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May 2021

How much fugitive emission does an LNG carrier give out
8You will find out soon
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A fire at the Phulpur ammonia-urea unit of IFFCO had killed two officers
8There was environmental damage and both the company and the local administration were made responsible.
8Also a revamp of critical equipment in all ammonia-urea plants has been suggested
Some may even find a business opportunity there
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A CDU/VDU project is undergoing a pre-bid meeting
Eight companies are in the race
Newcomers can again upend the race against the traditional bidders Details
"Dark ships" are keeping tanker rated down
8And the scrap market from more activity
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8Two people may be in the race for NRL MD slot, that gets vacant in six months from now
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The politics over the Rs 3 lakh crore Ratnagiri refinery continues to resonate in Maharashtra
8So this is not the last on the refinery yet
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LNG bunkering is not so simple as it sounds.
8PLL is finding that out surely for themselves as they delve into the business
8There is an urgent need to issue the design and technical standards of shore-based filling stations, the approval, and operation of filling stations, the regulations on ship navigation management, and the related research on safety and emergency.
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Force Majeure conditions continue to prevail in Indian ports
8Get an all-India review here
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Seasonal demand and other factors have pushed up the flow of fertilizers into India of late, as per our forward-looking data.
8DAP is coming in from Chambal, Indo Rama, NFL and Kribhco
8Rock phosphate for RCF, FACT, Greenstar, Coromandel, and assorted importers
8IPL is bringing in sulfur
8MOP is coming in from IFFCO and MCFL
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Three LNG cargoes at Shell's Hazira terminal, one from RIL, two from GAIL
8Dahej cargoes are also mostly coming from GAIL and PLL
8A GSPC cargo is at Mundra
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High levels of crude cargo waiting were noticed in
8Paradip
8Cochin
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Chemical imports matrix
8Get it all here
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Hooter cum Strobe at HPCL locations Details
8Design, Development, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Total Fuel Management  Details
8Supply of AG TG Urea to HPCL Silvassa, Budge Budge and Chennai Terminals Details
8Expression of Interest for Empanelment of Polymer Suppliers Details
8Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract of Air Conditioner Units Details
8Comprehensive AMC for 4 years of CCTV, Access Control, Visitor Management System Details
8Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Vapour Recovery Unit Details
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847 per cent people hold Centre responsible for hike in auto fuel prices Details
8Petrol hits a century in Mumbai, sells at Rs 100.19, diesel at Rs 92.17 per liter Details
8Mumbai: Oil spill contained from barge Gal Constructor hit by cyclone Details
8French firm Total rechristened as TotalEnergies to reflect green energy push Details
8BlackRock goes against BP board in climate resolution vote Details
8Unlike IEA, Rystad Energy sees need for hundreds of new oilfields Details
8Petrol at Rs 100 in Maharashtra: Thane NCP puts up 'celebratory' hoardings Details
8BPCL may resume Iranian oil buying if no sanctions, needs concessions Details
8Moody's flags Big Oil's rising risk from climate battle Details
8China regulator says crude oil, palm oil options to start trading in June Details
8BPCL says no intention to sell stake in Petronet, IGL Details
8Mumbai to be the first metro to see petrol selling for Rs 100? Details
8Saudi Arabia committed to meet India's crude oil requirement: Saudi envoy Details
8Indian consortium may get to remain invested in Iranian gas field Details
8PNGRB chairman interviews this week, Gurmeet Singh favourite Details
8Mumbai: 85 floating tanks to remove 79,000 litres of barge’s oil Details
8Kochi: 4 years after getting nod, petrochemical park project work yet to kick off Details
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8The ONGC chairman's interview is scheduled for June 4, 2021
8There is a lot of politics behind it, and the website has explored every possible strand of what can go on behind the scene.
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Process Air Compressor Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 347 crore
Find out when the RFQ will be re-released
DAP Expansion Project 
8Cost - Rs 20 crore
The final EIA report has been made, and a proposal for the environmental clearance has been submitted, all, the project activities are likely to be started after the clearance, It is likely to be elicited in June 2021. RFQ for the local contractor is likely to be released in August 2021.
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8Fertilizer minister Sadananda Gowda had sent out an enthusiastic message about IFFCO's launch of a 500 ml nano urea project.
8On the other hand, another arm of the government is launching a full scale investigation of the cooperative on money laundering and over-claiming of subsidies.
8Why exactly is there such a dissonance? Details
Another update on COVID and bad weather
8And impact on Indian ports
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NPK-DAP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 987 crore
8Project Event: The proposal for an environmental clearance has been submitted, It is likely to be elicited in Q3 2021, Still, the DPR preparation is ongoing, RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in Q 2021 in place of May 2021 due to the pandemic of Covid-19.
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 July in place of May 2021 due to the second wave of Covid-19. RFQ for the contractor is likely to be released in July 2021.  Details
Vedanta is always getting into skirmishes with its vendors.
8Taking them to court even.
8There are accusations that some vendors are not paid or paid late
8So how come, it is a great place for people to work?
