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Apr 2021

Is an Iran-US deal that will lift sanctions around the corner?
8If so, India will need to act quickly after China's $400 billion deal with Iran in the middle of the sanctions
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8This is one offshore drilling company that is entirely dependent on ONGC.
8It runs a tight ship, and it seems to be doing ok, despite tough times.
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8Project Name: Rajkot District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 400 crore
8Project Event: RFQs for procurement of steel pipeline and associated works is expected later in Q3, 2021. RFQs for CNG compressors and associated auxiliaries and Dispensers are expected by Q4 2021. Click here for more details Details
When the monsoons go rough, the Dabhol LNG plant will have to shut down.
8So find out exactly when that will happen.
8And for how long can Dabhol keep running without ships berthing in them?
8What is the latest deadline for Dabhol to be 100% functional? Details
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 8ARC for supply of Helium Gas for Vijaipur Laboratory and HVJ Pipeline Terminals for one year Details
 8Carrying out Composite Works Details
 8Procurement of General Consumables Hardware Type Details
 8Procurement of Stored Pressure Type Fire Extinguisher under Buyback Scheme Details
 8Procurement of Fire Proximity Suit and Low Temperature Suit Details
 8Procurement of Foaming Apparatus Details
8Video Analytics at various locations Details
8End to End Solution for Integrated Transaction Processing System for HPCL Retail Outlets Details
8Transportation of Bulk POL products MS, HSD, SKO and branded fuels Details
8Renovation of Administrative Building and Miscellaneous Civil works Details
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8Petrol, diesel prices unchanged for 13th consecutive day Details
 8Saudi Arabia meets May crude supply for most Asian buyers Details
 8ONGC seeks buyers for KG gas, wants minimum $6.6 price Details
 8Green groups denounce Sino-French African pipeline deal Details
 8Petrol usage jumps in March as Indian commuters prefer cars Details
 8Oil edges higher on Mideast tension, likely crude stocks drawdown Details
 8India's 1st floating LNG storage & regasification unit arrives in Maharashtra Details
 8Petrobras cuts crude sales to China as domestic fuel margins improve -outgoing CEO Details
 8Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has invested about $14 billion in Indian businesses Details
 8India's March inflation accelerates amid rising virus cases Details
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NPK-SSP & Sulphuric Acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 15 crore
Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 300  crore Details
Carbon capture and gas turbines is something that people are now looking at carefully.
8As of now this is the situation: this is viable at as low as ~$35–~$50 per metric ton of sustained CO2 pricing.
8Get fresh data here but will it work for India?
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Get the latest update on ONGC's Pipeline Replacement Project (PRP-7).
8There has been some movement there.
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8Here is technology major Snam, now offering more than what it did earlier.
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8It has been one year, and the oil and gas industry has got the protocol all right when it comes to working with COVID
But there is always enough room to learn from fresh insights.
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What is the tentative project value range according to one EPC player for the following:
8CPCL Nagapittinam Indmax (FCCU) 2.43 MMTA
8Nagapittinam PP unit 1x475 KTPA
8Nagapattinam Delayed Coker Unit 2.5 MMMTPA
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8Spot LNG prices are on the wane.
8Know more on what is up
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IGX needs to keep its website fully updated
8The database is not working, so we cannot tell you what really is going on with trading there.
8Or whether trading has really picked up since our last analysis. Details
Dual fuel VLGCs seem to be significantly higher returns in many ways than one.
