Installation and Commissioning of Annubar Details
8ARC for procurement of Standard Calibration Gas Details
8Procurement of Hose for BCPL Lepetkata Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India's gas production rises above pre-COVID level: DGH Details
8Fuel prices rise sharply, Mumbai sells petrol at Rs 94.36/l Details
8With oil past peak, Shell vows to eliminate carbon by 2050 Details
8Oil market rebalancing will soon set stage for more OPEC+ supply - IEA Details
8India pioneers understanding of carbon impact of oil Details
8Energy sector funds lure highest inflows in three months, data shows Details
8India pioneers understanding of carbon impact of oil Details
8Energy sector funds lure highest inflows in three months, data shows Details
8Targeting to conclude BPCL strategic sale by June: DIPAM Secretary Details
8PM Modi to launch Rs 6,000 crore petrochemical project in Kochi on Sunday Details
8Government to spin-off NDR into separate company to boost oil, gas exploration Details
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