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Nov 2019

ONGC has invested around Rs 80,000 crore to raise its gas production
8Even so, production may fall short of target
8But clearly enough, it will be gas production along and not crude that will drive the company's future
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AGP Karaikal LNG Pvt Ltd has been left red-faced by the IOC's sudden change of the pipeline route to which the former's LNG terminal is to be connected
8But it is still hoping that somehow there will be a solution of sorts
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Now that BPCL is being privatized, what is going to be the status of Numaligarh refinery, the subsidy-receiving subsidiary of BPCL, which is in the midst of an ambitious Rs. 22,594 crore expansion?.
8The managing director of the refinery, an old Assam hand, is now trying to convince both the state and the central governments to salvage the project. The petroleum ministry and the PMO are inundated with bi-partisan letters of support for the refinery from Assam but will that be enough?
8What exactly is the central government saying?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Spares and Retrofitting Job of High Mast at Compressor Station Details
8Supply, Installation and Communication of RTU and Associated Items Details
8Procurement of Heat Exchanger/ Tubes Bundle Details
8Supply of Coiled Tubing Reel Details
8Boundary Wall at Sitarganj LPG Plant Details
8Transportation of ATF Ex Vijayawada Terminal Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Chhattisgarh CM seeks Centre's permission to make biofuel with surplus paddy Details
8WBPCB plans to offer gas connection to roadside food vendors Details
8IOC, GAIL to pay Adani 5% more charge than their own LNG terminal: Pradhan Details
8Cairn Oil and Gas second quarter production disappoints; Cuts FY20 guidance Details
8Ola partners with Microsoft Research to study street-level air quality in Delhi-NCR Details
8OPEC's share of Indian oil imports in Oct hits lowest since 2011 Details
8India’s April-October petroleum consumption growth slips to 1 per cent, lowest in 5 yrs Details
8Fires and floods make Saudi Aramco IPO a hard sell Details
8Iran: 36 killed in protests against fuel price hike Details
8Asian Oilfield to acquire majority stake in joint venture Optimum Oil and Gas Details
8Iran supreme leader warns 'thugs' amid gas price protests Details
8Shell says oil spill contained at Puget Sound, Washington, refinery dock Details
8Japan's Mitsui to invest in 2.5 GW gas-fired power plant in Thailand Details
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Swan Energy had bought an FSRU for its LNG terminal at Jafrabad in Gujarat
8But the project seems to have run into a bit of a spot, and the promoters stand to lose money for now
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Ammonia/Nitric Acid/SOP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 200 crore
8Project Event: The Discussion process is ongoing RFQ for the Project Management Consultant and the EPC contractor is likely to be released in April 2020.
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Sulphuric Acid Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 50 crore
8Project Event: The discussion process is ongoing RFQ for the EPC comtrator is likely to be released in April 2019.
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Haldia Refinery BS VI Up-gradation project is nearing completion
8Get an update here Details
It is an offshore block
The following RFQs are expected:
8RFQs for EIA consultant is expected in Q1 2020.
8RFQs for a Mobile Shallow Offshore Drilling Unit (Jack up / Mat Type) is expected by Q2 2020.
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It is a Rs 1300 crore geenfield product pipeline
8Mainline pumping units RFQs are coming up ahead
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The next boost to the offshore oil & gas industry may not come from the oil & gas sector itself but from offshore wind.
8Around 40% is the commonality between the offshore oil & gas and offshore wind industry. For the Indian industry, mostly involved in support functions, and with significant indigenous capacity build-up in platform construction, the percentage will be much higher
8The business worldwide is expected to touch $1 trillion.
8The monsoon season is when capacity utilization is expected to be high from offshore wind complexes.
8According to projections made up to 2040, India, prodded by policy makers, is going to play a big role in the Indian offshore market. It get past gas-based power generation capacity quickly, as it is expected to be a cheaper soruce of power.
8Currently, India's ambitions are modest at creating 5 GW by 2022 and 30 GW by 2030 but this can change dramatically under a sustainable development scenario
8Based on technical potential, India can cover more than its domestic electricity demand from offshore wind alone.
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The are two fire fighting contracts which are ongoing in ONGC
8One is a Rs 70 crore Hazira gas processing plant fire alarm revamp
8The other is the Rs 20 crore Heera fire water pump package
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There seems to be a "big announcement" likely from the government on the gas front
8Anticipating this, the gas purchase bidding date has been extended for one tender
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22 people were fired alive while sleeping in a pipeline blast in 2014
8And yet, the gas major wants to skip on safety features on pipelines
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Globally, out of 26,400 vessels, only 3,000 vessels are being fitting with scrubbers, which is just 14% of the total fleet
8But find out why one of the largest shipping companies in the world is going for a 55% fitting?