8Find out more on what the savings are
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
 8Transportation of Bulk Bitumen Details
 8Supply of FRP manhole covers at various retail outlets of HPCL Details
 8Expression Of Interest for enrolling bidders for Long Term Arrangement of Supply of denatured Anhydrous Ethanol Details
 8Procurement of Self Adhesive Labels with QR Code Details
 8Laying, installation & Commissioning of underground pipeline for Ahmedabad Details
 8Lightning Risk Assessment Study for all the GSPC's Early Production System Details
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8Rescuers work to free 21 trapped in flooded China coal mine Details
 821 trapped in coal mine in Xinjiang Details
 8Cairn offers to forego USD 500 mn if India agrees to pay principal due Details
 8Fuel prices: Petrol, diesel prices remain unchanged for 12th straight day Details
 8Delhi government to organise conference on reducing air pollution: Envt minister Details
 8With key deals, Uganda's nascent oil sector nears maturity Details
 8Over 33 per cent ICS computers faced cyberattacks in H2 2020: Report Details
 8Rise in Covid cases to delay demand recovery in global oil market Details
 8Rajasthan: Over 7,000 fuel pumps remain shut over high VAT rate Details
 8Oil prices climb on favourable outlook for U.S. fuel demand Details
8Uganda, Tanzania, oil giants open way for pipeline construction
8India becomes largest buyer of US crude in first quarter of 2021 Details
8IIT Kharagpur researchers develop essential oil extractor Details
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Get details on chemical imports brought in by
8RIL
8MRPL
8OMPL
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In the coming days, RIL is bringing in the following grades of crude
8Ras Tanura (multiple)
8Mini Saud
8Corpus Christi
8Basrah (multiple)
8Novorossiysk
8Bonga
8Das Island
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The last LNG vessel line up in India shows a busy schedule for
8Dabhol
8Dahej
Glencore has brokered an LNG cargo for Torrent from Iduku.
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8Project Name: Hazira District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore
8Project Event: RFQs for procurement of steel pipeline and associated works is expected later in Q3, 2021. RFQs for procurement of MDPE pipeline is expected later in Q4, 2021. RFQs for CNG compressors and associated auxiliaries and dispensers are expected by Q4 2021.
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NPK-DAP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 700 crore
8Project Event: The RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in May 2021 now, we have learned.
GSSP/GBSSP/GZSSP/GPG/BSP/BSG Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 48  crore
8Project Event: The proposal for the term of references has been granted, the final EIA report preparation is still ongoing. proposal for environmental clearance is likely to be submitted in Q2 2021. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in Q2 2021. Details
8Shapoorji's exit from the LNG terminal has changed the paradigm for the majority owner.
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8Shell MRPL Aviation Fuels and Services Ltd seems to have been caught between a rock and a hard place by the COVID epidemic
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8As many as seven candidates in the fray for the PNGRB chairman's job.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Sucker Rod Pump Units Details
8Supply of Basket Filter QOC Seal Details
8Manufacturing and Supply Co- Extruded, Extrusion Blow Moulded HDPE Containers Details
8Supply and CAMC of Pressure Type Dispensing Units Details
8ARC for procurement of CENEX (Rubber Latex 60% DRC) Details
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8Japan industry minister denies raising 2030 emissions reduction target to 45 per cent Details
8Aviation Ministry permits CMPDI to use drones for surveying coal fields of CIL Details
8Meil unveils indigenously made hydraulic rigs for oil, gas sector Details
8Petrol, diesel prices remain unchanged on Thursday Details
8Abu Dhabi oil giant ADNOC considers IPO of drilling business - sources Details
8Oil edges up on weak dollar; investors weigh rising supplies, demand outlook Details
8Saudi $7 trillion investment goal puts spotlight on oil prices Details
8China drills deep in disputed South China Sea Details
8Shell sells Norwegian LNG business to Spain's Molgas Details
8India to resume buying oil from Iran once US sanctions ease Details
8Fertilizer, city gas distribution sectors to benefit from low domestic gas price Details
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8Project Name: Kutch District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore
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Base oil imports in India are always around Mumbai
8Know more on the shipments coming up ahead
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We are seeing a total of 7.12 million of crude oil lined up at Indian ports
8This means there is no real slowdown in offtake in India due to surging COVID.
