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Oct 2020

Shipping major sacks 2000 people
8Implications in India as well?
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COVID-19 and the crash in demand means that GRMs are the lowest levels in the last two decades
8But find out how refineries are cope rather well despite the downturn
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Pipeline technology has made tremendous advances
8From using AI to alert you of third party interference in urban settings to diagnostics of pipeline integrity in deeply buried pipelines, the technology is advancing rapidly
8Up to 1000 meters of piping can now be inserted in urban settings without much of a fuss
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Dabhol is now fully functional.
8And it is loading up more vessels every week.
8And GAIL is no longer sticking to small vessel sizes. It is bringing in large sized vessels as well
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Total crude import slate available with us on an immediate basis is 8 million tonnes
8Get all details here
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8Full forthcoming base oil import data is available here on as-of-yesterday basis
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Electric cars are now on the ascendancy, and the price gap with conventional cars is getting rapidly plugged.
8But what about hydrogen, not so such for cars but also as a fuel of the future?
8The bet is still out on whether the future is going to be entirely electric or it will be shared with hydrogen.
8India has been doing some good work on the hydrogen front
8Find out more on what is actually getting done here, and what does the future hold for hydrogen in India
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Here is this ammonia-urea project that was meant to come up in January.
8Then the deadline was shifted to May
8And now it is going to be October, 2021
8So planners will have to account for one cargo less of LNG per month for about that long now. And by then if more domestic gas comes in as is likely, then this demand will evaporate too.
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8What is the real meaning of allowing affiliates of producers of gas to buy gas?
8Why was the change made?
8And how will help?
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8India will not require two and a half cargoes of LNG deliveries every month from November onwards
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The PIB notification on "Natural Gas Marketing Reforms" had been interpreted to mean that the two deepwater east coast blocks of ONGC and RIL-BP will be outside the preview of ceiling prices. The current ceiling price is $4.06/mbtu, way below the breakeven price of gas from these blocks
8The website has pieced together a startling finding.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Piping & Structural Painting for LNG Process & Jetty Area Details
8Supply of Oxygen Detectors Details
8Procurement of Gas Detection Tubes Details
8Miscellaneous expenses incurred during various audits and weeks celebrated throughout the year Details
8Supply of Octylated Phenyl Alpha Naphthyl Amine Details
8Procurement of Steel Angle & Channels for ECU Details
8ARC for various types of valves installed at GAIL Hazira Compressor Station Details
8Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Roof Top Solar Plant Details
8Contract for Corporate Point Of Presence for Operation of National Pension System Details
8Supply of Activated Alumina Details
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8Andhra Industries Minister enquires about 'gas leakage' in Visakhapatnam Details
8No change in petrol, diesel prices for more than 10 days now Details
8Govt to set up inter-ministerial committee on energy modelling Details
8Total CEO reviews projects with Gautam Adani Details
8India moving 'cautiously' on oil refiner BPCL's privatisation: minister Details
8Haryana: State urges Centre to hike aid to set up biogas plants Details
8Germany warns Turkey to end "cycle of detente and provocation" in Mediterranean Details
8Russian companies settle row with Total over dirty oil supplies Details
8Middle East Crude-Benchmarks rise; NWS condensate strengthens Details
8Oil steady as rising coronavirus cases stokes demand concerns Details
8OPEC cuts 2021 oil demand forecast again as virus cases rise Details
8Pandemic could delay energy demand recovery to 2025: IEA Details
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The Bargarh 2G ethanol bio-refinery greenfield project was awarded to Tata Projects.
8But progress has been indifferent for various reasons despite the fact that the project is located in the petroleum minister's home state.
8Find out what kind of RFQs are likely to come out.
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What is the latest on the Nayara Polyropylene project?
8There is a lot of a to-and-fro, but is one bidder emerging a winner?
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Updates are available here on two fertilizer projects
8One is for an ammonia tank storage tank, where technical bids have been opened but final evaluation is ongoing. Three companies are in the race, find out who they are.