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Mercator seems to be facing a serious crisis, and its ability to stay afloat is now in doubt.
8It is an fire sale of its assets, and some good bargains can perhaps be picked up.
8This is story of ambition going wrong
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Oil & gas service providers, such as Saipem and Baker Hughes, are moving into renewable energy project
8Already, in 2014, non-upstream oil and gas activities accounted for 22 per cent of revenues among service suppliers. This share grew to 27 per cent in 2018.
8If pure-play contractors within drilling, well services and seismic – which don’t have much to offer outside the upstream oil and gas industry – are removed from the equation, activities outside of upstream accounted for nearly 30 per cent of last year’s revenues.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Pipes as per specification Details
8Supply of AP3 and AP3 Long Life Greases Details
8Procurement of Ultrasonic Thickness Gauging during shutdowns Details
8Supply, Transportation and Installation of Smart Pylons Details
8Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of SS Tubes, Fittings and related Mechanical Works Details
8Supplementary Packed LPG Transportation in LPG Plant Details
8Supply of Pump Rotary Lobe Types Details
8Supply of U Tubes Details
8Supply & Installation of Membrane Bio Reactor-effluent Treatment Plant Details
8Supply of 5600 MT of Poly ISO Butylene and 32 MT of KVIS/ PV 200 to Lube Oil Blending Plants Details
8Construction of Roads, Drains and Culverts at LPG Plant Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Tamil Nadu: Indian Oil bottling plant to enhance storage soon Details
8Delhi to soon start trial of hydrogen-run CNG buses Details
8India's Oct diesel demand falls the most in nearly 3 years Details
8ONGC sells 2nd January Russian Sokol crude at steady premium Details
8Joint action by all agencies needed to combat air pollution in Delhi: Prakash Javadekar Details
8Diesel demand falls 7.4% in October partly due to economic slowdown Details
8BPCL, Air India to be sold by March: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Details
8Maharashtra: 15 CNG fuel stations to be set up by March next year by MNGL Details
8We expected India to be more resilient to US pressure, says Iran’s Zarif Details
8Gujarat rolls out green carpet for India’s natural gas-based economy Details
8Ahmedabad: Ceramic makers propel growth with propane gas Details
8Essar, GSPC bag most of RIL-auctioned natural gas Details
8MRPL planning to invest Rs 31,000 crore to expand refinery capacity to 18 MTPA Details
8Indian Oil to spend Rs 1,000 crore to double base-oil production from Haldia refinery Details
8Saudi drone attack: India’s oil imports from Saudi dropped 16% in September Details
8Aramco declares $1.71 trillion valuation in blockbuster IPO Details
8OPEC sees smaller 2020 oil surplus ahead of policy meeting Details
8Poland to end major Russian gas contract by 2022 Details
8Savannah Petroleum completes Seven Energy deal in Nigeria Details
8Georgia's state energy company to issue 300 mln euro Eurobonds in 2020 Details
8Global energy consumption up by 2.3%, experts blame it on tech & population Details
8The Future of Oil: Why even Saudi Aramco is now talking about ‘Peak Oil’ Details
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Swan Energy and H-Energy have embraced the FSRU model to set up their LNG terminals
8But despite the similarities, the two models are widely dissimilar
8One is far more riskier than the other, but both made their mistakes
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Two fresh greenfield plants have come up in the fertilizer sector
 DAP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: The studies are ongoing, RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in April 2020.
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Phosphoric acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 50 crore
8Project Event: The RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in March 2020.
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The contours of the 60 MMTPA mega refinery, in which Adnoc and Saudi Aramco are to be stakeholders, are far from being accurately drawn, it seems
8The situation on the ground is fluid and many of the parameters, including where it will be sited, have not been settled.
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8India is at that crucial point in the Environmental Kuznet Curve -- a hypothesized relationship between environmental quality and economic development on account of unrelenting pollution, where people may be willing to settle for any option for cleaner air
8The PM 2.5 exceeded 1,000 during the recent Merkel’s visit (100 times WHO safe limit) similar to smoking 50 cigarettes a day
8Of the 9.7m Indians who die every year, 670,000 would not have perished if the atmosphere had been clean.
8World top ten most polluted cities (PM 2.5) are all in India
8Air pollution larger health risk than tobacco, cancer, water sanitation
8This is a crucial phase in India's economic history but the gas industry is a divided house, unable to fully take full cognizance of the opportunity in hand.
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Multi-support vessels (MSVs) are not like platform support vessels or anchor handling tug supply vessels
8They come expensive, as they have a multi-functional role, including diving capabilities.
