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May 2021

68 lakh tonnes of chemical imports are lined up
8This is as much as 32% less than the normal 1 MMTPA of imports lined up on an average day in a post-COVID, post-cyclone days
8A whole lot of less chemicals are coming into the country as of now
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8Indian ports, Infested by COVID and assaulted by a new cyclone, are trying to cope at best as they can
8Here is the latest port-wise update
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8Project Name: Ujjain, Dewas and Indore (Except area already authorized) Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore
8Project Description: Gujarat Gas Limited, has been granted permission on March 29, 2019, has set up a CGD network in Ujjain (Except area already authorized), Dewas (Except area already authorized) and Indore (Except area already authorized) districts in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
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8Will we have a turncoat amongst those accused in the IFFCO, IPL FIR?
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8Get the daily import data for fertilizers here
8As well as the weekly import data
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There is a slowdown at the RIL jetty at Sikka for crude oil
8Many vessels are piled up
8Is COVID a reason or are there are technical reasons?
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Bulk of the business in Shell Hazira is being given by GAIL
8One cargo however from Sabine Pass had to be canceled
8COVID related fallouts are noticed
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Shapoorji Pallonji and Bumi Armada of Malaysia is building an FPSO for the KG-DWN-98/2 at a highly controversial price
8The contract was awarded on a single tender basis and a lot of eyebrows were raised
8The two are now building new projects together
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8L&T becomes the No-1 contractor in oil & gas in the Middle East. Click on Reports for more.
8There is a "buy" as well as a "hold" sign up for IOCL stock, why? Click on Reports for more.
8Get the POL and NG consumption report for April, 2021. Click on Reports for more.
8Find what the Indian government has to offer in power, oil & gas and ports for investors. Click on Reports for more. Details
8What is up latest with the Gujarat refinery project
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8In Barauni refinery too, get the latest update
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 8Land development jobs in the new plot of 51 acres, acquired from NRDA for augmentation of Raipur IRD Details
 8Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Works for development of New Retail Outlets and Modernisation of Existing Retail Outlets Details
 8Supply of Check Meters for West Bengal Details
 8Manufacturing and Supply of 50 Litre HDPE Blow Moulded Drums Details
 8Supply of odorizer system for West Bengal Details
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8Dharmendra Pradhan along with Piyush Goyal & Mansukh Mandaviya took a high-level meeting Details
 8India still interested in Farzad B gas field as refineries eye Iran crude Details
 8IOC brings in 140 tonnes of oxygen from Singapore Details
 8India’s ONGC seeks to buy new build jack-up rigs Details
 8Oil prices rise as concern on Iranian oil exports ease; Goldman Sachs sees Brent Crude at $80 per barrel ahead Details
 8Private bus operators in Karnataka hit by lockdowns, say high fuel prices make business unviable Details
 8Fuel prices rise paused again, rate static on Monday Details
 8Goldman sees oil hitting $80/bbl despite likely return of Iran supply Details
 8Crude oil futures rise on spot demand Details
 8Oil steady near week high as prospect of Iran supply glut wanes Details
 8Turkey could expand drilling in eastern Mediterranean amid territorial dispute Details
 8IOC sources oxygen from Singapore; parcel unloaded at Vizag Port Details
 8Mexico to buy Shell share of Texas refinery for $600 million Details
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Project Name:  Paradip-Somnathpur-Haldia Greenfield Product Pipeline
8Project Cost: Rs 1,297.50 crore
8Project Description: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is installing a new greenfield 18-inches petroleum product pipeline of 344 Km length from Paradip refinery via Somnathpur terminal to Haldia with a transportation capacity of 4.6 MMTPA. The project is segmented into three groups: Group-A of a total length of 123 km from Paradip to Kansana Bansa river crossing; Group-B of the total length of 125 km from Kansana Bansa river crossing to Odisha/West Bengal border; and Group-C of the total length of 96 km from Odisha/West Bengal border to Haldia. The contract for PMC (Project Management Consultant) has been sanctioned to Synergiz Global Services Pvt. Ltd. For Group-A works i.e. a total length of 123 km of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) technique and associated works is awarded to Mansi Ganga Builders & Engineers Pvt. Ltd. And for Group-B, i.e.125 km, to PLN Construction Ltd. and the package for combined station works of 1000 KLs capacity for Paradip, Haldia and Somnathpur were awarded to Bridge and Roof Co. (India) Ltd. RFQs for mainline pipes were awarded to Jindal Steel and Power; JSW Steel Ltd and Welspun steel. For Group-C i.e. the total length of 96 km from Odisha/West Bengal border, a meeting was held between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and WBSCZMA (West Bengal State Coastal Zone Management Authority) on 24.03.2021 for the proposed Pipeline which would cross two CRZ applicable locations in West Bengal i.e. (i) Rasulpur river and (ii) Haldi river where 18” pipeline will be laid down at the depth of 10–15 metres below the river bed surface. The consultant team already submitted the EMP (Environment Management Plan) including the mitigation measures as per EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Risk Analysis of the project. Forest Clearance in Odisha is still Pending. RFQs for 6 pumps were awarded to Sulzer Pumps India Private Limited. Mainline Laying work of 112 km welding and 22 km of lowering has already been completed. Progress of the project is severely affected due to Covid-19 Pandemic. Part-I Design Supply Installation and Commissioning of Telecom system comprising SDH Equipment CCTV system EPABX system etc in SV/ RCP/ Attended locations in Paradip-Somnathpur-Haldia Product Pipeline (PSHPL) Project in the state of Odisha.