8Then there is a Rs 220 crore fertilizer expansion, where bid submission date for an EPC contractor has been extended
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There is a lot of data now available on peak oil, peak gas and various demand and supply scenarios in the aftermath of COVID-19
8But climate change is going to be the main driver here.
8Here is a set of data points that the industry will find very helpful.
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HPCL Shapoorji Energy Private Ltd (HSEPL) is developing a new LNG terminal at Chhara.
8Covid-19 did hit work at the terminal.
8Find out when is it likely to be commissioned. Details
8Parallel gas auction channels are coming up
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Beyond pricing and flexibility conditions, offsetting carbon content has become an attribute buyers are beginning to value. Last year Tokyo Gas and GS Energy purchased the first carbon-neutral LNG cargoes on the market from Shell, where the carbon content of the fuel was offset.
8This was followed by a delivery to CPC Corporation in March 2020 and CNOOC signing for receipt of two cargoes in June 2020.
8Also know more on what kinds of pricing and flexibility conditions are now in vogue for LNG
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Expression Of Interest under National Competitve Bidding for 220kv Overhead Line Reliability Improvement Project Details
8Procurement of Metal Tank for Transformer Oil Storage and Filtration Details
8Design, Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Variable Speed Drive Details
8ARC for Painting of Above Ground Terminal Pipelines Details
8Procurement of Auto Distillation Apparatus Details
8Rerouting of Pipelines Details
8Annual Rate Contract for supply of Liquid Nitrogen Details
8Hiring of Third Party Inspection Agency for inspection of Offshore Rigs Details
8Block chain based Contract Management system for Gas Sales Market Details
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8DGH invites agencies for gas price auction Details
8Vedanta delisting fails; company to return all the shares tendered Details
8India sees Kuwait as trusted partner in achieving energy security: Pradhan tells Kuwaiti oil minister Details
8Visakhapatnam allege gas leak, factory officials say no such incident Details
8Puducherry: Cooperative Building Centre to supply fuel for govt vehicles Details
8Telangana: Govt plans to set up fuel stations at interchanges on ORR Details
8BPCL plans to raise engine oil market share to 13-14 pc by Mar Details
8Kerala: BPCL begins supply of liquid oxygen free of cost to govt hospitals in Ernakulam dist Details
8Gujarat: CBI court discharges oil company officials Details
8Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan seeks Kuwaiti investments in India Details
8Omega Seiki, FITT join hands to work on EV technology, research Details
8Oil prices steady amid return of supply, while COVID-19 lockdowns tighten Details
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8Get the full chemical vessel unloading matrix here
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The Indian shipping market is subject to global trade winds.
8But the turmoil is hitting different shipping segments differently
8So those with a diversified fleet stand a better chance of surviving the storm
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Around 2000 ONGC employees are retiring every year.
8Is ONGC replacing everyone with fresh hires?
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There was a blast and a fire at ONGC's Hazira plant
8But ONGC has a different explanation for it
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8The LNG import slate for the coming 10 days is available here.
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The following companies have crude vessels unloading at berth
8Mundra: HMEL
8Sikka: Two berths, Reliance and Bharat Oman Refinery
8Vadinar: IOCL
8Mumbai: Waiting, HPCL
8New Mangalore: MRPL
8Cochin: No vessel at berth
8Chennai: No vessel at berth
8Vizag: At encourage, HPCL
8Paradip: One vessel at berth (IOCL), with for waiting
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There seems to be far too many holes in the procurement process for five 2000 HP VFD rigs by Oil India Ltd.
8The specifications have been entirely copied from a similar tender for rigs by ONGC without taking into account the entirely different ground situation existing at present.
8The point to note is that ONGC's tender did not really succeed as it failed to attract the reqisite number of bidders.
8What is also not taken into account is the fact that the Chinese cannot be qualified, something that OIL has to take into account as almost all its rigs for the past decade had been of Chinese maket.
8The website highlights a plethora of issues with the OIL procurement programme for new rigs which have been thrown up, and for which bidders have sought clarifications.