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Indian Oil has an offshore development coming up
8A jack-up rig and related equipment will be needed eventually
8But when? Details
HOEC is undertaking a big expansion in Dirok in Assam
8What is the current status?
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Find out what is the latest update on Megha Engineering's Khambel development
8Contracts are getting finalized, it is learned
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This is a Rs 750 crore polypropylene plant
8The RFQ for a licensor was anticipated in November but has been delayed
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A raft of offshore blocks are coming up from DSF and OALP rounds
8How soon meaningful RFQs can begin to come out of these blocks
8Click on Details for an update on one such block tabulated for the first time into our project monitoring software Details
The Ratna R Series Platform Development bid date has been extended again
8This is the last extension, says ONGC
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ONGC's Mehsana asset's ambitious plan to extract heavy oil found in its Lanwa field using the Cyclic Steam Stimulation process has attracted the attention of global oilfield services companies
8It is clearly a high technology job.
8Find out what the reserve price is but given the complexibity of the job, bidders may end up asking for much more.
8It is a six year job and it comes with a lot of complications, it seems
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What is the current status on IOC's Gujarat refinery expansion?
8Is there some rethinking going on?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Vehicle Tracking System for Tank Trucks Details
8Financial Appraisal of PRFCC & PP Unit Details
8Supply of full surface Tank Fire Fighting Package Details
8Supply of Hydrojetting Machine with Crew for Exchanger/ Fin Fan Tube, Pipe Lines & vessel internal cleaning by Hydroblasting Details
8HGU III Vessels / Columns Opening, Cleaning, Inspection & Pressure testing in HGU III unit Details
8Supply and Replacement of Wooden Supports by PUF Support of Cryogenic Lines Details
8Procurement of Coated Line pipes for JLPL Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8SC directs Centre to explore Hydrogen-based fuel technology to combat air pollution Details
8Govt mulling to cut stake in IOC to below 51% Details
8Oil spill recovery vessel flagged off in Chennai Details
8Air quality continues to remain severe in Delhi-NCR Details
8ONGC second quarter net profit falls 37 per cent to Rs 5,487 crore Details
8Chennai: Oil spill recovery vessel flagged off at city port Details
8Crude oil futures advance on global cues Details
8Odisha: 7 held for gas leak in prawn processing plant Details
8Energy nominee distances himself from Ukraine investigation Details
8Climate change looms over giant Saudi energy IPO Details
8Oil rises on hopes for OPEC supply curbs, new optimism on U.S.-China trade deal Details
8World's thirst for oil to keep growing until 2030s Details
8Oil tankers 'go dark' off Venezuela to evade US sanctions Details
8Qatar plans change in crude oil official selling prices in Q1 2020 Details
8Algeria adopts controversial energy law Details
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Two offshore offshore rigs contracts were given out by ONGC recently.
8One was awarded to Self Drilling Offshore Services India for 1 slot type rig and the other to other to Aban Singapore Pte Ltd under the HPHT Mat type category
8Find out what the ODR, the NODR and mobilization fees were for these rigs
8ONGC is known to for hiring the lowest cost offshore drilling rigs in the world, so in that context, should the hiring of offshore rigs in India now be benchmarked against the prices?
8Not necessarily
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Suddenly, as if on cue, both BPCL and HPCL have lost favour with industry observers
8The blame has been put on their poor performance, but what is significant is that the conclusion that the next few years aren't bright for the companies either.
8So, it is really the performance that is the problem or is the market scared of what the future holds in store for these companies, with privatization looming ahead, that is the problem?
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Even mid to small fertilizer projects have begun attracting competition from a range of contractors, some of them with a strong presence in the oil & gas sector
NP (20:20:0:13) Fertilizer Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 220 crore
8Project Event: The technical bids have been opened for the LSTK contractor, Thysunkrupp, BSL Engineering, Haulu Engineering and Tata Projects are in the race, evaluation is ongoing, the financial bid is likely to be opened in December 2019
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Note: We have the most advanced predictive software on fertilizer projects in the country. The reason for this is because we have a website covering the sector for the last 18 years!
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There are reports from the ground of mobilization of manpower to get the Mundra LNG terminal started
8Here is a ground level report from the terminal on what is going on.
8When will the terminal be able to get its first cargo of LNG?
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NPK Fertilizer Greenfield Project 
Cost - Rs 1517 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for EPC contractor was floated in February 2017 and price bids were  opened in Jan 2018, due to high price bid & land issue finalization has been a delayed. Project authorities claim that discussion are ongoing and a decision is likely in December 2019
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For consultancy companies in the oil & gas sector, what is of importance is the rate per hour charged for its manpower
8What are the benchmark rates for the oil & gas industry under different categories?
