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Jul 2021

Work seems to be kicking off in the E&P side with oil and gas prices ruling high
8Here is a private operator with four fields looking for contractors
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After a long wait, IOC is brining in an LNG cargo at Ennore
81.40 lakh cubic tonnes if being brought in by the vessel, Maran Gas
8The cargo will be unloaded on the 30th of July
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A total of 5.16 million of crude cargoes are tracked by our database as of yesterday.
8Of this 1.15 million is to get processed at Paradip for IOC's refinery
The crude is coming from:
-Ras Tanura
-Zirku Island
-Bonny
-Zhoushan
-Guyancourt
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Get the latest latest import updates on
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
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Get the latest update on ONGC's four Multi-Support Support Vessels (MSVs) requirements.
8Find out about the bidders
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Change orders are a frequent requirement in the E&P sector unlike in the well-defined midstream or downstream segments.
8But the problem is in the processing of change orders, because it is a change from what was decided in the tender, the approval process for payments is long and tedious.
8Solutions have been proffered and change in rules may well be around the corner. Details
8EPC major Sapura came in for sharp public rebuke from ONGC for work relating to the offshore processing platform for KG-DWN block
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ONGC acting CMD Subhash Kumar was found to be surprisingly flexible when addressing worries of equipment and service suppliers in a recent interaction.
8He also took some quick decisions
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Processes are being simplified by the petroleum ministry
8A set of new simplified processes have been put in place for E&P, and these could not have been notified without the sanction of the minister.
8Clearly, while on the learning process, the minister is signaling that doing business in the petroleum sector should be made easier than before.
8That is a good sign indeed
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We are carrying here the following import matrices:
8Chemicals
8Crude
8LNG
8Weekly fertilizer update
8Daily tanker import data (including crude and chemicals)
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Seismic data processing a complex job
8And the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
8So ONGC has decided that eligible contenders should do a no-cost study first of a given sample, before they are qualified to bid
8Fair enough, it seems
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Ammonia-Urea Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 5500 crore 8Project Event: The project is in the initial stage, The feasibility study/DPR has been completed, The company said that firstly they will do the Phos acid expansion project, but the hiring of contractors for the Ammonia-Urea project is likely to be completed within 2021. RFQ for the PMC is likely to be released in Q3 2021.
SSP Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 15 crore
8Project Event: The project is still waiting for the approval of state authorities, all clearances are likely to be elicited in October 2021, central approval has been elicited. RFQ for the local contractor is likely to be released in Nov 2021. Details
IOC will be needing a fresh lot of directors
8And the process of selecting them was delayed
8But the PESB logjam is now getting over
8Find out who are in the race for one such slot for which interviews are to take place this month.
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The environmental clearance process is still going on for this evacuation pipeline from the LNG terminal
8And it will take quite a while from approval to actual commissioning.
8Know more about the kind of environmental issues that the operator will have to sort out.
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8BPCL now has a 100% stake in Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL), which was recently increased from 63.38%, as BPCL purchased the stake from Oman Oil Company.
8Rating companies find this development to be positive.
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The politics of pipeline development in India is hemmed with intricacies, and the need to preserve monopolies will always be a never-ending quest.
8Here is one gas terminal seeking pipeline connectivity, and this is being opposed tooth-and-nail by another.
8Eventually, the regulator has to decide how to go-ahead
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The oil & gas storage space is seeing some active private sector participation.
8A first-mover Indian company has now got equity participation from one of the world's largest names in the business.
8The premium at which the stake has been sold is high but this is an exclusive space, the wriggle room is small, and entry barriers are huge.
8For a multinational to get a toehold the price paid must indeed have been hefty.
8So clearly, intrepid entrepreneurs are making a lot of money in the midstream space
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8One of the country's leading shipping company has withdrawn its vessels from ONGC's 14-vessel tender, claiming that it cannot keep waiting for the E&P major to open its bids.
