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Aug 2020

8What are the various energy conservation measures adopted by HPCL
8As also new technology adopted Details
8HMEL's commissioning of its 1.2 MMTPA mixed feed cracker will be delayed due to COVID.
8Find out more on when it will be commissioned Details
8The PNGRB is likely to finalize rules for new players in the geographical areas, where marketing exclusivity has ended.
8New players are expected to enter into high-margin CNG segment compared to PNG industrial.
8This particular CGD company may face headwinds going ahead
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of HV Panel for Barmer Palanpur Pipeline Project Details
8Laying and Construction of Steel Pipeline and Associated Facilities Details
8Supply of 3/8 encapsulated Control Line & Accessories to ONGC, Ahmedabad Asset Details
8Design and Maintenance of portal for Opportunities in Oil and Gas Sector Details
8Supply of Mechanical Seal Spares Details
8Supply of Spares of MAB Motor at refinery Details
8Modification of Centrifugal Pumps Details
8Supply of Tube Bundle to refinery Details
8Procurement of 600 Kg DWPE Bio for ETP Details
8Procurement of 8000 kg of additive Dihydrotalcite for PP Unit Details
8Bassein & Satellite Shore Base (BSSB) Management Contract Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8CBI raids oil firm over Rs 938 crore ‘loan scam’ in Madhya Pradesh Details
8No DBT for cylinders to 31 lakh women due to banking issues; 7.5 cr benefit Details
8Petrol prices increase for 5th consecutive day Details
8GAIL's weaker EBIT highlights US LNG price risks: Fitch Details
8Fitch Ratings says weak oil refining margins to put pressure on fuel retailers Details
8India, Nepal to expand energy cooperation, explore new pipeline Details
8Demand squeeze in India reduced OPEC share in oil imports Details
8Innovation: Scientists derive biofuel from algae to boost India’s clean energy efforts Details
8Brazil's Petrobras puts another small refinery and 26 oilfields on the block Details
8Convert sugar factories into bio-energy hubs: Food Secy Details
8Oil prices mixed on storm-driven output cuts, rising COVID-19 cases Details
8COLUMN-Surge in spot Asian LNG prices looks good on paper, but deceives: Russell Details
8Explosion at gas pipeline leads to blackout in Syria, says energy minister Details
8Crude oil futures rise on spot demand Details
8Middle East Crude-Benchmarks weaken as trading slowed Details
8Opinion: Hedge funds shift focus from crude to fuels: Kemp Details
8Covid sparks oil industry's shift towards lower growth, consolidation: Moody's Details
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8There is expectation that an aggressive EPCM bid for CPCL-IOC's 9 MMTA greenfield refinery at Nagapatinam from a home grown company will upset the applecart.
8But those expectations may get belied. Details
8MRPL's EPCM bid for the Continuous Catalyst Regeneration-1 project was won by an aggressive domestic company.
8Find out what was the L-1 price
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Morbi is India's largest tile manufacturing hub and at full capacity its gas consumption is over 7 mmscmd.
8Tiles are the basic building block of an economy, they are used in every construction activity.
8We did a survey of Morbi, on how its 800 odd factories are doing in a post-COVID world, and the findings are a surprise. Details
Process Air Compressor Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 347 crore
8Project Event: The project was on hold due to some technical issues but was to have been activated in June 2020 but due to reasons like the lockdown, the contractor selection process for an LSTK contractor is going slow. Contractor finalization has now been pushed to end September. Three bidders in the race. Details
Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 250 crore
8Project Event: Feasibility studies are ongoing, RFQ for the process licensor as well as LSTK contractor is likely to be released in September 2020 , this was meant to have been done earlier but was put off due to COVID-19.  Details
8Green hydrogen will be at par with "gray" hydrogen as early as 2030
8And this will bring about an unprecedented revolution
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Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: The tender has been out for an LSTK contractor for design, engineering, procurement, fabrication, supply, transportation, handling, erection, testing and commissioning of an ammonia storage tank with associated facility. the bid due date has been extended from 18 August to 1 September 2020.