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This process automation company seems to have a firm grip on the entire business.
8And the best is yet to come
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8Here is a company that won a Rs 100 crore LOI from the Rajasthan refinery
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EIL has been able to manage a licensor-cum-engineering design job for a NRL unit
8The NRL brass is under severe criticism from EIL and other government quarters for refusing to cut more slack for this public sector engineering major while the refinery itself stays dependent on government doles.
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Iranian LNG exports to China will eventually be the cheapest source of gas in the globe.
8There are many elements to the Chinese strategy that India can adopt
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For service and equipment providers for the downstream industry, there is likely to be more business going ahead
8Here is this group that is planning to raise refinery throughput by 65 MTPA
8And push petrochemical capacity by an extra 6 MMTPA
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8The next round of business from ONGC is likely to come from enhanced recovery projects
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8The government has abandoned a plan to salvage gas-based power projects
8But another plan may have still provide a window of opportunity. Details
Two expected cargoes in GAIL's Dabhol island are from Soyo and Das Island.
8The Mundra cargo is from Bonny.
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As for crude vessel line-ups, BPCL and HPCL have been able to curtail the waiting of vessels in Mumbai.
8Paradip in fact has no vessel at berth, all vessels are on waiting mode
8Kochi has a vessel waiting
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8Total chemical tonnage that is going to be processed in Indian ports is close to 0.9 million tonnes.
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SSP-Sulphuric Acid & NPK Fertilizer Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 75 crore
8Project Event: State approval is still awaiting,  an approval is likely to be elicited in November 2020. The environmental clearance has been elicited in September 2019. RFQ for the contractor is likely to be release in December 2020.
SSP Expansion Project   
8Cost - Rs 15 crore
8Project Event: The project is still waiting for the approval of state and central government, the project authorities said that RFQ for the contractor is likely to be released in December 2020. Details
This is a Rs 1126 crore refinery related project
8And a PMC requirement will come up in Q-1, 2021
8There are some environment related issues invovled
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Empanelment of Design & Engineering Consultants for Onshore Engineering Services Details
8Surface Facilities and Gas Pipeline at GCS Gamnewala at RKOE Asset Details
8Appointment of Primary, Industrial and Rural Lube Distributors for locations in North India Details
8Expression of Interest for supply of Bio-diesel produced from used Cooking Oil Details
8Security and Allied Service Contract at LPG Import Terminal Project Details
8Annual Contract for Operation and Maintenance of PMCC at LPG Bottling Plant Details
8Procurement of Motor Spares for PP Unit Propylene feed pump at refinery Details
8Inspection recommendation and other miscellaneous job during Opportunity/ Idling shutdown of HGU-1/2 in new unit at refinery Details
8Supply of Mechanical Seal Spares Details
8Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer Inspection of Boiler Tubes at refinery Details
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8ONGC sells Dec-loading Russian Sokol crude at spot discount, sources say Details
8Oil ministry wants PSUs to build 50,000 houses for renting to migrant workers Details
8Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan leaves for Kuwait to offer condolences Details
8Cess reduction to benefit upstream oil and gas companies: India Ratings Details
8North India's first Compressed biogas plant to go on steam in March Details
8Diesel gensets banned in Delhi-NCR from October 15 as GRAP enforced Details
8Adani Gas cuts CNG, PNG prices Details
8Fitch affirms Hindustan Petroleum at BBB-minus with negative outlook Details
8OIL begins seismic survey in Andaman offshore after 3 decades Details
8ONGC to look at HPCL, MRPL merger post-June 2021 Details
8ONGC sees Rs 6,000-7,000 crore loss on gas business Details
8Government considering changing price formula for domestic natural gas: ONGC chairman Details
8GLOBAL LNG: Asian LNG prices rise on firm demand Details
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A feasibility study for a petrochem expansion saw this particular consultant bid way lower than its competitors.
8After losing a string of contracts, it is now trying to win them at any cost
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It is difficult for an upstream country manager to switch to the downstream sector?