8Will lower offtake come with a lag effect?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
 8Civil SOR Jalandhar RRO Details
 8Procurement of Double Block Bleed and Double Isolation MOV Valves Details
 8End to End Solution for Integrated Transaction Processing System for HPCL Retail Outlets Details
 8Supply of Plant Air and Instrument Air Package Details
 8Supply of Basket Filter QOC Seal Details
 8Procurement of Night Vision Binocular Details
 8ARC Repainting Piping Network Details
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8Canada's move away from fossil fuels threatens 450,000 jobs Details
 8Bengal cop received Rs 168 crore in coal mining scam, ED tells court Details
 8Vitol $85 billion revenue hit offset by trading profits Details
 8RBI Guv calls for coordinated action to give tax relief on petroleum products Details
 8OPINION: High fuel prices - Why advancing Ethanol blending deadline is a step in the right direction Details
 8Shell flags likely fall in first-quarter fuel sales Details
 8Megha Engineering's first Make in India oil rig begins operation Details
 8Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan meets US special envoy John Kerry Details
 8Stepping on the Gas: Tata Motors to foray into CNG space this fiscal Details
 8Oil falls after U.S. gasoline inventories unexpectedly surge Details
 8Chevron to supply LNG to Japan's Hokkaido Gas Details
 8RBI amends India’s criticized inflation-forecasting model Details
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8Cochin just got a half cargo of LNG from Sabine Pass via PLL. What happened to the rest of the load? Well, we do not know, it must have been despatched elsewhere
8Ennore is expecting a full cargo from Lake Charles but only around the 19th of this month.
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Gas-based power with renewable energy is a combination that some have long urged is the optimal one for the grid.
8This is because battery grids with not be competitive for durations greater than 8 hours until there is a significant technology breakthrough resulting in a reduction in cost.
8Find out more on this innovative argument that is made for use of greater gas-based power
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8The order book for LNG fuelled vessels continues to find new recruits, as owners see the immediate benefits of utilizing the fuel.
8But this trend may not last too long.
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Pipeline operators have a problem with the PNGRB over tariff reviews.
8Both sides have fixed views on unaccounted gas, inflation index, and a whole lot of other issues.
8There is simmering resistance. But these are long-standing issues and will require to be sorted out or they keep figuring irritatingly in one tariff review after another.
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Urea (Granular) and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 700 crore
Find out what the status is
SSP/NPK Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 70 crore
8Project Event: Still, the feasibility studies are ongoing, The company is planning to submit the proposal for the environmental clearance in May 2021 due to delay in the studies, RFQ for a contractor is likely to be released in June 2021. Details
8Two RIL ethane cargoes are landing up in quick succession
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We are currently tracking about 5.3 MMTPA of crude cargoes.
8Have the volumes come down because of COVID?
8We will analyze the data and let you know over the week
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8Shell Hazira is notching up some cargoes for next week but they are essentially coming from two main customers only
8It has to wait till May when the seas go rough and Dabhol shuts down and GAIL has to divert cargo to Hazira.
8This week there are no cargoes.
8Here is a full-fledged LNG terminal where the multinational has got the model all wrong. For now. And the highly experienced team that manages materials here needs to be told to pull up their socks. Click on Reports for more. Details
There was quite a bit of cynicism when Megha Engineering and Infrastructures (MEIL) bagged a Rs 6000 crore deal to manufacture and supply 47 drilling rigs -- 20 are work-over rigs and 27 drilling rigs -- from ONGC in 2019.
8Of this lot -- one 1500 HP drilling rig -- has been delivered and installed at Kalol. Operations have begun.
8That is quite a feather in the cap for the company but it remains to seem how quickly the rest of the rigs are deployed as per timelines committed by the company to ONGC.
8This experience will not count while MEIL bids for downstream projects but due to a change of bidding norms and on the basis of its experience in the Assam Renewal Project of ONGC, it is expected to emerge as a very formidable competitor in this segment.
8Hyderabad-based companies are always taken with a pinch of salt in the industry but this one seems to have broken out of the mold.
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8Oil India Ltd is drawing first plans for its OALP block in Odisha
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Will the new vehicle scrapping policy have any implications for the refining sector.
8Does not look like, but know more on what the contours of the new policy is
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Billions of dollars are wasted in sub-optimal configuration in refineries.
8Here is one company that says it can make a difference.
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The thorny Cambay PSC has finally had a settlement, it seems.
8Though the whole process was a frightful waste of time
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8Project Name: Bhavnagar District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 400 crore
8Project Description: Gujarat Gas Limited has been granted permission on March 13, 2014, to set up a CGD network in Bhavnagar District of Gujarat.