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Phosphoric acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 50 crore
8Project Event: The proposal for the term of references has been accepted and the discussion is ongoing for a contractor. The company is planning to hire a local contractor. RFQ for the Contractor is likely to be released in September in place of August 2020, due too COVID-19.
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Assuming a landed price of gas of aroud Rs 700/mmbtu, the cost of power for a gas-based power plant was arrived at Rs 5.27/Kwh.
8But capital structures for power plants differ, so the price could be different for other gas based plants at the same gas price.
8At current LNG prices, gas power will be cheaper, and may well figure consistently in the merit order system.
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New IMO regulations and increasing volatility has stymied the growth of the Indian shipping industry.
8The fleet size of the Indian Shipping industry is 19.38 mn dwt with a fleet of 1,405 ships. Of this, tankers accounted for the highest share at 54.5% followed by dry bulk vessels at 18.1% and containership at 5.1%.
8As the industry evolves, assessing the strenghths and weaknesses of the Indian shipping industry has become a more complicated exercise.
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It is a Rs 350 crore product pipeline.
8The HDD drilling contract has been selected.
8RFQs for pipelines and pumps expected in November.
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Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd is a company to watch for downstream EPC players. The company is already a formidable presence in the E&P segment and it has of late begun bidding in the downstream sector.
8Megha is a young company, founded in 2006 by PP Reddy.
8A farmer's son, Reddy is an intrepid entrepreneur and he seems to be breaking new barriers every time.
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8Shelf Drilling is one of the world's largest offshore rig companies
8And ONGC is one of its largest customers
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8In a low priced environment, is Cairn India trying to convert some of its gas output from its Barmer field into power?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8EOI for hiring of Integrated CTU-HF Services Details
8Supply of Conventional Gas Lift Mandrels Details
8Appointment of Automotive, Industrial and Rural Lube Distributors for locations in Southern India Details
8Procurement of Trolley Mounted Breathing Apparatus- TBA set with Cylinder Details
8Catalyst replacement jobs during shutdown at refinery Details
8Surge Analysis of Crude oil receipt system Details
8Non Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract for Tank Farm and MSQ Plant CCTV System Details
8Procurement of Digital Ultrasonic Thickness Gauges Details
8Allied Mechanical Works for Installation of new Carousel at LPG Bottling Plant Details
8Supply and Installation of New Deluge Valves in Fire sprinkler system Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India, Nepal hold JWG meeting, discuss new pipelines for petroleum products Details
8Oil India Q1 results: Net loss at Rs 249 crore, turnover drops 46 per cent Details
8Saudi Aramco continues to explore its India investment plan Details
8ONGC shuts 2 rigs after spurt in Covid cases Details
8Covid effect: Karnataka sees sharp decline in fuel consumption in July Details
8India to see natural gas share rise to 10 per cent by 2025: GAIL director Details
8OPEC's share of Indian oil imports drops to at least 14-yr low Details
8Exxon limits Guyana crude output due to more gas injection issues Details
8Petronet CEO gets 27% salary raise in FY20; Search launched for new chief Details
8Turkey expects big drop in natural gas imports after Black Sea find Details
8US Oil firms evacuate staff, curb offshore production ahead of twin storms Details
8Lower German June gas imports drag down H1 total, prices fall Details
8Draft EU methane strategy shies away from binding emissions standards Details
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As of last Friday, the following companies have imported LNG cargoes lined up for offlaoding in Indian LNG terminals:
8Petronet LNG
8IOCL
8GSPC
8Arecelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Ltd
8RIL
8GSFC
Get full details on their shipments here
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8A crucial roadblock to the Nayara petrochemical expansion may have got cleared
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8ONGC is learning quickly how to deal with COVID-19 when it breaks in offshore installations in a proactive manner.
8The manner in which it dealt with the outbreak in an offshore process platform is an example. Details
There is a points man in the petroleum ministry who is pushing LNG stations across India
8He is armed with solid economics on why LNG is a superior fuel for long distance transport.
8He also seems to be a man in a hurry. Details
It looks like OIL's effort to kill the flareup at Baghjan has dramatically failed after so many weeks of effort.
8It is a scathing indictment of the incompetence of the OIL management. Clearly, it does not have enough technical experience at hand. And depending upon a bunch of experts from one foreign firm is not enough, it shoudl tap more resources.
