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Sep 2020

Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 250 crore
8Project Event: The feasibility studies are still ongoing, RFQ for the process licensor as well as LSTK contractor is likely to be released in October 2020 now.
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Customized Blending Unit for NPK Fertilizer & Ammonia Storage Tank (Greenfield Project) 
8Cost - Rs 90 crore
8Project Event: The project is on hold due to the company's internal issues, It is likely to be activated in Q1 2021. RFQ for a contractor is likely to be release in January 2021
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The Ennore LNG terminal suffers from a poor evacuation network and therefore a poor capacity utiliation
8Find out how that is likely to change by the end of this year
8Also know more on what kind of RFQs are still left for equipment and service suppliers in the Rs 4500 core trunk pipeline that IOC is building from Ennore
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8Get the full explanation here on why peak oil make have already happened in the year 2019
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Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd has shot into the limelight after it acquired Lummux Technologies in a $2.668 billion deal. The acquisition was funded as a Leveraged Buyout with target company level (Lummus Technologies) debt of $ 1.5 billion and the balanced funded with a combination of equity and debt. HPL had acquired 57% equity stake for $690 million while the balance 43% was acquired by Rhone Capital.
8The problem is will incomes from Lummux be able to fund this debt
8Then again, HPL is planning some major expansions in India, including a Rs 600 crore takeover of Nagarjuna's Cuddalore industrial land, besides MOUs with Odisha and Andhra Pradesh for giant petrochemical complexes
8But how strong is the ground on which HPL stands to fulfill all of these plans?
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Hydrogen is a fuel whose time may have come though the roadmap is still not clear
8Low carbon hydrogen rather than hydrogen produced through the renewable route will be the way out for now.
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8The spread between gas prices and power prices has become positive since April this year for a gas-based power producer.
8And there is a case made out for how gas prices can be tied up with the future power market prices for gas based operators without captive distribution networks to stay afloat
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8Get a list of 25 oil & gas projects that the government has put on fast track
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The GSPC-Adani LNG terminal at Mundra has brought in a big vessel load of LNG for the first time in months.
8The terminal is running only at 40% capacity and it has been usually bring in small calibre vessels so far
8It is cargo sold by Qatar to GSFC
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Non-traditional players from the sunset E&P and power segments are finding sulphur recovery unit tenders in refineries to be the ideal beach head to make an entry into the downstream sector.
8This is giving traditional players a lot of heart burn
8The Paradip refinery SRU tender saw them crowding in and here is the story of one more unit in which the competition is expected to heat up
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8HPCL's Mumbai waiting period for crude vessels unloading has gone up, it seems.
8A total of 217000 tonnes of crude is in waiting, and it will take time to clear the backlog
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8Kandla is base for base oil imports
8And up to 20 vessels are lined up
8Where are these imports coming from?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Traction Battery under buyback Details
8Supply of Universal Hart Communicator Details
8Supply, Installation and Commissioning of process Gas Chromatographs Details
8Procurement of Hydraulic Tools Details
8Service of Insurance of CS and GAIL warehouse Details
8Supply of Spares of Hydroblasting machine Details
8Annual Rate Contract for Refilling, Hydrotesting and Maintenance of Breathing Apparatus in refinery Details
8Supply of SMC make Smart positioners Details
8Supply of Compressor Spares Details
8Supply of Steam Traps Details
8Hiring of Seismic Job Services (SJS) for 350 GLK 2D Seismic Survey in RJ-ONHP-2019/1 for FS 2020-21 for Geophysical Service Details
8Hiring of Services for 3D Seismic Data Acquisition in OALP-IV block of Vindhyan Basin Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Indian Oil sees gasoil, petrol sales at pre-pandemic levels in H1 FY21 Details
8India's oil import bill declines by two-third on fall in international prices: Pradhan Details
8Indian Oil targets textiles in hunt for margins Details
8Baghjan oil well blowout singes fields, fish - and livelihoods Details
8Oil consumption in India will stop rising in five years: BP Details
8OPEC sees steeper oil demand drop as virus remains challenging Details
8Opinion: Hedge funds dump oil as outlook worsens: John Kemp Details
8Governments urged to invest more in green cities to beat coronavirus slump Details
8Procurement of Ammonia and Hydrogen Recovery Unit on limited tender basis Details
8ANALYSIS-Gulf's fiscal diet risks deeper pain amid oil price uncertainty Details
8Global energy transition already well underway: Kemp Details
8Ecopetrol aims to drill 100 wells in US Permian Basin by end-2021: CEO Details
8Salvagers mend ruptures in fire-hit oil tanker off Sri Lanka Details
8ABB digitises gas supplies control for tea gardens, industrial units Details
8GP Global's tanker seized in India over loan dispute: document Details
8Crude oil futures decline on low demand Details
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This is a greenfied gas pipeline
8Cost: Rs 1300 crore
8Due to COVID there has not been much progress
8RFQs are going to start by the end of the year. Engineering RFQ is expected going ahead.