8The E&P manager is a tough cookie, a man of all seasons. In that sense, an E&P manager can perhaps fit into the role of a downstream manager easier than a downstream man trying to switch segments.
8With orders drying up in the E&P segment, will this become a trend of sorts?
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The Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry is an industry lobbying body
8But the problem is besides writing the occasional letter of demand to the government, it has little else to do.
8There is an occasional seminar or conference attended by VIPs. That has limited impact.
8But what the federation can do is to leverage its membership to provide data centric insights, laced with analysis, into the petroleum sector, and that can only happen if its members cooperate and share data with it.
8Even its demand notices, if each demand is highlighted with data and insights, that will help its cause, and will make the job of the bureaucrat easier when trying to correct the attendant policy anomaly.
8Insightful data is in severe short supply in India. And there is a gap which the federation can plug just like the American Petroleum Institute does.
8Or else, its publications -- essentially putting together public domain information -- will continue to remain placid.
8If members continue to use the federation as a empty lobbying body, then expect nothing else from it.
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What is the latest on ONGC's Pipeline Replacement Project-7?
8Last head capital approval was not granted
8But there has been some movement thereafter, we have heard
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NPK-DAP Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 987 crore
8Project Event: The DPR preparation is ongoing, RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in December 2020.
Phosphoric Acid Greenfield Project   
8Cost - Rs 10 crore
8Project Event: The proposal has been accepted by SEAC and proposal for the environmental clearance has been submitted to MOEF in June 2018. The procurement work is ongoing for the contractor and construction is likely to be started in Jan 2021. Details
80.8 million tonnes of assorted chemicals are slated to come into Indian ports over the next few weeks
8Get the full slate here
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of 24V DC SOVs at refinery Details
8Procurement of Bio-Diesel produced from used Cooking Oil Details
8Expression Of Interest for supply of around 21 Crore Litres of Denatured Anhydrous Ethanol at Oil Marketing Companies Details
8Lining up of Agency for carrying out Hazop Study of all Process Units Details
8Procurement of Carbon Tank for VOC at refinery Details
8Procurement of Gas And Liquid Moisture Probes for On-line Moisture Analyzer at refinery Details
8Procurement of Centrifugal Pump Spares Details
8Thickness Survey Jobs at Offsite Utilities Area of refinery Details
8Supply of Triple-off Set Butterfly Valves Details
8Hiring of Gas Dehydration & Hydrocarbon Dew Point Depression Systems Details
8Charter Hire of 90 MT Drilling Rig with Integrated Mud Services & METP with Manpower for a period of 2 years for CBM Asset Details
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8Five-year high: Early spurt in Punjab farm fires Details
8What new gas pricing norms will mean for IGL, Mahanagar Gas Details
8ONGC to explore oil, gas at Bikaner; block allocated for 3 years Details
8OIL begins exploration in Andaman sea Details
8Closing week without change in petrol, diesel prices Details
8Standard e-bidding route for gas credit positive : Moody's Details
8Govt allows Reliance, others to sell gas to affiliates; marketing freedom to benefit Cairn, Focus Details
8Total launches sale of resins business: sources Details
8Foreign-backed consortium in talks for Petrobras gas fields in Brazil Details
8Oil prices pause in week-long surge as Norwegian strike drives strong gains Details
8OPEC, in major shift, says oil demand to plateau in late 2030s Details
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Nayara has been a bit of a fortress for the outside world after its new owners too charge
8But who really runs the company? Details
What is the latest on the processing of ONGC's New Living Quarters Platform project
8What is the current status? Details
Vedanta's delisting exercise is being tagged as unfair by observers
8The company had claimed that in its oil business, at Brent Oil Price of $40 per barrel, it gets an IRR of 35%. So the impairment effected on its oil & gas assets is unjustified.
8Then again, based on the market cap of Hindustan Zinc Ltd, its value as embedded in Vedanta is Rs 55,000 crores, translating into Rs 148 per equity share, almost 70% higher to Floor price and 65% higher
 to book value.
8And when taking into account all other elements the share price tag should have been way higher
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