8The fallback that the company is looking at now is a relief well
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What is the last update on the India Gas Exchange?
8How many deals have been done so far?
8What is the differential between buying and selling price?
8And what is coming up ahead?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Rate Contract of Pressure Gauges for two years Details
8Rate Contract for Testing of Pressure Vessels, HOTs Cranes and various statutory testing Details
8Disposal of unserviceable assets automatic cut torn bagging machine and sweeping machine from Polymer Terminal Details
8Transportation of Indane LPG Cylinders in vertical position on unit rate basis Ex-Gopanari Bottling Plant Details
8Calibration skid for electromagnetic water flow meter Details
8Procurement of Foam Trolley and High Expansion Foam Generator Details
8Engagement of Internal Auditors for Financial Year 2020 2021 for Konkan LNG Limited Details
8Hiring of services for acquisition of 2D seismic data through outsourcing in following areas of A&AA Basin Details
8Supply, Installation, Training, Commissioning, Allied Works and Annual Maintenance Contract of Main Instruments & Accessories for Laboratory Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8LPG pilferage racket busted in UP; agencies’ staff among 31 arrested Details
8Indian Oil to fully restart Paradip refinery by Saturday Details
8GAIL sees gas sales returning to pre-COVID-19 levels by quarter end Details
8India's crude imports fall to lowest in over a decade in July Details
8Wipro implements blockchain platform for energy sector with Uniper Details
8Indian Oil Corp depot at Ambala cantonment to be shifted to Una: Haryana minister Vij Details
8Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund looks to invest up to $1 billion in Jio's fibre assets Details
8Premier Oil lays out plan to extend debt facilities, posts H1 loss Details
8Indonesia mulls palm oil levies increase to support biodiesel plans Details
8Polish gas firm PGNiG to keep paying dividends after record results Details
8Ethanol price paid by oil companies to sugar mills may be hiked Details
8OPEC+ needs to fix daily oversupply of more than 2 mn barrels Details
8Mauritius starts to scuttle Japanese oil-spill vessel Details
8Gazprom Neft profit slumps 80 per cent in Q2, pledges dividend later this year Details
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Project Name: Greenfield 2G Bio-Ethanol Refinery Project
8It was hit by COVID
8Licensor and EPCM selected
8When are RFQs expected now?
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8Around 8 mmscmd of domestic gas is expected to be tendered out in October
8Find out what kind of marketing strategies will be adopted. Details
Given India's well developed offshore market, helicopter transportation is the key mode of transfer of oil & gas personnel to offshore sites.
8But what really is the protocol for such transportation, particularly during COVID?
8Do we have adequate safeguards in place?
8Is there a comprehensive best practices code? Details
Petronet LNG is essentially an LNG tolling company, with no real role in the direct marketing of LNG.
8It is however setting up a string of LNG stations
8But more that, it is also trying to find other ways of reaching the end customer.
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The RIL-BP gas production from the D-6 field has got delayed as contractors failed to deliver well completion equipment due to COVID.
8The gas was meant to flow in April, the date has been postponed, first to the end of the year, and not, officially, the timeline has been pegged to the second half, 2020.
8When exactly is the gas hitting the market? Details
8The state of the economy is best reflected in its energy consumption parameters.
8And July data seems to rove that we could well be in a low equilibrium trap going head
Find out why that is so Details
8With the advent of pipeline gas, CGD networks are going to sprout in the North East
8And RFQs are already out
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8GAIL has got a new director business development
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BPCL has a big line-up of projects.
8The company has done the internal work and they are being undertaken because the IRRs are attractive.
8Even if owners change, these projects are likely to be pursued
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8Great Eastern Shipping admits that the offshore vessel and rig business has become very challenging.
8But find out more on the principles on which it continues to generate positive margins while others struggle.
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8RFQs are coming up next month for a new Butene plant
8Cost Rs 500 crore
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8ONGC and PLL has got into a spat over gas supply in the KG Basin
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LNG imports in July are higher than in the same month last year
8And prices are significantly lower
8Not just that, gas consumption, both domestic and imported, has held up firmly against all odds
8And buyers have reaped a bonanza in terms of lower prices Details
8Some government related businesses have begun returning performance bank guarantees of bank guarantees in proportionate to the work completed.