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8A key government appointment shows that it is very keen to push ahead with gas sector reforms
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8An additional demand for 2.4 mmscmd of gas -- equivalent to roughly one cargo of LNG per month -- is expected within the next two months
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8What are the spot LNG prices coming up in the months ahead?
8And what kind of netbacks are expected?
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HOEC seems to be running into trouble with its service and equipment providers for the its B-80 project
8Will the project be commissioned on time?
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8Green Gas Ltd is planning a capex of Rs 30-40 crore every year
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The fertilizer industry is the biggest buyer of LNG in the country today
8The industry has done well during the lockdown
8What is the outlook going ahead?
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CPCL has capex plans up its sleeves
8Find out more
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8Tanker rates surged to unprecedented highs amid discharging delays and floating storage demand when the virus first broke across the word
8Today’s market is very different, with revenues stuck below OPEX for a few months now.
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8The Motihari-Amlekhgunj petroleum products pipeline ran into unexpected problems while being constructed
8The cost has gone up too
8What are the lessons learned?
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8Gujarat State Petronet Ltd seems to be on a strong footing
8Get a full analysis here
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Gas Sales from Dayalpur & Suphyam fields, Jorhat Asset Details
8Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning contractor at our Compressed Biogas Project Site at Badaun Details
8Modification/ Up gradation in GCS-Bokaro for the sales and evacuation of CBM gas through GAIL's Upcoming Urja Ganga pipeline Details
8Design, Detailed Engineering, Supply, Fabrication, Erection, Testing and Completion of 3 X 350 MT Capacity Mounded Storage Vessels for storage of LPG at Gandhinagar LPG Plant Site Details
8Program Management for Loyalty and Payment Solution Details
8Supply of Spares for Slide Valves at refinery Details
8Supply of Spares for Ultrasonic Flowmeter Details
8Supply of Internal Lined Epoxy Coated Fittings Details
8Health Assessment of piping support system at different process units of refinery Details
8Expert Services for vibration monitoring system at refinery Details
8Supply of Hydrogen Peroxide at refinery Details
8Electrical works for designing providing and commissioning of Electrical System Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8US okays $1.5bln insurance for Mozambique gas project Details
8Salvagers working to repair leak on oil tanker off Sri Lanka Details
8Energy E&P majors increasing use of digital technology in COVID time Details
8Oil companies margin on petrol, diesel to more than double by month-end: Analysts Details
8Align type-approval norms for retro-fitment of LPG/CNG kits with European laws: Industry Details
8PM Modi to open LPG bottling plants in East Champaran & Banka on Sunday Details
8Eight ships from Indian Navy, Coast Guard avert environmental disaster; douse fire on oil vessel Details
8Oil tanker authorities likely neglected crew warnings on possible fire: Lankan court told Details
8Oil companies idle production as U.S. Gulf Coast braces for hurricane Details
8Cancel nod for ONGC’s oil drilling: Ramadoss Details
8OIL diverts gas from blown out well in Assam's Baghjan Details
8Cairn's Rajasthan oil block licence stuck in cost dispute; hangs by monthly extensions Details
8400 new petrol pumps, 1200 LPG distributors opened in Bihar in last 6 years: Pradhan Details
8PM Narendra Modi to dedicate to nation 3 petroleum projects in Bihar Details
8Maharashtra: Six fuel stations to come up in Marathwada at MSRTC sites Details
8Fossil fuel demand to take historic knock amid COVID-19 scars: BP Details
8Bihar's past, Bihari aspirations dominate PM's petro projects event  Details
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Why was the PMC awarded for a Rs 8000 crore petrochemical complex on a nomination basis?
8Particularly when other consultants with wider experience were available?
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A new gas pipeline project is coming up
8Everything is at a nascent stage right now
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8Our latest data shows a total of 137 vessels loaded with chemicals headed towards Indian ports
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Crude vessels waiting to berth have noticed in the following jetties
8Vizag (BPCL)
8Chennai (CPCL)
8New Mangalore (MRL)
8Paradip (IOC)
Interestingly, RIL and Nayara though they both have large import volumes have no vessels in waiting.
