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Sep 2020

8An interim stay in selling any assets by HOEC has put the company on the defensive
8Find out how
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Adani Gas Ltd, after Total bought into the company, seems to be in great shape
8Find out more on what how it is doing
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8ONGC's Q-1 performance was far from satisfactory
8But the best is that the company will do better from here on
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8IndianOil-Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd (IOAGPL), a joint venture of IndianOil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Adani Gas Limited (AGL) is executing CGD projects in the country.
 8It has a capex of Rs 800 crore in 2020-21
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8AMC services for organic waste composting plant Details
8Procurement of bearing related tools in IOPS unit Details
8Procurement of mass flow meter to increase reliability and profitability of C2C3 recovery plant Details
8Supply of Sulphuric Acid Details
8Procurement of Butterfly and Diaphragm type on and off valves Details
8Procurement of Battery Discharge Kit Details
8Procurement of PE pipes Details
8Annual Rate Contract for painting of rotary and static equipment piping and structure etc in upstream us and downstream DS plants Details
8Procurement of Multi-Function Calibrator (MFC) for Surface Team Details
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8Indian Oil Corp's VLCC catches fire off Colombo, according to sources Details
8First drop in Diesel prices in 2 months Details
8BPCL Director (Refineries) R Ramachandran superannuates Details
8Oil regulator issues force majeure guidelines for city gas operators Details
8Why ONGC stock may remain a laggard despite stable production guidance Details
8Aramco may review investment in mega greenfield refinery in M'rashtra Details
8Saudi non-oil private sector deteriorates in August after tax hike - PMI Details
8OPINION: End of China's crude oil buying splurge may dent demand optimism: Russell Details
8Imperial shuts Kearl oil sands operations after pipeline outage Details
8Chevron delays restart of Gorgon LNG unit to Oct for extra repairs Details
8Saudi Aramco slows diversification plans amid industry downturn - WSJ Details
8Britain's oil regulator awards 259 offshore blocks to 65 companies Details
8OPINION: Oil market's rebalancing is stalling: Kemp Details
8Oil set to post weekly drop on lacklustre demand Details
8Moscow, Minsk eye oil flows switch from Lithuania to Russian ports: Ifx Details
8China's national oil companies outline early green energy plans Details
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8Get the full line-up of LNG vessels coming into India over the next one month
8Along with a lot of additional data
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Project Name: Greenfield Gas Pipeline Project
8Project Cost: 3308 crore
8Project Description: MECON Limited as a PMC contractor
8Project Event: RFQ for the heavy duty HDD work is expected in Oct-2020.
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Urea Revamp Project 
8Cost - Rs 700 crore
8Project Event: The Pre-Qualification for the LSTK contractor is going on after bids had been received, and discussions are ongoing, but due to COVID-19, finalazation is due, It is likely to be finalized in October in place of September 2020. Details
NPK-TSP-GSSP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: The project activities are still on hold due to COVID-19., The proposal for the term of references has been granted for environmental clearance and the proposal for the environmental clearance is likely to be submitted in November in place of September 2020.  RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in November 2020. Details
Even as the tendering process for the expansion of Numaligarh refinery is underway, the question over the ownership of the refinery continues to remain wide open.
8As BPCL gets privatized, the government will have to quickly decide on the new owners for Numaligarh.
8And there is uncertainty still on who they are going to be.
8Then again, there are also other reasons why NRL faces an uncertain future Details
The Dabhol LNG plant now owned by GAIL has become functional now that the weather window has turned.
8Find out when exactly will it become an all-weather terminal
8Also why does GAIL prefer Dabhol over other terminals?
8How many cargoes are expected to come in every month via Dabhol during the fair weather window?
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The Mundra LNG terminal works at 40% capacity and that is the way it is going to be unless the evacuation pipeline choke is eliminated
8So that is a big constraint.
8Low capacity vessels are used to unload LNG
8And unlike other terminals, the timing between two cargoes is very wide, as is evident from the latest data on cargo arrivals.
