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Oct 2020

We keep track of project progress of big ammonia-urea plants because they big gas guzzlers. Each unit needs 2.4 msmcmd of gas
8Here is one project, where 83 % physical work has been completed, the construction incremental progress during August and September is 3 %. All the long lead item has been reached at the site, the project is likely to be completed in May 2021.
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After a long time, all LNG terminals in India have cargoes headed towards them
8Indian Oil LNG is the company taking a delivery of a Das Island cargo of 130000 cubic metres of LNG
8GAIL's Dabhol terminal is now fully active though only smaller LNG carriers are currently deployed
8Mundra too is taking in low capacity, less efficient LNG vessels, and one such vessel is expected to berth on 15 October.
8A PLL cargo is expected in Cochin on October 16
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The waiting period in Mumbai port has been resolved, and there is only one vessel on wait as against four earlier.
8The waiting at Paradip has begun building up again, pointing towards finished product offtake problems perhaps.
8Data is currently available on 7 MMTPA of crude oil in terms of where it is coming from, which port it is landing up in, and who is brining it in and from where it is coming, name of the vessel and quantity carried by each such vessel and status of the delivery.
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India is heavily dependent on chemical imports.
8We are carrying here data on a chemical import slate totalling up to 1 million tonnes
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The tenders for the sulphur recovery unit, the MS block and the polyropylene units are to be refloated. The tender for refinery tankages are also to be refloated.
8The earlier tenders were cancelled, as L-1 prices were found to be too high.
8The retendering was expected earlier, find out when it is happening next. Details
8When are EPC tenders going to come out for the Gujarat refinery expansion?
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A fertilizer company has wrestled its way into the Indian LNG transportation industry
8The fertilizer segment is the largest consumer of LNG today.
8Find out how
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8To the relief of many litigants in the oil & gas industry, the courts are getting less lenient with those who are challenging arbitration decisions
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Cairn India looks like has gone through a really bad patch when COVID-19 struck
8All parameters are dramatically down.
8Even so, it is still one of the few E&P companies that service providers look for to do business
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A short term tender for 4 AHTS 80 tonne vessels was taken out by ONGC
8The L-1 bidder quoted significantly lower than its competitor.
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8Several oil & gas PSU interviews are on hold
8When are they to start? Details
We keep track of all developments in the refinery sector
8There has been some movement on CPCL-IOC's 9 MMTA greenfield refinery at Nagapatinam. 
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While some estimates have claimed that peak oil was achieved in 2019, others are sceptical.
8They say the world is nowhere near peak oil anytime soon
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8This company has won a contract for delivery of (vertebrae bend restrictor) trains of varying lengths to protect subsea umbilicals on offshore oil and gas fields in India.
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8Get the full chemical import matrix for the coming week here
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8Crude vessel waiting has come down sharply across all Indian ports
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8Mundra, Dabhol and Ennore are all expecting LNG cargoes
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The selection process for Petronet LNG's Managing Director is currently on
8And the winning candidate is likely to be thrown up soon Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Hiring of Water Tanker Services for disposal of Effluent from Tarapur Block on Callout basis Details
8Supply of Special Ball On-Off Valves Details
8Supply of Additive Package for API CH4 Level oil Details
8Global Expression of Interest for Provision of Fabrication and Erection Services Details
8Annual Rate Contract for expert supervisory services during the overhauling of Sulzer make pumps in refinery Details
8Supply of Spark Arrestor at refinery Details
8Comprehensive Annual Maintenance contract of Auto Hematology Analyzer for three years Details
8ARC for Decoking by Pigging of DCU Furnace Heaters Tubes at refinery Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Petrol demand returns to pre-COVID-19 levels, diesel sales inching up Details
8Natural gas production in India remains loss-making proposition after gas price cut: Rating agencies Details
8Vedanta faces do or die battle if delisting fails Details
8Diversion of gas flow from Baghjan blowout well number five to EPS and flare pit stable: OIL Details
8Kochi: Only 6 per cent of households have got PNG connections in 5 yrs Details
8Sri Lanka allows fire-hit supertanker to sail to UAE Details
8Reliance Industries buys Canadian heavy crude to offset Venezuelan decline: Sources Details
8ATF price up 2 pc, kerosene rate cut by Rs 2.19 per litre Details
8H Shankar is new Director-Technical, CPCL Details
8'Freak accident' in gas power plant injures 15 in Karnataka Details
8Delhi: IOCL reduced retail selling price of diesel by Rs 2.93, petrol by Rs 0.97 per litre during Sept Details
8Andhra Pradesh:‘Plastic-to-petrol’ making unit set to be launched by Guntur civic body Details
8RIL Group deals account for 45% of $26.3 bn PE-VC investments Details
8IGL cuts CNG, PNG prices in NCR, adjoining cities on low gas rates Details
8Reduction in gas price to hike losses for upstream companies: India Ratings Details
8Oil exploration up in the air as prices dive Details
8Singapore's first LNG bunkering vessel to be operational by year end Details
8Oil falls further after Trump's positive test for COVID-19 Details
8Golar Power offers top bid for Petrobras's LNG import terminal Details
8Venezuela's oil exports hit 5-month high ahead of wind-down: Report Details
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project 
8Cost - Rs 481 crore
8Project Event: 99 % work of construction has been completed. The installation first and Second HRSG has been completed. The pre-commissioning is ongoing, the commissioning is likely to be completed at the end of October 2020 due to COVID-19 when it was meant to have been completed much earlier. Details
Phosphoric Acid & Sulphuric Acid Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 1800 crore
8Project Event: Licensor selection and subsequent EPC has been delayed. Know more Details
ONGC's 10-vessel tender, which was reduced to 8 vessels had been hanging fire from December on some reason or other.