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8Project Name: Jamnagar District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore 
8Project Event: RFQs for procurement of steel pipeline and associated works is expected later in Q3, 2021. RFQs for procurement of MDPE pipeline is expected later in Q4, 2021. RFQs for CNG compressors and associated auxiliaries and dispensers are expected by Q4 2021.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Bi-directional Scrapper Trap, PSV and QOEC for Mumbai Nagpur Jharsuguda Pipeline Details
8Survey and Mapping of Steel and MDPE Pipeline Assets of six CGD Cities Details
8Terminal Piping and Associated Hot Tapping Works Details
8Hiring of Water Tanker for supply of Portable Drinking Water Details
8Engagement of Consultant for Feasibility study on complete Ash & Slag handling system including route survey and market study for Ash & Slag utilization Details
8Annual Rate Contract for painting of Pipelines, Structures and Equipments at GPU, GREP and HRSG Plants Details
8Procurement of Photocopier machine Details
8Consultancy Services for Risk Management Details
8Consultancy Services for Quantitative Risk Assessment Details
8Non Contact Type Radar Level Transmitters Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8BP expects to hit $35 billion net debt target in first quarter Details
8No change in petrol, diesel prices for full week Details
8Oil prices rebound on robust economic data, bargain hunting Details
8OPINION: OPEC+ bets crude oil demand will recover as fast as output returns: Russell Details
8Rebound in Iranian exports unlikely to shock oil markets -Goldman Sachs Details
8Mozambique terror attacks: Anxiety hangs over India's LNG project Details
8India to buy 36 per cent less oil from Saudi Arabia Details
8No change in petrol, diesel prices for a full week as oil firms hold rates Details
8Oil prices rise on stronger economic outlook, U.S. stockpile draw Details
8Small-scale LNG price competitive with diesel, LPG in India: CEEW study Details
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NP (20:20:0:13) Fertilizer Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 220 crore
Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore Details
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 8Security Patrolling Boat for a period of three years Details
 8Pipeline Laying and HDD Works at Chandragiri River of KKBMPL PH-II Project Details
 8Industrial Wall Mounting and Exhaust Fans Details
 8Contract for Service of Operation and Maintenance of Electrical Systems Details
 8Procurement of Molecular Sieve and Ceramic Balls Details
 8Procurement of Submersible Pump Assembly Details
 8Annual Rate Contract for Supply and Installation of Telecom and SCADA Equipments Details
 8Procurement of Sealants for Valve Maintenance Details
8Supply and Installation of Air Conditioners for Loni Region Details
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8Coal block allocation scam: SC appoints two judges to try pending cases Details
 8NCL supplies 87 pc of total coal to power producers in FY21 Details
 8Rajasthan: Petrol pumps to remain closed on April 10 Details
 8Petrol, diesel prices steady as global oil softens Details
 8Sempra Energy to sell 20 per cent stake in unit to KKR for $3.37 bln Details
 8Covid and rising oil prices big headwinds for India: Chris Wood Details
 8Crude oil prices rise outweighing OPEC+ supply worries Details
 8Indian refiners deepen cuts to Saudi oil purchases in May Details
 8Indian Oil Corp buys its first Johan Sverdrup crude cargoes Details
 8Novatek plans to put up 60% in Arctic LNG 2 as collateral for financing Details
8India to buy 36% less oil from Saudi Arabia in May Details
8India further reduces its dependence on Saudi oil as tensions escalate Details
8Explained: Why Saudi Arabia has raised oil shipping costs to Asia in response to India cutting imports Details
8Oil falls before Iran nuclear deal talks while coronavirus risks weigh Details
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Process Air Compressor Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 347 crore
Single Super Phosphate Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 10 crore Details
8Indian cane molasses shipment to land in Karwar
8Imcola is the shipper
8Get the full chemical import matrix here Details
8Raj Petro is importing a cargo of base oil
82900 tonne is the cargo strength Details
8Project Name: Palakkad & Thrissur Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore

8Project Event: RFQs for procurement of steel pipeline and associated works is expected later in Q3, 2021.

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How many LNG shipments are lined up as of yesterday for Indian terminals?
8Dabhol: 4
8Mundra: 1
8Dahej: 6
8Hazira: 3
8Ennore: 1 Details
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