8Project Event: Further RFQs are ahead
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Ammonia Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 2773 crore
Action expected on EPC front on Q-2, 2021
Single Super Phosphate Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 35 crore
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 8Procurement of Bio-diesel Produced from used Cooking Oil Details
 8Development of new Retail Outlets and Modernization of Existing Retail Outlets Details
 8Construction of boundary wall at Manmad IRD and Vashi WOT Details
 8Carrying out various mechanical works, tank fabrication works, piping works, structural works and other jobs Details
 8Supply of Air Compressors Details
 8Sale of various used/ scrapped material Details
 8Carrying out Hydraulic Fracturing Services on Call-out basis Details
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8India's petroleum products consumption dropped 9 per cent last fiscal Details
 8Tractors, power tillers allowed to be retrofitted with bio-fuel engines Details
 8India's gas output rises 23 pc as RIL-BP fields start production Details
 8HC stays ONGC tender, e-auction of natural gas from KG-basin till June 4 Details
 8As Iran eyes end of oil export sanctions, will former Asia clients buy? Details
 8Police forms teams to nab oil mafia stealing from Mathura-Jalandhar pipeline Details
 8Barclays says oil demand 'healing' even as COVID rages across Asia Details
 8ONGC tragedy: FIR against captain claims no distress call made for 8 hours Details
 8ONGC tragedy: Barge toll hits 60 as 11 more bodies found, search on for 15 men Details
 8Mumbai: Diesel crosses Rs 91 a litre and petrol 68 paise short of Rs 100 Details
 8INTERVIEW: Strong growth prospect in petchem business: MK Surana, HPCL Details
 8More petroleum products produced in April despite lower Covid-hit demand Details
 8'Clean Data Room' with sensitive info on BPCL to open for bidders signing additional pact Details
 8Reliance-BP 'bubble' delivers two deep water gas fields despite massive COVID-19 challenge Details
 8Diesel crosses Rs 84 mark in Delhi, petrol nears Rs 100 in Mumbai Details
 8Oil prices rise as storm forms in Gulf, doubts emerge on Iran deal Details
 8ONGC extends logistical help to families of barge crew members Details
 8MLA Hemaram Choudhary now on dharna against Cairn Vedanta group Details
 8LMO from Singapore sourced by IndianOil unloaded at Vizag Port Details
 8Fuel price: Petrol crosses Rs 100 a litre in six Vidarbha districts Details
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Old fertilizer names have surfaced in the CBI probe against Awasthi and Gahlaut
8And the route seems to be through the AgustaWestland scam accused Rajive Saxena
8Among the names are AD Singh, an agent turned politician, whose connections with the DOF goes back to the time he had a friend who worked as the PS to the fertilizer ministry, when he met up with Pankaj Jain
8A CBI FIR may well mean some protective custody questioning too. Details
NPK Fertilizer Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 190 crore
Work to begin in Q-2, 2021
Phosphoric acid Expansion Project 
8Cost - Rs 20 crore Details
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 8Service Contract for Public Awareness Program for Sensitisation under Malanpur Details
 8Steam Generation Plant on LSTK Basis Details
 8Procurement of various Strainers installed in C2C3 Recovery Plant Details
 8Hiring of Fire Bikes Details
 8Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Battery Bank Details
8Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Jobs for development of new outlet as well as modernization of existing outlet under Pune Retail Region Details
8Carrying out Electrical Works Details
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8Adani Green buys SB Energy from Softbank and Bharti; firm valued at $3.5 bn Details
 8Consumers spared of hike; petrol, diesel prices unchanged on Thursday Details
 8Shell exits Philippine offshore gas field in $460 million deal Details
 8Total signs deal to supply LNG to ArcelorMittal's plants in Gujarat Details
 8OPEC says IEA net-zero pathway could add to oil-price volatility Details
 8Oil nudges up, set for biggest weekly loss since March on possible Iran supplies Details
 8Iran wants to rope in India later for gas project: Government Details
 8ONGC tragedy: Petroleum minister Pradhan must resign, say MVA partners Details
 8Iran wants to rope in India later for gas project: Government Details
 8Gautam Adani beats China’s Zong Shanshan to become Asia’s second richest man Details