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Rooftop solar in India has great potential
8But there are a a large number of challenges
8Find them all listed out here
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Are you interested in a big sized affluent treatment plant
8Here is a deal coming up
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8There looks like a clear shortage of talent for the chairmanship of ONGC.
8The interview is on June 4.
8Find out why
8Also, know the full details of the shortlisted candidates. Details
Seven names have been shortlisted for director offshore, whose PESB interviews are to take place on June 4.
8There is a rank outsider from among six EDs of ONGC
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Monolithic insulating Joints Details
8Supply of Pig Launcher/ Receiver & Accessories Details
8Procurement of LEL and Flame Gas Detectors Details
8Procurement of Transformer Oil Details
8Laying of pipelines for Northern Region Details
8Hiring of Services for OFC Cable Restoration and Cable Laying Jobs Details
8Hiring Services for Boost Charging and Discharging Battery Banks Details
8Supply of Pig Launcher/ Receiver Details
8Procurement of Dew Point Meters Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Petrol crosses Rs 100/litre in Thane, hits Rs 99.94 in Mumbai Details
8EU countries seek to prolong bloc's funding for gas projects Details
8Hydra Energy raises $12 mln for hydrogen fueling expansion Details
8India's oil industry struggles to predict when demand will recover Details
8Sri Lanka fears oil spill from burning container ship Details
8Brent nudges towards $70 on rosy U.S. data, oil demand outlook Details
8Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals employs more than 70 per cent from Karnataka Details
8Assam govt gives Rs 500 crore to OIL to increase its stake in NRL to 26 pc Details
8Assam to export oil to B'desh, Myanmar in few years: CM Details
8BPCL may resume Iranian oil buying if no sanctions, needs concessions Details
8Brent nudges towards $70 on rosy U.S. data, oil demand outlook Details
8Germany, Norway flip switch on $2.4B undersea energy link Details
8OPINION: Big oil shareholders revolt over poor long-run returns Details
8BPCL plans Rs 12,000 crore capex for FY22, defers new projects Details
8ONGC tragedy: Probe team records statement of barge’s chief engineer on video Details
8Asia's LNG demand growth to slow in 2022 as nuclear, coal gain- Woodmac Details
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820 cargoes with 3015846 cubic metres of RLNG is lined up to un-berth in India.
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Total crude imports lined up is over 8 MMTPA
8About 1 MMTPA positive deviation from the normal import inventory of around 7 MMTPA that is usually lined up.
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Two crude offloading berths in Mumbai out of three, catering to BPCL and HPCL refineries are surprisingly vacant
8There are three vessels on wait in Cochin, pointing to offloading problems, reasons can be various
82 SPMs and one berth at Sikka are all filled up, crude here is unloaded by RIL
8Pipavav operations are under suspension
8And Paradip is shut
8All other vessels movements are normal
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The super cyclone YAAS, has hit the Odisha coast yesterday, 26th morning. 
8There is widespread devastation.
8Many ports are shut or adversely impacted.
8Get the full story here.
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8Two packages -- a DHDT and an SRU -- are meant to come out soon in a refinery expansion
8When are they expected? Details
Is it true that fresh Indian entries are trying to push the price line down in downstream projects to unviable levels.
8Not so, claims companies like IOC and EPCM or PMC contractors who seem to see a new trend emerging
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8Fugro has a long presence in India.
8The company has transformed itself over the years
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There is a buy advisory out on the GAIL stock
8But the main worry seems to be de-risking the Henry Hub-based supplies.
8So, while the future is bright but be careful of the stock behavior as some of the fertilizer plants may not get ready as quickly as GAIL is thinking they would.
8It is assumed that they might be ready by end of the year but our investigation shows that it may take longer
8And there is the long tail of the lockdown impact too, to take into account
Click on Reports for more on what the stock analyst who is more aggressive than we are on GAIL has to say, though we all know that the future is always bright, but the question is from when. Details
8Mahanagar Gas has shown CNG sales volume dipping up to 25-30% in the current quarter (Q1FY22-TD) due to the second wave of Covid-19.
8But recovery will be quick, it is assumed
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Daily fertilizer import data
8Get all the details here Details
The latest data shows import inventories lined up for shipment is down to around 66 lakh tonnes
8This is a wide deviation from the normal 99 lakh to 1 MMTA that is lined up on our import database
8This is a massive 34% fall.
8However this may not be wholly accurate as different factors may be at play other than lockdowns, cyclones and other such exogenous factors.Click on Reports for more. Details
We noticed a truncated list of LNG cargoes headed or at Indian ports
8Dahej has a much shorter lists than before
8What can this be attributed to? A variety of reasons: cyclone impact, lockdowns all over, tank full position as a result of lower offtake.
8Clearly diversion of cargoes are taking place by Asian markets seem to be soaking that up
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Ammonia and Captive Power Unit Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 1920 crore
 RFO for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in Q2 2021
Urea Revamp Project
8Cost - Rs 700 crore
8Project Event: The Pre-Qualification for the LSTK contractor has been out and the discussion is still ongoing, It is likely to be finalized in June 2021 in place of May 2020.