8Given difficult times, and complaints by many contractors of a liquidity crunch, should the oil & gas sector follow the same principle?
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Distinct seller side improvements have been noticed of late in LNG
8Price are firming up
8And the short term marginal cost curve for liquefaction terminals are showing more terminals making money than those which are not. Get a cost-wise segmentation of the LNG cost for all global terminals in terms of net cost, upstream opex, LNG production opex, transportation opex and SG&A opex
8On the buyer side this can be bad news Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Condition monitoring testing of critical electrical equipments Details
8Supply of Eccentric Plug Control Valves Details
8Contract for Security and Allied Services Details
8Transportation of Indane LPG Cylinders in vertical position on unit rate basis Ex North Guwahati LPG Bottling Plant Details
8Procurement of Valves and MOV Details
8Contract for Supply, Installation, Commissioning & Testing of Hot Water Generator Details
8Hiring of Annual Rate Contract Services for Refilling and Hydrotest of Extinguishers and Cylinders Details
8Hiring of service contract for monitoring and maintenance of pipelines and SV station Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8IOC nears first deal to export fuels to Mauritius -sources Details
8Asia to import record LPG in 2020 as pandemic boosts demand for protective gear, cooking Details
8Maharashtra: MNGL’s green fuel project a hit in city Details
8Attempt to kill blowout in Baghjan oil well aborted by OIL Details
8HC directs Centre, Assam govt, OIL to file replies on PIL over drilling wells inside national park Details
8Occidental-backed company will build new US CO2 removal plant Details
8Italy's Snam eyes investments in Indian gas pipelines Details
8Russia's oil and gas condensate output up to 9.78 mln bpd Aug 1-18: sources Details
8Egypt brings online new crude pipeline at al-Hamra port Details
8US eyes October deadline to end exemptions on Venezuela oil sanctions: sources Details
8OPEC singles out laggards over oil production cuts Details
8Saudi Arabia, Russia insist oil production cuts be respected Details
8US weighs more sanctions on Venezuela to halt fuel deals: Bloomberg Details
8OPEC+ meets to review compliance with oil cuts Details
8Saudi Arabia's SABIC picks banks for dollar bond Details
8Oil eases on demand risks, US stockpile data Details
8US crude stockpiles fall even as imports jump: EIA Details
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PLL's plans going ahead are quite ambitious.
8Investments are planned on several fronts.
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Greenfield Natural Gas Pipeline
8Project Cost: Rs 1700 crore
8What is going to happen ahead: COIVD had forced the PMC to hold up RFQs. Requirement for pumps and mainline pipes is coming up in September.
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DAP/NPK Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 300 crore
8Project Event:  RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in October in place of September 2020.
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GSSP/GBSSP/GZSSP/GPG/BSP/BSG Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 48 crore
8Project Event: Here again, RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in October 2020 instaed of September.
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(These links you can only access through www.indianfertilizer.com) Details
8If you want to keep a check on how COVID-19 is working its way through the Indian economy, ou do not need to go any further than here.
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: 80% physical work has been completed, RFQ for the road works has come out out and bid due date is 28 August 2020. All the long lead items have reached at the site, the project is likely to be completed in May in place of February 2021 duel to COVID-19. Once this plant is commissioned, another LNG cargo will added to India imports every month, because it will consume a standard 2.4 msmcmd of gas at full capacity
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LPG bottling plants will always be built in India
8Here is a Rs 200 crore plant coming up in the Prime Minister's constituency.
8And anything remotely connected with the PM has to be on the fast track but then the virus has an inimitable way of getting in between
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What are GAIL's plans for the next six months?
8Overall marketing margins were negative as of now
8But outlook is brighter, going head
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A new breed of companies are now getting into refinery and petrochemical projects
8This is evident when technical bid submission was done today for one such unit
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The exploration business is in a bad way.
8But there are two schools of thought: one says it is the end of the road for exploration, the other says it is not as bad as is made out to be.
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