 8HPCL posts manifold rise in Q4 profit on inventory gains Details
 8ULFA - Independent must release abducted ONGC employee: Assam CM Details
 8India's HPCL aims to fully start revamped Mumbai refinery by July Details
 8Captain of barge P-305 chose not to move vessel away from cyclone path: Survivor Details
 8CSC to set up 1 lakh LPG distribution centres in rural areas by March; 21,000 made operational Details
 8Little time, miscalculations may have ended ONGC vessels in cyclone whirlwind, say sources Details
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88 lakh tonnes of chemical import are on way to berth in India
8Get the detailed picture here
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A massive and unprecedented backlog of 8.3 MMTPA of crude oil is now inventoried to reach Indian ports
8The figure is usually much smaller, and this means that ports are unable to take the load despite good cargo movement management
8Waiting has cropped up in several crude unloading terminals
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8The cyclone has had a debilitating impact on Indian Ports
 8Here is an all-India assessment of all ports
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There is waiting going on at Shell's Hazira terminal where a GAIL vessel is meant to berth
8The exact reason is not known
8Or else there is no impact of the cyclone on LNG shipment
8There are vessels lined up in all LNG terminals as of now click on Reports. Details
L&T's international hydrocarbon division has now become very large
8Larger or equal to Indian operations
8The company has built scale now, and it is likely that global business over time will far exceed what is the domestic component Details
Tata Projects made a forcible entry into the refinery-cum-petrochemical business via HPCL's Barmer refinery project
8It bid aggressively to become the L-1 contractor, beating its established competitors by a wide margin.
8The LOAs were handed out somewhere around January, 2020
8What is the progress so far, have the Tatas lived up to expectations or are the critics who claimed that Tatas bid too low and they are likely to falter are proving right? Details
8The culture in a company as large as Indian Oil Corporation Ltd is unlikely to change very quickly
8But is the new CMD trying to bring about some change? Details
A large and well-established company is seeking proposals from EPC contractors along with FEED for a large petrochem project.
8But it seems to be unwilling to pay for the FEED unless it wins the contract
8On the ground that the wining design is the one which will get the project, and an EPC contractor needs to do the necessary hardwork and spend money on FEED to deserve a large project.
8How good is this argument? Details
Here is a Rs 20,000 crore brand new petrochemical project
8And preliminary work had begun on it
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Get an update on imports coming in for
8LNG
8Crude Oil
8Fertilizers
8Chemicals
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The outlook for very large gas carriers is looking bright
8But that is for the efficient carriers
8As the margins are in shipping efficiencies only. Click on Reports for more. Details
The sleepy coastal village of Alang, about 50 kilometers from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, also known as the largest ship-recycling hub in the world, had a bad reputation until a decade ago.
8But that has changed now.
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8A report by the International Energy Agency says immediate action is needed to reshape the world's energy sector in order to meet ambitious climate goals by 2050, including ending investments in new coal mines, oil and gas wells.
8The Paris-based agency said in a report released Tuesday that it has determined there is a narrow but viable pathway for building a global energy sector with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Click on Reports for more. Details
Kalol Urea Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 52 crore
Single Super Phosphate Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 20 crore Details
8Project Name: Sirsa, Fatehabad and Mansa Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore
8RFQ Date: Q3/2021
8Release Date: Q4/2021
8Start Date: Q4/2019
8Completion Date: Q4/2038 Click here for more details Details
8It is learned that there has been movement on this front
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 What is the latest status on EIL's negotiations with  CPCL over its L-1 rates for its consultancies for the Nagapattinam project?