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8CGD entities will be entitled to force majeure on their obligations to build networks
8But the window will be limited, it seems. Details
8There is visibility now on two coal gasification projects
8Here are the details Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Calibration of Mass meters installed in product pipeline stations Details
8Electrical works and associated jobs for commissioning of DG set Details
8Supply, Installation, Commissioning & Post Warranty Camc for CO and CH4 Analysers at refinery Details
8Supply of FLP Equiments Details
8Supply of SS Pipes Details
8Procurement of Di Ethyl Aluminium Chloride Details
8Procurement of feed side tyre and support rollers and shaft assembly of Rotary Steam Dryer Details
8Procurement of ARC Flash Suits Details
8Hiring of contract for services of Revenue Support Assistance Details
8ARC for Assistance in Tank Truck/ Bullet loading, unloading, sealing and proving at dispatch area Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Venezuela's oil exports rise in August on sales to India: Report Details
8Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030 Details
8COVID-19 restrictions to shave off 18 pc of ONGC capex: Executive Details
8ONGC unlikely to buy overseas oil, gas assets at current prices Details
8Rajasthan VAT on petrol and diesel highest in country Details
8Saudi Aramco likely to pause refinery investments in India: Report Details
8BPCL launches certified reference material for petroleum labs Details
8Two more months needed to douse Assam oil well fire: Minister Details
8India’s energy consumption will return to pre-Covid levels soon, says Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8ADNOC signs $5.5 bln real estate deal with Apollo-led consortium Details
8OPINION: US oil drilling set to start rising after cycle turns: Kemp Details
8Iraq denies it was seeking exemption from OPEC+ oil cuts: ministry Details
8DRL sounds epidemic alarm over oil poisoning Details
8Rosneft awards Urals, CPC tender to Trafigura and Total: sources Details
8Oil holds steady near multi-week lows on demand worries Details
8US crude stocks drop 9 mln bbls, record fall in output amid hurricane: EIA Details
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8ONGC has set a condition for development of Daman upside.
8Find out what it is  Details
8The Kochi Mangalore pipeline was meant to be ready in end July, the date was shifted to August
8There is some bad news on this front now Details
Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: PMC to be selected in October 2020. RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be released in November in the place of September 2020.
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For those interested in the gas industry and particularly of interest to domestic gas producers in the East Coast, imported LNG costs are of great importance.
8Here is a calculation of landed cost of Henry Hub gas in India.
8The cost is very high, at over $10/mmbtu at the factory gate at present
8The data is given in multiple cost elements.
8It gives an insight into how complicated LNG pricing is in India.
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 4933 crore
8Project Event: All the activities are still on hold due to COVID-19, the project activities are likely to be started in October in place of September 2020 after the Department of Fertilizers (DOF) gets into the act of finalizing the equity share and also the actual plant configuration. Details
There is this one refinery which is into technical textiles
8The project cost is high at Rs 2000 crore
8A PMC is to be chosen
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ONGC continues to insist on price reduction with its vendors.
8Series of meetings were help late in August to enforce a reduction in contract rate, particularly those which have ongoing day rate contracts, such a rig operators.
8The vendors in turn have a rather different counter point.
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8The oil breakout to a higher price plane will take place in Q-4, 2020.
8There are several factors aiding this estimate
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The weather seems to have turned, and the seas are getting less rough as the monsoons unwinds
8This is evident from the fact that GAIL's Dabhol terminal is getting its first cargo of the season. 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Annual Maintenance Contract for preventive maintenance of chain conveyor along with online and offline equipments Details
8Supply of Refractory Heat Dryout at refinery Details
8Procurement of High Quality Swagelok Make Tubes, Fittings and Accessories for Gas Turbine Details
8Design, Engineering, Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Vapour Recovery Unit Details
8Civil SOR for Kurnool , Nandayal Sales Area and Ananthapur , Kadapa Districts Details
8Production and supply of Compressed Bio Gas to oil marketing companies Details
8Expression of Interest for supply of Bio-diesel produced from used Cooking Oil Details
8Hiring of skid mounted Surface Production Facility Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8BPCL will commission Bokaro LPG bottling plant in December Details
87.5 lakh customers left without cylinders owing to stir Details
8Petrol prices rise, ATF turns cheaper Details
8Diesel demand falls 12 per cent in August as local lockdowns stall economic recovery Details
8Rouble firms on higher risk sentiment and oil prices Details
8Govt eliminates cooking gas subsidy as Covid turns oil market favourable Details
8Privatisation-bound BPCL sees two key positions fall vacant Details
8ONGC June quarter profit dives 92 per cent on oil, gas price slump Details
8Oil rises after U.S. inventories draw, optimism of economic recovery Details
8California agency to vote on extending lives of aging gas plants Details
8Petrol demand at 92 per cent of year ago period Details
8Shale producer Whiting Petroleum emerges from bankruptcy Details
8UAE pumps 2.693 mln bpd oil in Aug on higher domestic demand: sources Details
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8Here is an example of a E&P multinational collaborating with a marine offshore infrastructure company for 800 MW floating offshore project
8These collaborations are now going to be more frequent
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8The massive Q-1 jump in profits has pushed this domestic shipping company's debt ratings from negative to stable
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The E&P industry in India is finally getting interested in offshore wind.
