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Sep 2019

8An Indian oil & gas technology licensor has just emerged victorious in wresting a license deal in the US. Click on Reports for more.
8Japan and India: Find out how this strategic understanding will emerge over time. Click on Reports for more.
8Find out more on PLL's plans to get into the US. Click on Reports for more.
8OIL CMD candidate elicits ACC approval. Click on Reports for more Details
Vijayasri Bhaskar Industries Private Limited is the operator of the Patharia oil field in Assam
8But everything seems to be at hold as of now
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The developer is working with BARC for a H2S monitoring and treatment plant
8Also in the offing in the block is a 29 well exploratory drilling programme
8The cost is high: at Rs 1432 crore
810 wells are targeted for this year
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When the EOI was first floated in February, 2019 for a Rs 500 crore field development plan, there was much interest from the big service providers and others
8Find out what is the status as of now
8Click on Details for more on when the RFQ for an FDP consultant is to be hired Details
Find out more on how Indian authorities are gearing up for the IMO 2020.
8A reasonable amount of hard work has gone to prepare for the day
8Detailed guidelines are being drawn up
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of 180,000 KG of OSD for regular use Details
8Supply of 3,000 Bags of Sulphonated Asphalt Details
8Supply of Domestic Diaphragm Natural Gas Meters for City Gas Distribution Project Details
8Production and Supply of Compressed Bio Gas to Oil Marketing Companies Details
8Procurement of MAK Ruby Grease 3 Details
8Hiring of coil tubing with N2 Services & pumping services Details
8Hiring of Services for Catering and Housekeeping at DSA and Drill Site for a period of three years Details
8Procurement of Hydraulic Power Casing Tong and Tubing Tong for Drilling Services Details
8Procurement of Casing Crossovers Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8PM Modi's Russia visit: Enhancing oil and gas cooperation to be major focus Details

8Four dead, three injured in fire at ONGC site; Mumbai gas supply affected Details
8Fire at ONGC plant: CNG supply in Mumbai hit Details
8ONGC plant blaze: 3 CISF jawans among 4 killed Details
8Govt hikes ethanol procurement price for fuel blending Details
8Jharkhand CM launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna in Gumla Details
8Govt hikes ethanol price to cut oil import bill by USD 1 bn Details
8Dharmendra Pradhan meets steel trade unions Details
8ONGC GM sacrificed life to save staff, plant from fire and blast Details
8Indian Sugar Mills Association welcomes rise in ethanol prices for 2019-20 Details
8Rosneft says Transneft failed to offer solution to crisis over tainted oil Details
8Saudi Aramco gets new chairman to prepare for public listing Details
8Oil falls 1% pressured by trade war and swelling output Details
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What does a global survey of 3000 maritime industry professionals tell about the state of the shipping industry?
Here is an update:
8How many of them would end up purchasing new ships
8How many will upgrade than retire their ships
8How many expect unmanned ships to be a reality?
8What is the single most promising fuel option for the future?
8How real is the threat of cyber security?
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A greenfield LPG bottling plant is coming up
8Cost is Rs 300 crore
8Will be soon on the lookout for an EPC contractor
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Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 300 crore
8Project Event: Discussion process is ongoing, The project team has been formed, and project activities are likely to start in October 2019, RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released at the end of January 2020.
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Ammonia Revamp Project
8Cost - Rs 200 crore
8Project Event: The discussion process is ongoing and RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in November 2019. Completion s expected by the end of 2020.
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A Chinese company has emerged as the L-1 bidder for another Rs 10,000 crore privately promoted ammonia-urea project
8This is in the private sector and not in the public sector, so an LOI can be awarded
8But then fertilizer is regulated sector, and it remains to be seen what kind of progress is made in this project
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For reference purposes, the website carries here the latest updated data on global contracting activity for:
8Bulkers
8Tankers
8Containerships
8Gas carriers
8Offshore vessels
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Indian companies have never learned how to fight environment threats and public protests in imaginative ways.
8The process is usually seen as a hindrance, clearances are obtained quietly and public hearings are quickly put together and hurried through.
8But public awareness is increasing, and it is increasingly difficult to put a lid on the voice of the public
8In South India, pipeline projects and now E&P projects are stalling on account of active public resistance
8Even in industrialized western region, resistance is strong. H-Energy for example is trying to build a 60 km pipeline to the all-India gas grid from its terminal for many months now.
8Managing the environment has become a critical performance parameter for top executives.