8This is expected to be a setback for ONGC, even though there are quite a few vessels in the tender to chose from. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Providing CCTV System at West Zone Locations Details
8Hiring of LCVs and HCVs for transportation of CNG through mobile cascades Details
8Revamping of TAS and Software Upgradation at Suryapet Terminal Details
8Procurement of Google API for BPCL Details
8Pipeline Intrusion Detection System for Mumbai-Kota section of Mumbai-Manmad-Bijwasan Pipeline Details
8Supply of Flow Tees PDH-PP Projects Details
8Procurement of IR type Hydrocarbon Gas Detector for LPG Plant Details
8Carrying out Site Enabling Works for PDH-PP Project Details
8Expression Of Interest for Pilot Study for 3D Seismic Data Processing Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Relief for consumers as fuel rates remain static on Tuesday Details
8Congress stages protests across UP over rising fuel, LPG prices Details
8OPEC+ impasse risks price war as demand surges, says IEA Details
8U.S. oil mergers surge as energy, share prices recover from pandemic Details
8Mumbai: CNG price to be hiked by Rs 2.58 per kg from Wednesday Details
8Brazil raises mandatory biodiesel blend to 12%, below expectations Details
8IEA says refining throughput set to rise in July, August Details
8MGL again hikes prices of CNG, domestic PNG Details
8Directorate General of Hydrocarbons overhauls oilfield approval processes, cuts down paperwork Details
8Merkel doubts Biden meeting will solve gas pipeline dispute Details
8Rising fuel prices eating into health spends: SBI report Details
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In the midst of a severe shortage of vessels, ONGC is under pressure to place order for the hiring of additional vessel
8There is a 14-vessel tender currently on
Find out what is the latest status report on it Details
A proposal to get ONGC to divest its nomination assets has not found favor with the powers that be.
8The petroleum ministry is averse to the idea
8Find out more on what the behind-the-scene politics is over this proposal. Details
Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: 90 % of construction work has been completed, the installation of equipment is ongoing. procurement of machinery orders are already completed, procurement of other services is ongoing, commissioning is likely to be in Dec 2021. Earlier the commissioning date was October.
However this date may slip, according to our own estimation. Details
The government has reconstituted the cabinet appointment committees.
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Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 200 crore
8Project Event: A single bidder has emerged for the 1000 MT double-wall storage tank along with assorted facilities on LSTK basis Details
There were hackles raised when there was an announcement that public sector oil and gas pipelines will be sold
8But this is in fact a clean way of raising money and it is not equivalent to selling the family jewels as some would allege.
8And dithering Indian planners can take a lesson or two from giants like Saudi Aramco
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What is the latest on Haldia Petrochemical's greenfield petrochemical plans?
8The plans involve a 1.8 MMTPA naphtha cracker and a concomitant 1.3 MMTPA HDPE plant as well as a 100,000 TPA PP unit coupled with a 1.2 MMTPA MEG unit.
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Hydrogen is one space we are going to keep track of from now on.
8And here is one mid-sized company which claims that it is already producing hydrogen in India using solar energy at a cost which is half of the global average
8What is the secret? Frugal engineering!
8The hydrogen will be used to make ammonia, and an ammonia plant is getting added on.
8The company plans to produce 3.4 to 4 MMTPA of ammonia by 2030.
8Ambitious plans indeed
Also, get details of a technology provider who claims to have the edge over others.
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What is the crew change status in different Indian ports?
8What kind of quarantine is sought?
8What is the current lockdown status?
8What are the vessel operations norms under COVID?
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If you are an investor with an appetite for E&P fields, here is an opportunity to pick one or a few fields.
8But be warned that the road is going to be rough
8Then as the adage goes, there are no rewards without risks
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Expression of Interest for acquisition of operational Solar Power Plants/ Assets Details
8Rate contract of Gaskets Details
8Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Mimic PLC Indication Panel at NEEPCO and Rokhia Terminal Details
8Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Flow Computer Details
8Hiring of services for Third Party Audit of Natural Gas Measurement Systems Details
8GPS based Pipeline ROU Surveillance for Cross Country Pipelines & Security Services Details
8Infrastructure Augmentation for 20% blending of Ethanol in Petrol Details
8Setting up Digital Experience Centre at HPMDI Nigdi Details
8Hiring of LCVs and HCVs for transportation of CNG through mobile cascades Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Petrol touches new high in Delhi with Rs 101.19 per litre Details
8Rise in petrol prices agitating people: Nitin Gadkari Details
8Oil prices slip as economic worries offset tightening supplies Details
8Shell to join clean hydrogen project in Norway Details
8China bullies Malaysia for oil & gas quest in South China Sea: US think tank Details
8India's first bio-CNG tractor aims at saving billions of rupees in fuel costs Details
8Oil prices slip as economic fears offset tightening crude supplies Details
8Centre sitting on Rs 25 lakh cr fuel tax; inflation, petroleum price rise will dominate session: Kharge Details
8Crude oil price rises on expectations of U.S. crude stocks falling Details
8India’s May coking imports fall as restocking slows Details
8Aegis, Vopak to jointly operate 8 LPG terminals in India Details
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Get the following import matrices
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
Also, get the following reports
8Daily tanker imports (all products)
8Daily bulk and break bulk line up
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After a long hiatus, we are recording a shipment scheduled for Mundra LNG terminal
8The cargo is coming from Point Fortin and slated to be offloaded on 20th of July
8The cargo load is 160000 cubic metres.