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Single/Triple Super Phosphate Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 25 crore
8Project Event: The project is still on hold due to internal issues, the proposal for the environmental clearance is likely to be submitted in November 2020. RFQ for the contractor is likely to be release in December 2020. Details
8Rs 300 crore DAP/NPK project is coming up
8EPC contractor RFQ is likely in November now
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Qatar is the largest and the lowest cost producer of LNG in the world. And as the crow flies, the distance from Qatar's LNG liquefaction complex at Ras Laffan to India's west coast LNG receiving terminals is the shortest among all all other global liquefaction terminals.
8Ideally, Qatari LNG should have flooded the Indian market
8But this not really case, why is that so?
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8IOC's ship chartering division needs to be revamped and some officers immediately suspended. After one crude laden ship caught fire, another one is leaking now. Is there a scam of sorts here? What is more, the chartering is all wrong, as is evident from our daily data that shows that there is a long list of ships waiting to berth at its refineries. Why is this not the case with other refiners? Clearly, the corrdination is also all wrong. Click on Reports for more. Also click on this Report
8There is no relief for sea farers. Some seafarers have been on board ships more than 17 months and some have been denied proper access to medical care. Click on Reports for more
8The dispute settlement system in Indian ports has been streamlined. Click on Reports for more
8A crude tanker tariff rate slump is just around the corner. Click on Reports for more Details
Given that LNG coming in directly from the US is clearly not a viable proposition these days, eyebrows are raised when a direct cargo comes in.
8GAIL has HH-based pricing with buyers in India -- and they are very expensive as of now -- but it usually brings in swapped cargoes to India and these days direct US cargos are rare.
8Get details of this Cove Point cargo headed for India next week along with all other LNG cargoes coming to Indian LNG terminals up ahead
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IOC's PTA project in Paradip is in a bit of a spot
8Some bidders are in fact are thinking of dropping out
Find out why. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Miscellaneous TPM related jobs at Panipat Refinery & Petrochemical Complex Details
8Condition Monitoring/ Diagnostic Testing of Major Electrical Equipments Details
8CSupply of Butterfly Shutdown ON/OFF valve for ETP-RO Plant at refinery Details
8Carrying out External Safety audit of pipeline installations Details
8Supply of Steam Turbine Spares Details
8Supply of Compressor Spares Details
8ARC for hydro testing, refilling and painting of DCP extinguishers, CO2 extinguishers/ cylinders and nitrogen cylinders Details
8Supply and replacement of UPS of LPG and UB#3 plant Details
8Hiring of PMC for construction management services for City Gas Distribution projects for six cities Details
8Civil works related to work over operation in cauvery asset for the year 2020-21 for 10 wells Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Fitch Ratings cuts long-term oil price assumptions Details
8BP books oil tanker for storage at lowest rate yet this year Details
8India to launch 11th city gas licensing round soon: Pradhan Details
8B'desh HC orders state-run gas agency to pay compensation to victims of mosque blast Details
8CNG sales rise to 85 per cent of pre-Covid level in Delhi-NCR Details
8Have urged petroleum ministry to engage specialists for dousing Baghjan fire: Sarbananda Sonowal Details
8Aramco may review investment in mega greenfield refinery in M'rashtra Details
8Gujarat: Fuel sales at 70 per cent of pre-Covid levels Details
8India's fuel demand dips most since April Details
8Mitsui OSK to spend $9.4 mln on Mauritius clean-up after oil spill Details
8Indian Oil gets USTDA support in its green tech endeavour Details
8Russia's Rosneft starts its first solo hard-to-recover oil project Details
8Oil tanker fire doused; Coast Guard monitoring to prevent reignition Details
8US refiners, awash in diesel inventory, unlikely to boost output soon Details
8New Jersey regulators take new look at wind, gas projects Details
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For those in the gas business, the neighbouring markets are in for a massive explosion in demand
8No doubt India has a lot of opportunities but finding a toehold right now may make sense in some of these countries.
8A detailed mapping of how gas demand is going to forge ahead in countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar and others is given here
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Phosphoric acid Expansion Project  
8Cost - Rs 130 crore
8Project Event: The purchase of a long lead item is ongoing. The proposal for the environmental clearance has been elicited in May 2018, there is no need for a contractor, The company's  existing engineering team team is managing the project. Construction ihas not started yet, it is likely in October in place of September 2020, due to COVID-19 related issues.
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After Chambal Fertilizer made good with its new urea-ammonia plant, the scepticism that the private sector had in setting up these mega plants has subsided. So here is another big project coming up.