8Here is an example of a global LNG company managing perceptions skillfully. For, there are lessons to learn on the issues to address, how to disseminate information and how to keep stakeholders informed
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What has really gone wrong with the award of the Rs 4700 crore coal gasification contract for the Talcher fertilizer unit to a Chinese company?
8There was little of bit of politics over it but that was earlier now now. The Niti Aayog CEO objected to the cost economics of the project, but eventually, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Nripendra Misra, who was once the secretary to the Department of Fertilizers, intervened to clear the project.
8So then what went wrong?
8Are signals going out to other government-supported projects where the Chinese could be involved?
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Capital approval is on the anvil for a Rs 15,000 crore refinery expansion project
8This will then bring about another spree of contracting
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The owner of this DSF Round-II field is a government recognized export house
8It has drawn up a Rs 150 crore plan
8It plans to conduct some development drilling and laying of infield pipelines and a connection to a production facility
And is expecting expressions of interest, and some RFQs are expected going ahead
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 4933 crore
8Project Event: The project has elicited cabinet approval. JV finalization is ongoing and the Department of Fertilizers will determine the equity sharing propotions of shareholders.
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The owner has selected an EPC for the Rs 1500 crore multi-product pipeline
8Specification and drawings are be made
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What is the latest update on the Dabhol Greenfield LNG terminal breakwater project?
8What kind of RFQs can be expected going ahead
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A Rs 1432 crore development programme is on hold
8Forest clearance seems to be the issue
8RFQs are expected only after clearances are elicited
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Work on the long delayed Baola field had started in July.
8It is a Rs 200 crore 6 well exploration and development drilling programme
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There were two bidders
8CPS Oil & Gas Equipment was the one who did not make it
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It was a controversial ONGC decision to award the FPSO in the KG-DWN-98/2.
8Find out more on how much the Shapporji Pallonji-Bumi Armada combine has progressed so far with it
8A VLCC has been hired and work is on
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The owner has selected an EPCM for the Rs 1500 crore multi-product pipeline
8Specification and drawings are be made
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8The petroleum minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has got himself a new Officer on Special Duty (PSD), Jitendra Asati. He is an Indian Economic Service officer of the year 2009. Click on Report for more.
8Swan Energy: Ltd, which is setting up an LNG terminal at Jafrabad has claimed that the transportation tariff advantage that it has over its rivals will dissipate once a unified tariff system is implemented for a bunch of GAIL pipelines. A distinct advantage that it enjoys now in tariff against Petronet LNG's supply will become a disadvantage, it has argued. Click on Reports for more.  
8H Energy CEO speaks on the commissioning date for his LNG terminal, progress on the Bengal LNG terminal and import of LNG. Click on Report for more. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of BHEL make Bearing RTD for Compressor and Turbines Details
8Supply and Installation of Multisensory detectors Details
8ARC of Transformer Oil Testing in refinery Details
8Development and Implementation of End to End Project Management Software Details
8Supply of Loop power indicator for new unit to refinery Details
8Supply of Steam Turbines Details
8Implementation of Predictive Health maintenance services for Pumps Details
8One Automated Liquid Handling system/ Dosimeter Unit Details
8Supply and Commissioning of Nitrogen Tyre Inflators Details
8Capacity Assessment of Natural Gas Pipelines Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Govt increases grant for NMC’s bio-CNG, compost projects to Rs 155 crore Details
8OVL seeks 2-year extension for exploring Vietnamese oil block Details
8Chandigarh robbing its states of fuel revenue: Petroleum dealers Details
8Air India may cancel some flights if fuel crisis continues Details
8China's gas demand growth rate to slow in 2019: Govt Report Details
8Libya's oil and gas revenues rose to $2.1 billion in July: NOC Details
8Iraq crude oil exports rise to 3.6 mln bpd in August: Oil ministry Details
8Sanctions choke Iran's crude sales, but oil product exports booming Details
8Russian oil output highest since March, tops cap target Details
8China's Sinochem appoints CNOOC's Yang Hua as general manager Details
8Iranian oil tanker pursued by US off the coast of Syria Details
8Egypt's fuel subsidy bill falls to around $5.15 bn in FY 2018-2019 Details
8Saudi Arabia may raise light crude prices for Asia in October Details
8China aims to rev up shale gas drive, wean itself off imports amid US trade row Details
8Gazprom reports 4.5% fall in Jan-Aug non-CIS gas exports Details
8Total announces two new Executive Committee appointments Details
8Oil slips as U.S., China add more tariffs in trade war Details
8Egypt's natural gas production rises to 7 bln cubic feet per day - senior official Details
8Brazil increases quota for tariff-free ethanol imports, but for only one year Details
8Energy ministers of Russia, Iran discuss investment projects Details
8Oil falls as South Korea growth revision highlights trade war impact Details
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NPK-TSP-GSSP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: The proposal for the term of references has been accepted for the environmental clearance. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released at the end of October 2019.