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8About 5.59 MMT of crude is lining up for delivery to Indian ports
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This LNG terminal may well be first off the block next year.
8Commercial start-up date is June-July next year, though a firm date is yet to come up
8The terminal has the advantage of pipeline connectivity that most other new terminals are fighting to put together.
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8Find out more on this power EPC contractor who may want to get into oil & gas like BHEL and ISGEC. Click on Reports for more
8Also,  know more about this steam turbine manufacturer. Click on Reports for more Details
Get the full low down on what the integrated PX-PTA plant at Paradip will entail
8Get the technology and process description
8As also  all other requirements
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8RFQ for a 26000 Nm3/h coal gasifier is expected to come out
8Anyone interested?
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ONGC's earnings are expected to go up by a third
8What are the factors are play
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The Rs 6000 crore Talcher ammonia-urea plant is in the midst of heavy tendering
Find out what is going on with its
8Instrument Air System & Plant Air System RFQ
8Steam Generation Plant choice of winning bidder
8Raw water plant winning bidder
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Get the latest line up for imports for
 -- LNG
 -- Chemicals
 -- Fertilizers
 -- Crude
8Also, get a daily line-up of all crude as well as non-crude tankers into India as of late last week
8Also, get a monthly report of all liquified gas imports into India, via all Indian ports as also all the major importers
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8A fresh demand for nearly one cargo of gas per month is coming up within the next two weeks
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Inviting EOI for 3 yrs Annual Rate Contract for maintenance of FFS and FFE at PLQP and WHP of HPHT Asset Details
8Job of Supply and Installation of TOMU at C Lube Installation Details
8Supply of 2 Ethyl Hexyl Acrylate Details
8Carrying out LMC and associated works Details
8Rate Contract for Cleaning and Pigging of Cross Country Crude Oil Pipelines Details
8Supply of Barrels Steel and Barrels Drums Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Gadkari family’s Manas Group gets licence to operate fuel outlets Details
8Rise in petrol prices agitating people: Road transport minister Gadkari Details
8Government looks to scrap customs duty relief, exemptions on 97 products Details
8Brent crude oil stays above $75 amid impasse in OPEC+ talks Details
8Baidyanath to start country’s first commercial LNG filling station Details
8No change made in petrol and diesel prices by oil companies on Sunday Details
8Can BPCL get domestically produced LPG after privatisation? Details
8Changing Central Asian dynamics: India, Russia advised to explore partnership in resource rich region Details
8TMC protests across West Bengal over spiralling fuel prices Details
8India's fuel demand rebounds in June after slumping to a nine-month low Details
8Petrol crosses Rs 100-mark in UP, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland Details
8Gujarat: Two Congress MLAs, several workers detained for protests over fuel price hike, inflation Details
8Maharashtra: Cong stages rally in Latur to protest against fuel price hike Details
8Congress protests across Assam against soaring fuel prices Details
8Chinese coast guard vessels harass Malaysian oil, gas development work off Sarawak: US think tank Details
8United States became fourth-largest crude oil supplier to India in 2020: Report Details
8Air Pollution: Delhi govt withdraws from SC plea regarding 10 thermal power plants Details
8Gujarat: CNG sales cross pre-Covid levels while petrol prices soar Details
8China's CNOOC dives into uncharted deep waters in bold gas pivot Details
8Consumers may get respite from frequent fuel price hike this month Details
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Here is a company getting out of the CGD business
8It claims CGD is not it's forte
8It held two lucrative acerages
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8Crown LNG is setting up a 7.2 MMTPA terminal off Kakinada
Find out what GAIL has to say about it Details
An extra 2.5 MMTPA of LNG tankage and related facility activity is coming up ahead.
8Instructions have been placed to the internal projects team to start work on the expansion
8There will be some time lag before the instructions eventually translate into RFQs
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As India's foreign trade grows, shipping support services are in demand.
8The competition is acute but here is one coming that seems to be on top of the game
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India has the highest price of petrol compared to milk in the entire world
8But there are countries that tax petrol more than India, though just a handful
8Get a comprehensive look at the politics of fuel prices in India, particularly why high prices are worrisome for the economy.
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Haryana City Gas Ltd's Bhiwandi acreage is a lucrative acquisition.
8The company is still in a running battle with IGL over gas supply to Gurgaon but its Bhiwandi asset seems to be doing well
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8With spot LNG prices ruling higher, know more on how countries are trying to avoid spot and go for more term contracts
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8Sri Lanka seems to have abandoned the Indian LNG terminal that Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) was meant to built
8Instead it the neighboring country is building one with someone else
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