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Mar 2020

Valentine Martiime Ltd, Abu Dhabi, is implementing ONGC's crucial Pipeline Replacement Project-VI of ONGC, which involves laying of around 120 km of subsea pipelines in 21 segments and also replacement of pipeline segments in some parts as also topside modifications of 16 paltforms, installation of two riser protectors and demolition of 63 redudant risers.
8The total job was for $159 million
8The company is now clinching a new $44 million contract
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8ONGC HF, CT & Pumping Unit Services tender : Find out more on who will be bidding by today or will the submission date be deferred?
8Charter hire of AHTS, PSVs and OSVs: No more postponement, says ONGC Details
PRP-7 new amendments carried out : Find out what they are?
8Also know more on penalties for delay, they have been stepped up
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8Project Name: WB-ONN-2005/4 Oil Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 516 crore
8Get an update on the project, including bidders for shot-hole services
8When are  RFQs for the hiring of EPC contractors for EPS installation expected
8Owner is planning drilling of 15 Development wells and establishment of Quick Production Systems (QPS)
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Our project monitoring software for city gas distribution projects is slowing filling up, and once macro analytics are run, it will throw up a whole lot of equipment and service wise business development opportunities for those selling goods and services in this segment. Along with key contacts for every business development opportunity, it is a great database to have. Even for virtual network builders, this database can be of big help. Our coverage is gone up to 60 CGD units, and we will cover the rest within the next three months
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 8Project Name: Shivpuri District City Gas Distribution
 8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore
 8Project Description: Think Gas Investments Pte. Limited, in consortium with Think Gas Distribution Private Limited, had been granted permission on March 29, 2019, to set up a CGD network in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. The entity won the project under the 10th CGD bidding round. Think Gas then requested transfer of authorization to Think Gas Bhopal Pvt Ltd, wholly-owned subsidiary of Think Gas Distribution Private Limited, which was granted on June 11, 2019. The CGD network will have a coverage area of 10066 sq. km.
For an overall timeframe of 8 years, Think Gas is expected to install 11 CNG stations, 27299 piped natural gas connections and lay 60 inch-km of steel pipe. Gas is expected to be drawn from GAIL's Dahej- Vijaipur- Dadri Natural Gas Pipeline through Kulwara- Shivpuri spurline.
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8Project Name: Dahod District City Gas Distribution
 8Project Description: Gujarat Gas Limited, has been granted permission on July 27, 2016, has set up a CGD network in Dahod district of Gujarat. The entity won the project under the 6th CGD bidding round. The CGD network has a coverage area of 3304 sq. km.
For an overall timeframe of 5 years, GGL is expected to provide 16714 piped natural gas connections and lay 1309 inch-km of steel pipeline. The first phase of the project has been implemented and the second phase of the expansion is being undertaken now.
Gas is being drawn from GSPL's Hazira- Ankleshwar Natural Gas Pipeline through spurline to Dahod.
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Project Name: Paradip Port- Numaligarh Refienry Greenfield Crude Oil Pipeline Project
8Project Cost: 6000 crore
8A whole of factors are delaying RFQs for this project
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There have been some major personnel changes in GSPC and affiliated companies.
8Gujarat Gas CEO loses slot but he has been reassigned to what is being termed as "another important position".