8 Work seems to have already begun
8How is that happening? Details
The largest fertilizer company in the country -- and the second-largest consumer of gas after RIL -- has had a CBI raid yesterday.8Officials had to rush to the office amid a lockdown to submit documents sought by the CBI.
8A few months ago, the ED launched a full-scale raid on IFFCO and its sister concern, Indian Potash Ltd. 
8So what is going on here? What really is the background to it?
8What is the other side of view on this?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Mechanical Works including fabrication and laying of Fire Hydrant, LPG Process, Utility Piping and Associated Works at Sitarganj LPG Bottling Plant Details
8Transportation of filled Small Pack Cartons Pails to various locations Details
8Supply of Pre-Fabricated Canopies under various regions in SCZ Details
8Procurement of Caustic Soda Details
8EOI for registering Bidders for supply of Biodiesel till 31st March 2026 Details
8Supply of Assorted valves Details
8ARC for Designing, Printing, Supply, Fixing & Pasting of Safety Posters Details
8Supply and Stacking of Materials for Horticulture & Maintenance of Lawn Area Details
8Housekeeping Contract for two years at KLL Details
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8Alternate day fuel price revision rolls on, pause after hike a day ago Details
8Indian refiners set to curb spot buying to make room for Iranian oil Details
8BP, Eni in talks to merge Angolan oil and gas businesses Details
8Oil prices fall on rising COVID-19 infections in Asia, inflation fears Details
8Indian refiners set to curb spot buying to make room for Iranian oil Details
8Indian Oil's March-quarter profit beats estimates on inventory gains Details
8Oil falls for third day on rising coronavirus infections, U.S. stockpiles Details
8Oil ministry to constitute three-member committee to look into drifted ONGC vessels Details
8Sources reveal why ONGC did not ‘remove’ the ships despite cyclone warning Details
8RK Dutta, first MD of Numaligarh Refinery, passes away in Kolkata Details
8 Govt targets to conclude ongoing CPSE privatisation this fiscal Details
8Sebi imposes Rs 5.25 cr fine on Cairn India in share buyback case Details
8BHP delivers first iron ore from $3.6 bln South Flank project Details
8Now, Mitsui arm challenges Rs 2,400 crore retro tax order from govt Details
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Phosphoric acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 130 crore
Construction is getting delayed
Sulphate of Potash-Bromine and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 500 crore
 RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be released in Q2 2021 in place of May 2021. Details
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8Procurement of 40 MT Methanol for ECU, C2 Recovery Plant Details
 8ARC for civil works at Compressor Station Details
 8ARC for civil works at Township Details
 8Hiring of Vehicles Details
 8AC/ DC Interface Survey and Mitigation Jobs Details
 8Procurement of 2000 kgs of Morpholine for DM Water plant Details
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8Covid-19: Oil & Gas firms reinventing themselves will grow at twice the rate than laggards, says report Details
8Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy rescues 178 crew members of Barge P305 from Arabian sea Details
8Massive rescue operations underway after Cyclone Tauktae sinks barge, leaves oil rig adrift off Mumbai Details
8India grapples with LNG oversupply as virus dashes demand Details
8Petrol, diesel prices increase after a day's pause Details
8SOCAR, Rosneft tie-up on fuel supplies to Ukraine, other countries Details
8Oil hits $70, two-month high, as Europe, U.S. reopen economies Details
8U.S. shale oil output to climb for first time in 3 months in June - EIA Details
8Shell in talks with Nigeria to divest onshore oil stakes Details
8Cyclone Tauktae: Coast Guard helps mooring 2 oil tanker ships that went adrift off Mumbai coast Details
8Massive rescue operations underway after cyclone sinks barge, leaves oil rig adrift Details
8Cairn's Air India lawsuit may not delay selloff plan Details
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8Project Name:  IOCL offshore pipeline replacement.