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GAIL will be able to place up to 60% of its US volumes in India once govenrment funded new fertilizer projects come on stream
8This will help derisk the company's offtake commitments in the US to a large extent
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Here is a new operator with three DSF Round-2 blocks
8RFQs are going to start coming out Q-4, 2019
8Total outlay is a significant Rs 400 crore
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A court order has come saying that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) can investigate allegations of anomalies in a company which does not have a majority government shareholding.
8This court order against an oil and gas company will have wide ranging implications for those companies which are working on a 50:50 JV mode.
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It is a Rs 500 crore FRSU-based LNG project
8The EIA consultant has been appointed
8RFQ for a PMC contractor is expected in October
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Essar is in discussion with service providers for development of shale gas in one of its blocks after an independent study established large reserves
82 pilot shale wells are to be drilled by Q-1, 2020
8Additional wells are to be taken up later
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ONGC has denied reports that the deadline for first gas from ONGC's KG-DWN-98/2 field will get delayed.
8Work is reportedly on to ensure evacuation of gas
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The company seems to have elicited a temporary reprieve from claims of the petroleum ministry against its stake in the Ravva block.
8Proceeds of sale will be remitted to the company now
8But it is unlikely to make a big difference as the entire process is under mediation of the NCLAT
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8Project Name: Oil Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 1650  crore
8Project Description: Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited has put a 110-well development drilling project in South India on hold.
8Find out why
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Hiring of services for acquisition of 3D seismic data through outsourcing indifferent areas of A&AA Basin Details
8Hiring of Services for 2D & 3D Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing Details
8Hiring of Services for 2D & 3D Seismic Data Acquisition Details
8Hiring of Services for 3D Seismic Data Acquisition Details
8Chemical Treatment at DCU for a period of one year Details
8LPG, Air, F/F Pipeline and associated Mechanical and Civil Works Details
8Supply of Jacketed Ball Valves Details
8Supply of Portable Gas Detectors Details
8Contractor Built, Owned and Operated Bitumen Packing and handling Plant Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India nudges Russia to get OPEC to price oil at reasonable rates Details
8ONGC charts course for new 'avatar'; targets USD 15-16 bn investment Details
8Tripura to get supply of LPG from Middle-East via Bangladesh Details
8Oil minister Pradhan visits Moscow ahead of PM Modi's EEF engagements Details
8Pradhan begins Russia visit seeking investments in oil, gas fields Details
8India to open 'Russian energy corridor' to cut reliance on traditional suppliers Details
8CNG price in Delhi raised by 50 paise per Kg, third hike since April Details
8Aviation Turbine Fuel price cut by 1 per cent, LPG rate up by Rs 15.5 Details
8Moody's assigns provisional Baa1 with stable outlook to ONGC's MTN programme Details
8India, Russia working on new energy bridge: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8OVL, partners buying 49% stake in Vankor cluster oilfields Details
8NCLAT rejects OilMin's claims of Rs 2,245 cr from Videocon for Ravva offshore field Details
8Oil giants shower Qatar with crown jewels in race for LNG prize Details
8Australia's greenhouse gas emissions climb on rising LNG output Details
8China's Xi says 'bigger step' possible in offshore oil, gas development with Philippines Details
8Gazprom braces for decline in European gas exports, prices Details
8New rollback for climate-changing releases from oilfields Details
8Paramount Energy sells Oct Russian ESPO crude at steady premiums Details
8China's Xi sees bigger role for joint energy exploration with Philippines Details
8Indonesia issues oil, gas tax incentives for exploration Details
8Oil prices fall but set for big weekly gain on trade dispute hopes Details
8Gas pipeline in Nigeria's Delta state shut following breach Details
8US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean Details
8Chevron, BHP evacuate workers from Gulf of Mexico due to hurricane Details
8Zelensky slams Nord Stream 2 as Ukraine seeks US natural gas Details
8Labour ministry extends public utility service status for products related to oil Details
8Trump EPA proposes scrapping methane limits at oil and gas operations Details
8Saudi Arabia splits industry and mining from energy ministry Details
8U.S. to help Poland, Ukraine disconnect from Russian natural gas Details
8Jordan to receive first Iraqi crude oil shipment since 2014: Minister Details
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