8Find out what the changes are
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8PG Boiler System Alkali Boil out during shutdown during April-May 2020 Details
8Fabrication, Erection, Welding of New Underground CBD Pipeline and Wrapping & Coating in PFCC Details
8Liner Replacement and minor Overhauling of both stages of net gas compressor Details
8Reformer catalyst unloading and loading in HGU3 during shutdown Details
8Cleaning of DHDT FD-33301 Feed Filter Cleaning by Ultrasonic Method Details
8Procurement of Exhaust Fans and Pedestal Fans Details
8Service and maintenance of respiratory protection system Details
8Carry out Radiography testing, Wet Fluorescent Magnetic Particle Testing (WFMPT) and Hardness Testing (HT) Services Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8CNPC's daily natural gas sales rebound to 500 mln cubic metres Details
8CPCL elevates S Krishnan as Director-Operations Details
8Coronavirus outbreak: Falling oil prices soothe India’s fuel prices and trade bill Details
8Belarus' Lukashenko appoints new deputy PM as oil row drags on Details
8Jet fuel woes set to linger as coronavirus sickens global aviation Details
8OPEC to try to stem oil price plunge amid coronavirus slowdown Details
8Crude oil futures up 1.87 per cent on spot demand, global cues Details
8Coronavirus puts shaky condition of debt-laden shale firms in spotlight Details
8Kuwait oil minister says optimistic on outcome of OPEC meetings Details
8Rising US LNG supply to make natural gas affordable for India Details
8Covid-depressed oil market to save India billions in import bill Details
8OPEC and allies to consider significant oil output cuts as coronavirus hits demand Details
8Libya says oil shutdown losses close to $2.6 billion Details
8Exxon outlines its steps to reduce harmful methane emissions Details
8US natgas glut swells, prices turn negative at Texas Waha hub Details
8VE Commercial unveils BS-VI range of vehicles; says financing remains a cause of concern Details
8Market forces to benefit India, consumers; US gas can be competitive for India: FERC Details
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In the shipping industry, the IMO 2020 and the coronavirus scare continue to wreck havoc.
8Also, it seems like what was right yesterday is turning out to be wrong today. Get to know more about swirling controversy over whether IMO 2020 complaint low sulphur fuel may end up being a bigger pollutant than high sulphur fuel, and also the counter argument to it
8Also, know more about why scrubber fitted vessels are eliciting increasingly lower premiums. Will returns ever turn negative from scrubbers?
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8The hunt for a new ONGC chairman after the current incumbent retires has begun
8B.C. Tripathi gets more intricately involved with the Essar Group. After monetizing some a lot of its assets, the Essar Group is now more focused on its leftover businesses. Know more
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Is competition whittling away GAIL's monopoly in the gas distribution already?
8Is GAIL's transmission and marketing mix already changing?
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Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: The NIT for LSTK contractor is out and the bid due date is 7 March 2020.
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RFQ dates have been rescheduled for assorted EIA consultants, seismic surveys drilling rigs, workover rigs and production facilities in the following E&P properties
8Project Name: Mehsana, Kheda, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Development Drilling; Project Cost: Rs 4253 crore. Click here for more details
8Project Name: MB/OSDSF/CA/2018 Offshore Block Exploration; Project Cost: Rs 350 crore. Click here for more details
8Project Name: Tulamura Block Exploration; Project Cost: Rs 100 crore. Click here for more details Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Repair and Maintenance of Pipelines at supports contact points for corrosion protection of piping network at Gujarat Refinery Battery Area Details
8Advanced NDT inspection of Pipelines under Culvert / road crossings / dyke crossings using LRUT Technique at refinery Details
8Supply, installation and training of auto Isometric Drawing generation software at refinery Details
8Piping Structural and other associated jobs for the process scheme provision of separate HP steam export header in RFCCU Details
8Supply of Mechanical Seal Spares Details
8Supply of Integrated Control and Safety System and Programmable Logic Controller Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8IGL to set up gas meter manufacturing unit to cut reliance on imports Details
8Tata Motors completes delivery of India's first LNG bus order Details
8ATF price cut by steep 10 pc; non-subsidised cooking gas costs Rs 53 less Details
8IGL will make gas meters, lines up Rs 1,100cr war chest Details
8Govt plans to enhance ethanol production, increase blending to reduce oil imports Details
8India pegs 2020-21 fuel demand growth at 3.1 per cent versus estimated 1.3 per cent in 2019-20 Details
8Demand-supply gap in biofuels shows we have only scratched the surface: Shishir Joshipura, Praj Industries Details
8IOC-Phinergy to begin metal-air battery field trials; in talks with auto companies Details
8Russia's Feb oil production at 11.29 mln bpd: Interfax Details