8Project Cost: Rs 1167  crore
8Project Description: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) along with Engineers India Limited ((EIL) Engineers India Limited, as the PMC contractor is planning to replace an offshore pipelines at its Vadinar complex from Narara Bet to the Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) system and interconnecting loop line as these lines are nearing their life span and shifting of the location of Pipe Line End Manifold (PLEM) and SPM buoy. Both the existing SPMs and associated offshore facilities will be replaced with new SPMs and subsea pipelines at proposed new location close to the existing facilities. Proposed SPM N1 and SPM N2 will be connected to nearshore tank farm by 42-inch OD subsea pipelines of 6.9 km and 7.8 km long respectively. Both the SPMs will be interconnected through a 2.1 km long, 42-OD submarine loop line. The project does not involve any increase in the volume of the crude oil handled from existing approval capacity, no change in purpose and entails laying of similar diameter pipelines as laid earlier. PFR report was prepared by IOCL itself. TOR was granted on 18 June 2019. BIA (Biodiversity Impact Assessment) and EIA (environmental impact assessment) was conducted and report submitted by Indomer Coastal. The project is getting delayed first due to pandemic COVID-19 and secondly due to EC (Environmental Clearance) which has to be granted after the issuance of Forest Clearance and NBWL clearance as mentioned during the meeting held on 18.02.2020. IOCL has submitted online application for Wildlife Clearance and Forest Clearance in the prescribed format through PARIVESH portal and the application is under scrutiny.
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Nano Fertilizer Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 119 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be released in Q2 2021.
SSP Fertilizer Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 90 crore
8Project Event: The project is still on hold, It is likely to be active in Q2 2021 due to the impact of COVID -19, the RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to release in Q3 2021.  Details
8H-Energy boss speaks of how he plans to market gas from his terminal
8Though the traditional routes and hard work, he said.
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8What is India's subsidy allocation to coal, oil & gas and renewables?
 --Does it encourage fossil fuels at the cost of renewables?
 --Why is India a show case for climate change for the world. Click on Reports for more.
8Know more on Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited. Click on Reports for more.
8Bharat Kolkata Container Terminals Private Limited: Monopoly franchises. Click on Reports for more.
8ONGC has some clarifications to make for transactions on government portals. Click on Reports for more.
8What the real reason why there are so few female seafarers. Click on Reports for more. Details
Afcons has suffered a body blow in the Life Extension Well Platform projects of ONGC
8Find out how
8Will it ever recover from it? Details
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8ARC for supply of Helium Gas for Vijaipur Laboratory and HVJ Pipeline Terminals Details
8Providing Outsourced Services Details
8Procurement of High Speed Diesel for Hazira Compressor Station Details
8Hiring of services for Plant Upkeep Job at C2C3, LPG and HVJ Compressor Station Details
8Supply, Erection, Commissioning of new Tank for Storage of Sulphuric Acid Details
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8BP's lobbying for gas shows rifts over path to net-zero emissions Details
8Are OMCs shifting to alternate day fuel price revision mechanism? Details
8ONGC begins process to procure one lakh oxygen concentrators Details
8Iran's Petropars to develop Farzad B gas field, Oil minister says Details
8Fuel demand in COVID-hit India plunges in May Details
8Steel, oil industry supplying 6,650 MT oxygen per day; setting health infra: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Rising fuel prices crowding out discretionary household spending: SBI Research Details
8Crude oil may continue to move sideways amid lack of clear cues Details
8India loses ONGC Videsh discovered Farzad-B gas field in Iran Details
8Bombay High barge de-anchors, but all 261 onboard safe: ONGC Details
8LG introduces wireless charging solutions for electric scooters Details
8Oil firm OQ to develop Oman green fuels project with consortium Details
8Are oil marketing companies shifting to alternate day fuel price revision mechanism? Details
8Protests in Aurangabad against rising fuel prices; petrol costs over Rs 100/litre Details
8India's 'once-in-a-century' budget runs into trouble as Covid strikes back Details
8Honour Cairn award, remove uncertainty Details
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Cyclone Tauktae has taken a toll on Indian ports.
8Get a port-wise update here
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As of now, two LNG terminals of the six LNG terminals are at work
8Hazira has got back some life after the Dabhol terminal shut down. GAIL shipments have started flowing in.
8And of course the other place where all the action is is in Dahej of PLL
8Ennore is expecting a lone cargo today
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The crude inventory slated for arrival into India is large at 7.5 MMTPA
8There is a build-up of ships at Paradip indicating tankful positions, as more lockdowns are announced in eastern India and that must have left movement planners in a bit of a spot
8Elsewhere movement has been smooth
8Ras Tanura is the disport of choice, as also Basrah and
8RIL prefers Russian crude, it seems
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Two ethane cargoes are lined up for RIL at Dahej
8One was meant to unload on the 13th of this month but is on wait. Reason not known
8The other cargo is meant to come in June
8Each cargo is for 46,000 tonnes and they all come in from Houston
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8Urea
8Rock phosphate
8Ammonium nitrate
8Sulphur
These are the main items of imports as per our import data for fertilizers
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