8In the aftermath of the lockdown, ONGC when outside of tender norms to seek revised financial bids
8The move was challenged but was eventually overruled.
8The L-1 rates are now known but find out what kind of discount ONGC elicited from the re-bidding? Details
Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 300 crore
8Project Event: The project is still awaiting for the environmental clearance, and permission is likely to come by end of October 2020, RFQ for the PMC contractor is likely to be released in November 2020.
Single Super Phosphate Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 35 crore
8Project Event: The Local contractor has been hired for the project and the procurement work for Valves, Pumps and Drum sis ongoing, and part wise construction is also ongoing, the commissioning is likely to be completed in May 2021 Details
There is no doubt at all that OIL CMD Sushil Chandra Misra will be remembered for his bungling of the Baghjan blowout.
8Beyond that his contribution to the company has no other redeeming feature. 
8And what is even worse, the incident only gets a few sentences from him at the company's AGM, while he devotes the rest of the speech to other "achievements" of the company.
8"It is a reflection of an unaccoutable mindset, of knowing that there will eventually be no price to pay if everything is swept under the carpet, as if the less you mention it the better it is, as if the entire incident will be quickly forgotten then, simply by ignoring it, even as the well is still to be fully killed," an industry observer said.
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8What is the plan of ThyssenKrupp, now that it has run away with a project in its maiden debut as an EPC contractor in the downstream segment of the oil & gas industry
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8HOEC claims that it will be able to bring its offshore B-80 field to production in Q-4, 2020
8Despite all odds
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8$10 billion worth of offshore gas investment in the KG Basin is slowly becoming unviable
8Find out how
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What is the winter oulook like for LNG?
8Demand seems to be weaker than estimated
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Waiting period for crude vessels have come down as supply is getting adjusted to demand from refineries, according to as-of-yesterday data available with us.
8There was an initial estimate of demand based on which supplies were ordered but with the economic revival tapering off, crude shipments are accordingly being fine tuned.
8Also know more on how RIL is moving away from  Venezuelan crude. 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Coated Line Pipe for Krishnagiri to Coimbatore Section of KKBMPL PH-II Project Details
8Building and Civil Structural Works for PP Unit Project Details
8AMC for Repair & Maintenance of Navigational Buoys for three years Details
8Procurement of Intrinsically Safe Digital Camera for all base station Details
8Procurement of spares material for Piped Natural Gas Details
8Procurement of Compressed Non Asbestos Fiber Jointing Sheets Details
8Integrity Assessment by Non-destructive Test Techniques for three HRSGs Details
8Consultancy Services in respect of GST and Customs Laws Details
8Testing and Calibration of relays and Measuring Instruments Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Govt extends BPCL bid deadline for the fourth time Details
8Atmanirbhar Bharat: DGH nudges HOEC to pay or get out of PY-3 oil block Details
8India, Australia discuss cooperation in energy sector Details
8India slashes natural gas prices to multi-year low of $1.79/mmBtu Details
8ONGC to take Rs 6,000 crore hit as domestic gas price crash to $1.79 per unit Details
8Oil holds steady on hopes for US stimulus agreement Details
8US crude stocks drop, gasoline inventories up: API Details
8Australian state green lights Santos $2.6 bln Narrabri gas project Details
8Russia's Gazprom expects 2020 gas exports to Europe to top 170 bcm Details
8Shell plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs in transition plan Details
8Saudi Arabia's economy shrank by 7% in Q2 showing depth of coronavirus hit Details
8UK's Centrica signs first China long-term LNG supply deal Details
8Likhitha Infrastructure IPO subscribed 3.11 times on second day of bidding Details
8Petrol & diesel prices unchanged, crude remains soft Details
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8A director who had been in Mercator for many years has dropped out citing ill health
8The company is currently in currently facing a litany of problems.
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8ONGC will come out shortly with new guidelines
8As will others.
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The website carries here a survey of young professionals in the oil & gas sector.
8Unlike in the rest of the world, the mood here seems quite upbeat
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8An LNG vessel that was meant to berth at Dahej with a capacity of 140,000 cubic metres of gas been cancelled.
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8Get the whole chemical import matrix in all Indian ports in the next few weeks here
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