8Kuwait's oil minister appointed acting minister of electricity and water Details
8Indonesia's Pertamina to relocate $10 billion refinery project from Bontang Details
8Shipper of Rosneft's Venezuelan oil says it is ending the activities Details
8China's bunker fuel demand plummets as freight trade slows Details
8Oil up over 3 per cent as hopes of OPEC cut, stimulus counter virus gloom Details
8Putin, oil firms hold talks before meeting of OPEC and allies Details
8CenterPoint Energy sets targets to cut emissions Details
8Last date for bidding for oil, gas blocks pushed back a month to April 16 Details
8Oil rises a 2nd day as stimulus hopes, expected OPEC cuts offset virus Details
8UK advertising watchdog investigates Shell's 'drive carbon neutral' campaign Details
8Venezuela's oil exports rose 9 per cent ahead of wind-down expiration date Details
8Bahrain Middle East oil conference delayed by coronavirus Details
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The fertilizer industry is the largest consumer of LNG in the country
8Find out how the coronavirus attack is turning out to be a huge positive for the industry
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Our CGD roundup for the day includes two entities. Business development opportunities will be coming up in:
8Bidar District City Gas Distribution. Click here for more details
8Rupnagar District City Gas Distribution. Click here for more details Details
Project Name: Numaligarh Siliguri Product Pipeline (NRL)
8Project Cost: 468 crores
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The latest 2019 data is in on shipbuilding contracting globally
8And the data is not good
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Tellurian's Driftwood LNG terminal plans are adrift now that PLL is having second thoughts on following through with its MOU for investing up to $5 billion in the facility.
8The MOU has been extended
8But Tellurian has now been forced to apply the brakes on its plans, pending a PLL nod. Also, it is running headlong into financial distress. Details
8Know more on why the government's lookout for a new PNGRB boss may not be in accordance to the law.
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Ammonia-V Revamp Project 
8Cost - Rs 102 crore
8Project Event: Detaiedl engineering has been completed, The material indenting process is ongoing, NIT for the Hot Water Preheater & Syngas Interstage Chiller is out and bid due date is 8 April 2020, the company has also released the a tender for an ammonia chiller, with bid closing date on 4 April 2020. The commissioning has seen a delayed from April 2020 to November 2020 due to "inadequate bidder response" for some RFQs.
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Energy Saving-cum- Ammonia-Urea Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 540 crore
8Project Event: Critical equipment purchase is ongoing, construction has started, and equipment is reaching the site one by one. The project is likely to be commissioned in April 2021.
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Ammonia-V Revamp Project 
8Cost - Rs 102 crore
8Project Event: Detaiedl engineering has been completed, The material indenting process is ongoing, NIT for the Hot Water Preheater & Syngas Interstage Chiller is out and bid due date is 8 April 2020, the company has also released the a tender for an ammonia chiller, with bid closing date on 4 April 2020. The commissioning has seen a delayed from April 2020 to November 2020 due to "inadequate bidder response" for some RFQs.
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Energy Saving-cum- Ammonia-Urea Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 540 crore
8Project Event: Critical equipment purchase is ongoing, construction has started, and equipment is reaching the site one by one. The project is likely to be commissioned in April 2021.
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Indian buyers are tying to cut down on long term LNG while increasing their spot LNG purchases. Gujarat Gas, for example, is bring down its long term contract volumes with Shell as far as is possible.
8Lower spot prices are egging industrial clusters to switch to gas. For the Morbi ceramic cluster in Gujarat, preparations are on to handle 8 mmscmd. That is a big number for an industrial cluster by any yardstick in India.
8More clusters in Gujarat, and also elsewhere are  preparing to switch but then getting a network to draw gas may turn out to be the biggest constraint
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8Project Name: MN-ONHP-2018/4 and MN-ONHP-2018/2 exploration blocks
8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore
8Project Description: Oil India Limited has started exploration activities in MN-ONHP-2018/4 and MN-ONHP-2018/2 blocks in Mahanadi Basin.
8Project Event: RFQs for charter hire of drilling rig packages is expected by Q1 2021.
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8Project Name: Angul and Dhekanal Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore
8Project Description: Bharat Gas Resources Limited, has been granted permission on August 10, 2018, has set up a CGD network in Amethi, Pratapgarh and Rai Bareili districts in state of Uttar Pradesh.
8Project Event: RFQs for laying and construction of MDPE pipeline network and associated works is expected later in Q4, 2020.