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Ammonia and Captive Power Unit Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 1920 crore
Urea Revamp Project
8Cost - Rs 700 crore Details
Indian planners have a massive plan in hand for ports and inland waterways involving multiple developments.
8The idea is to get India's ranking from about 40-45 to top 10 now in some of the common measurement parameters.
8And they want to get India's EXIM transactions through the NLP platform to more than 90 per cent
8Then the idea is to have must-have signal solutions in 100% facilities
8And a whole lot of other parameters are involved where improvements will be made
8It makes for interesting reading, and though very ambitious and unlikely to be achieved in 10 years (which is the timeframe), there are many things to learn from it
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
 8Transportation of sulphur in open Tippers Details
 8Cylinder Handling and Associated Jobs at Uran LPG Plant Details
 8Disposal of Off-Spec Oils at MAK Lube Plant Tondiarpet and Lubricants Depot Details
 8Supply of Industrial Soft Water for Indirect Water Bath Heater on Callout basis Details
 8Calibration of Gas Flow Meters on callout basis Details
 8ILI Survey of Jamnagar-Loni LPG Pipeline and Ramgarh Natural Gas Pipeline Details
 8Hiring of services for farana and tractor trailor for material handling Details
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8Norway oil firms raise investment forecasts Details
 8Convert 300 mn on-road vehicles to ones running on clean fuels for tangible air quality impact: IAC Details
 8BPCL declares record Rs 12,581 cr dividend ahead of privatisation Details
 8ADNOC raises $1.6 bln with exchangeable bonds, distribution unit shares Details
 8Gulf 2021 deficits to fall to $80 bln on higher oil - S&P Details
 8Govt looks exit option while BPCL seeks open offer exemption Details
 8EXPLAINER-What the Dutch court carbon emissions ruling means for Shell Details
 8Dutch court orders Shell to deepen carbon cuts in landmark ruling Details
 8Exxon loses board seats to activist hedge fund in landmark climate vote Details
 8Total suspends gas-linked cash payments to Myanmar army Details
 8Fuel prices continue northward march amid lockdown in Patna Details
 8Police summon officials of barge firm and three other company Details
 8Chevron shareholders approve proposal to cut customer emissions Details
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Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 2773 crore
DAP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 200 crore Details
Panipat refinery PP unit is coming up
8So there are developments in it
8And everyone is going through the fineprint
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8At a crucial time in the KG-DWN-98/2 program,  there is a crucial change of guard
8Find out what it is, and also know more on when first gas is expected from two more wells which are getting drilled Details
At current rate of vaccination, we are more than two years from herd immunity
8At thrice this rate, we will still be 9 months away
 8China and some others are far ahead of us
 8Business leaders must take this into account while planning ahead
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8Get the latest update on the cyclone here
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8What is all the fuss about a Japanese company importing ammonia to fire up a power plant?
8The ammonia will replace coal Details
8In a big blow to HOEC, its big investment in an offshore field seems to have run into a spot
8The cyclone and the rough seas on account of the monsoons have delayed output by an entire season
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
 8Supply of Bagging and Palletising Lines Details
 8Procurement of Classroom Qtr Desklet, Cushioned Chairs and Tables Details
 8Procurement of Heat Exchangers Details
 8Procurement of Electrical Appliances Details
 8Procurement of Porta Cabin with attached toilet for upcoming compressor project Details
 8Procurement of Metering Skid USM based for NGPL Project Details
 8Contract for Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Battery Bank Details
 8Service Contract for Sample Collection and Sample Testing Services Details
 8Providing House Keeping Services Details
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8Petrol hits record Rs 99.71/litre in Mumbai after another fuel price hike Details
 8BPCL may sell some stake in IGL, Petronet to shed promoter status Details
 8Venezuela restarts crude blending after gas supply outage Details
 8Shell wins $2.5 bln Australian power contract with battery storage Details
 8Mitsubishi Power establishes new gas turbine business in Dubai Details
 8Exxon to add two new directors in battle over company's future Details
 8JX Nippon seeks $1.5 bln for UK North Sea oil, gas fields Details
 8Russia offers cooperation with Saudi Arabia on hydrogen production Details
 8State oil companies hike fuel prices for 13th time this month Details
 8Abu Dhabi sells $2 billion in bonds despite oil rebound Details
 8Dutch court to rule on case targeting Shell's climate strategy Details
 8Cyclone Yaas: Vessels moved, oil and gas installations in survival mode Details
 8ONGC shuts operation for 2 days due to cyclone, BSL assures uninterrupted LMO production Details
 8Fire at HPCL refinery at Visakhapatnam, no injuries Details
 8Oil steady with investors focusing on possible return of Iranian supply Details
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IOC is bringing in two cargoes of LNG.
8One at Dahej and the other at Cochin
8Mundra has a cargo too
8Dahej is busy but not as much as it was before the lockdown and now the cyclone
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Heavy-duty, 8.2 MMTPA of crude oil is stationed up for unloading at Indian ports.
8This is a lot of crude for India's COVID-infested, lockdown prone POL demand centres
8So what really is happening?
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