8A 200 MW demonstration project is planned by one of them.
8Latest data is showing some surprising results: that offshore wind power cost has fallen very dramatically, so much so that  it is now cheaper than all other sources of energy except onshore wind. This is indeed a startling game changing development. We have data on this now.
8And this may eventually be a big bonanza that the squeezed offshore E&P vendor base was waiting for.
8Also get the key contact here, from whom you can solicit more information on this. Details
NPK Fertilizer Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 400 crore
8Project Event: All the project activities are still on hold due to the impact of COVID-19. The company was planning to release the RFQ for an EPC contractor in April 2020, but due to COVID-19, but now the release of the RFQ will be in Q1 2021. The company is looking for an alternate location for this project in the state, The company wanted to use part of the land provided near the plant for a green belt, for the fertilizer project. However, it faced a lot of opposition at the mandatory public hearing meeting for environment clearance, held in February 2019. Details
Ammonia Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 250 crore
8Project Event: The project is in the initial phase and discussion is ongoing, The project activities are still on hold. RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be released in November 2020.   Details
8It was mentioned in our website in a story titled "First well in ONGC's $5 billion KG-DWN-98/2 block: What really is the problem?", while comparing ONGC's problems with that of RIL's experience in deepwater blocks of KG-DWN-98/3 (RIL) and KG-DWN-98/2 (ONGC), that RIL's processing and dispatch capacity was built to handle 120 mmscmd of gas.
8The figure in fact is only 80 mmscmd, it was clarified.
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The Indian coal gasification market was always full of promise but never really took off. This time around, the gasification story is being marketed again, and it is said that it can be worth Rs 4 lakh crore by 2030
8And this multinational is keen on this market
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8The India Gas Exchange has not income visibility as of now.
8While the opportunity is huge, the hurdles are many.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Large Figure Display for Refuellers Details
8Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Training of Refractometer Details
8Procurement and Installation of Telescopic conveyors at Guna LPG Bottling Plant Details
8Modification of Centrifugal Pumps Details
8Supply, Erection and Commissioning of Automatic O-ring Remover cum Inserter Machine at LPG Plants Details
8Supply of Energy Management System Details
8Comprehensive proposals for Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Software based Work from Home Solution for Secured Remote Access Details
8AMC for Instrumentation activities related to PCN jobs at refinery site Details
8Hiring of Integrated Seismic Job Service (SJS) & Shot Hole Drilling (SHD) Services for 3D Seismic Data Acquisition Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Odisha's Gopalpur port plans LNG terminal, petrochemical industries Details
8PMPML ready for MNGL stations Details
8First economic contraction in 4 decades: India GDP shrinks 23.9% in Q1FY21 Details
8Crude oil futures rise on spot demand Details
8UAE'S ADNOC cuts October crude oil term supplies by 30 per cent in surprise move Details
8Sinopec sees year-on-year growth in China's fuel demand in H2 Details
8Goldman sees oil market recovery gathering pace in 2021 Details
8Kazakhstan cuts oil supplies to China amid OPEC+ deal: sources Details
8Asia Distillates-Jet fuel crack plunges to over 3-1/2 month low Details
8Middle East Crude-ADNOC cuts Oct term supply; Aramco may cut Oct OSPs Details
8Asia Fuel Oil-Bunker discounts narrowest in 3-1/2 months as spot demand firms Details
8Second US shale boom's legacy: Overpriced deals, unwanted assets Details
8Saudi Arabia may cut October crude oil prices to Asia: survey Details
8Nigeria pays $14 mln for fuel in June despite subsidy removal: NNPC Details
8Trump administration proposes easing oil and gas permitting in national forests Details
8U.S. oil production rose to 10.4 million bpd in June - EIA Details
8Brazil's Lower House close to vote end of Petrobras virtual monopoly in gas industry Details
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Has gas marketing become a fungible business? Have the regulations changed enough?
8Here is a big business house looking at virtual and third party marketing as an independent business.
8And engineering consultant has been appointed to come up with a plan Details
New greenfield gas pipeline
8Capacity is 16.5 mmscmd
8PFR RFQ ahead as of now
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8What is currently going on with RIL's R Series field?
8What kind of work is still left to be done?
8Has a deepwater rig working in its East Coast been afflicted by a virus attack?
8When is first gas coming out of the R Series field?
8Are customers willing to take this gas?
8When is the next tranche of gas going to be auctioned?
8What kind of pricing strategy is going to be adopted for the new tranche?
8What kind of IRR will RIL-BP's investment in the east coast elicit? Details
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