RFQs for CNG compressors and associated auxiliaries are expected by Q4 2020.
RFQs for equipments for CNG stations and auxiliaries are expected by Q4 2020.
RFQs for CNG dispensers are expected by Q4 2020.
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Project Name: Pata Petrochemical Expansion Project.
8Project Cost: Rs 751.45 crores
8Project Description: Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) along with Engineers India Limited (EIL) as the EPMC contractor, is expanding its Pata petrochemical complex by setting up a 60 KTPA polypropylene unit. TOR has also been granted. Engineers India Limited (EIL) was selected as the EIA consultant. Currently, EIA report is under preparation.
When is a licensor RFQ expected?
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Oil India Ltd has three shallow water blocks it picked up in an OALP Round
8Seismic survey tenders have been released
8Find out who are in the race
8And what kind of RFQs are expected ahead (the database for the three blocks are separately updated in the links below)
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8Cairn India is conducting a pan-India listing of contractors to do specific jobs instead of going with the field-wise model for its long list of exploration blocks
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8The top brass is already disappointed over how privatization is impacting their careers
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For Petronet LNG, it seems the numbers are not working out for a deal for Tellurian's Driftwood facility
8What are the base numbers coming up for PLL, in which, as per an MOU, it is meant to pump in a whopping $5 billion?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Design, Supply, Installation & Commissioning of Pipelines Training Simulator for Pipelines Details
8Road Transportation of Bulk Bitumen in refinery Details
8Supply of complete Mechanical Seals and its Spares as per tender Details
8Coke Drum Hot Insulation with Scaffolding in DCU Phase III as per tender Details
8Supply of SS Plates as per tender Details
8Supply & Installation of Video Conferencing Equipment and Large Format Display in Board Room Details
8EOI from Compressed Biogas or Compressed Natural Gas or Liquified Natural Gas equipment manufacturers and suppliers Details
8Procurement of DCU Coker Crane AC Parts Details
8Procurement of Gland Steam Condenser Details
8Supply and installation of topping up unit for VCM at LPG Bottling Plant Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Ready for BS-VI supply, prices to go up marginally from Apr 1: IOC Details
8Indian refiners plan to wind down Venezuelan oil buys in April Details
8Research on to produce biomass LPG in 2-3 years: IOCL official Details
8LPG penetration is 100 % in Karnataka, says IOC official Details
8French major Total acquires shares worth over Rs 5,000 cr in Adani Gas Details
8Reliance Industries picks up 37.7 per cent stake in Alok Industries Details
8Virus impact: Crude fall to bring smaller oil import bill for India; dip likely to sustain Details
8BPCL valuation high, evaluating bid: Anil Agarwal, Vedanta Details
8CERAWeek energy conference in Houston scrapped over coronavirus worries Details
8Himachal Pradesh CM meets Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8PMT Fields Case: UK court says Indian govt can’t contest its order Details
8IOC says Maharashtra government positive about Ratnagiri refinery Details
8Indian Oil ready to launch BS6 fuel in Tamil Nadu from April 1 Details
8Asian LNG prices steady but traders wary of demand slowdown Details
8Global crude oil prices fall as coronavirus spreads outside China Details
8Venezuela revamps PDVSA leadership after Maduro launches restructuring Details
8Coronavirus to cut 2020 oil and gas investments by $30 billion Details
8Oil bounces from multi-year lows as hopes of OPEC+ cut, stimulus offset virus impact Details
8Gulf bourses dive as coronavirus hits oil price Details
8Putin says Russia can handle oil slide but hints at OPEC cooperation Details
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The cost of 2G terminals are too high in India.
8And that is because both the technology and the cost calculations are all wrong.
8There is big legroom to cut costs.
8Cost economics are not favourable at this juncture with compared to fossil fuels, and government support is going to be needed
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The LNG price is at a historic low, but this may not be the bottom yet. American liquefaction terminals are at risk as of now.
8As long as there’s a positive difference between the U.S. loading price, less variable costs such as shipping, and the foreign sale price of LNG, offtakers will likely move cargoes from the
8United States, even at just a few cents per MMBtu.
8And the spread is appearing to be in the negative going up to October, meaning that US LNG terminals will be losing money
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