8This is a coal based private sector Ammonia-Urea plant
8Cost - Rs 7484 crore
8Project Event: The feasibility study has been completed, project activities are ongoing. The company is planning to hire the PMC contractor first, RFQ for the PMC contractor is likely to be released in October 2020, it was meant to have come up earlier. Details
CPCL continues to keep a vessel laden with 134847 tonnes of crude waiting
8The backlog in Paradip is winding down, with only two vessels on wait
8At Vadinar, two IOC vessels are at anchorage while one is at berth.
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8A lot of base oil cargoes are lined up for India
8Where are they coming from, who is importing them?
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8This is massive Rs. 60,000 crore petrochemical plan
8And work is going on with the project behind-the-scene. Site surveys have been done, an environment clearance is to be submitted
8Do not be too surprised if you see an RFQ for a PMC around the corner
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It is quite clear that IOC's Ennore terminal is working at a very slow pace.
8Slower than other terminals.
8Cargoes are coming in only at long intervals.
8Currently we have no data of any cargo coming in this month, with one targeted to berth only on October.
8It is a small capacity vessel.
8Strangely, the cargo is coming from the US, from where shipments to India are unviable, unless there are some special conditions attached.
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There are now at least two examles in which HPCL did not invite the L-1 bidder for the Barmer refinery units for a converstion leave alone negotiations before cancelling the tenders.
8Would IOC have done the same?
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8Get a wrap on Indraprastha Gas and its plans going ahead
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Not inviting the L-1 bidder arrived at through very competitive bidding process for even a conversation is a topic of conversation in the downstream industry these days.
8This is what happened in the Barmer refinery.
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To watch out on how LNG prices are going to behave, there is a need to look at
8How European storage is behaving
8Global LNG production vs utilization
8Asian LNG imports and their behaviour
8The long term story continues to stay bright
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8ARC for the repair of rolling shutters including replacement of Wornout/ Damaged spares Details
8Calibration of above ground fuel tank at Railway Consumer Depots Details
8Design, Detailed Engineering, Supply, Fabrication, Erection, Testing and Completion of 3 X 500 MT Capacity Mounded Storage Vessels for storage of LPG at Madurai LPG Plant Site Details
8Design, Detailed Engineering, Supply, Fabrication, Erection, Testing and Completion of 3 X 500 MT Capacity Mounded Storage Vessels for storage of LPG at Aurangabad LPG Plant Site Details
8N Line Inspection of Cross Country Pipeline Details
8Carrying out Electrical and Associated Works Details
8Fabrication, Delivery and Installation of Safety Sign Boards Details
8Support Services for Operation and Maintenance Activites Details
8Hiring of services for acquisition of 3D seismic data in Baramura Bulge area of A&AA basin Details
8Hiring of Integrated Seismic Job Services and Shot Hole Drilling for 2D Seismic Survey Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India's fuel demand fell 15.6 per cent y/y in August Details
8Fitch says BPCL privatisation is 'event risk' due to little info Details
8Assam: Engineer dies of electrocution at Baghjan gas well site Details
8Gujarat: Low gas prices fire up power plants Details
8Five Petroleum and Gas sector PSUs to join International Solar Alliance: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Fresh fires on oil tanker off Sri Lanka under control Details
8Fitch affirms Bharat Petroleum at BBB-minus with negative outlook Details
8Second fire on oil tanker off Lankan coast now under control: Navy Details
8Strategic Somaliland touts its oil and gas as opens Taiwan office Details
8Trump administration to deny pending retroactive U.S. biofuel waivers Details
8Brent crude recovers after falling below $40/bbl on demand concerns Details
8Vietnam's Delta Offshore Energy seeks long-term LNG supplies Details
8Hurricane hit oil storage site, but no shortages expected Details
8Plains All American CEO sees consolidation in pipeline industry Details
8Opinion: LNG investments vanish in 2020 as coronavirus slashes oil and gas prices Details
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LPG is a big threat for LNG in industrial clusters like Morbi, where trucked LPG is selling cheaper than LNG.
8This has forced LNG suppliers to cut prices to compete.
8Clearly, LPG prices may become ceiling price of sorts for gas suppliers from here on
8Know more about the LPG vs. LNG economics here.
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Online public hearing is now becoming the norm than the exception.
8Whether it stands up to later judicial scrutiny is a different issue entirely.
8Here is a massive PVC cum polymer polymer bitumen for a gas based power plant with a desalination unit, complete with gas storage, going through an online public hearing process.
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A new Rs 6000 crore ammonia-urea plant is getting quick started
8A Rs 100 crore initial capital allocation has been made to start the consultancy work
8This will also mean a extra demand for one cargo of additional LNG or 2.4 mmscmd of gas when the project is finally commissioned.
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