8And how much is the differential for a general and a process consultant?
8If there are multi-year contracts, what kind of annual escalations can you ask for?
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What are the terminal-wise November net back prices for US LNG?
8And what is the spot LNG vessel rate  as of November and how has it behaved over the past year?
8Are arbitrage opportunities available in LNG today, if so where?
8Spot LNG price slopes are now falling but has the differential with oil indexed LNG broadened?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Hydrocracker Unit Heaters inside Scaffolding/ Tube Cleaning Jobs Details
8Supply of Swing Type Foot Valves Details
8Supply of API Grade Drill Pipes Details
8Procurement of Compressor Spares Details
8Supply of HP DEF in 20 Litre Packs Details
8Civil works at drill site LKHD_H and LKHE_H in Lakwa area Details
8Procurement of Filter Element for Vertical and Dry Gas Filters Details
8External Safety Audit of Pipeline Installation Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Petrol, diesel prices stable after five continuous days of spike Details

8Govt may shut doors on consolidation in public sector oil firms Details
8India to allow foreign companies to bid in oil sector selloff Details
8Adani Gas Q2 net doubles to Rs 120 cr Details
8Punjab, Haryana should take steps to convert stubble into CNG, coal: Kejriwal Details
8Don’t burn crop stubble, convert it into biofuel: CM Yogi Adityanath Details
8IEA sees India’s oil demand doubling, import dependence rising to 90% by 2040 Details
8Oil rises on decline in US crude stocks, Fed comments on economy Details
8Growth in global oil demand to slow from 2025: IEA Details
8After boost from Perry, supporters got huge Ukraine gas deal Details
8Saudi Aramco to supply LNG to Bangladesh as part of power deal Details
8Philippines' Udenna says it is buying Chevron's stake in Malampaya gas project Details
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The Mundra LNG terminal's vessel surcharges have been announced recently
8These include port dues and pilotage charges
8As well as service boat charges
8Specific LNG degasifiaction rates have not been officially announced but they are expected to be pegged lower than those charged by Petronet LNG at Dahej
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Get to know more on what is going on with Ramayana Ispat Pvt's Barsilla oil field development
8It is a DSF-1 field
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What is the latest update on the 40 well development drilling programme at Kharsang?
8It is a big project, with the outlay earmarked at over Rs 700 crore
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This is a OALP block in the North East
The following RFQ timelines have been set by the owner
8RFQs for seismic survey and seismic data interpretation are expected in Q1 2020.
8RFQs for EIA consultant is expected later in Q1 2020.
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Hyderabad based Devi Engineering is on a high
8It has stayed competitive to bag quite a few seismic contracts
8But does it have the resources to manage the contracts in hand?
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What kind of cabon pricing will India have going ahead, up to the year 2050? This projection is coming in from a 100-member technical team deplyed for the estimation job. The planning divisions of large oil & gas companies must incorporate these pricing matrices into scenario planning.
8Also projected is that half of the new vehicles sold will be electric by the year 2032. This data will need to be incorporated into the forecast as well, when designing refinery capacity expansion.
8See projections of two wheeler share, and when will that reach 100% for India, as also of commercial vehicles, in terms of what percentage of it will be electrified over the years
8And a policy planner must take into account one important fact: that the global crude oil demand peak may come as early as 2021, even though it may come later in India.
8Clearly, planning scenarios will have to change, from 10 to 15 years to a much shorter duration, possibly 5 years or even less under such rapidly changing paradigms. The demand for crude is now dependedent on new factors, such as the learning curve in battery production and how quickly cost of lithium batteries falls.
8Are our public sector oil & gas companies equipped to handle this level of transition?
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After spurt in freight rates, the crude carrier market is undergoing a rapid correction
8Corrections in some segments have been as high as 25% over the last several days
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It is a big project
8Capacity is pegged at 1.2 MMTPA
8One company is emerging as the PMC
8Find out when RFQs are coming up ahead
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DAP Expansion Project  
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: The project has been elicited the term of reference and waiting for environmental clearance. It takes a minimum of three to four months for clearance. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released at the end December 2019 instead of October. The company currently working on the expansion of its phosphoric acid expansion, for which work on site has already started
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Sulphuric Acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: Construction progress is 80% on ground as of now.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Establishing Schedule of Rates for Ranchi Lubes Territory Details
8Hiring of Simplified landing String Services Details
8Carrying out piping and civil foundation works related with Vapour recovery system Details
8Supply of Booster Pumps Details
8Supply, installation and commissioning of one Nitrogen and Sulfur Analyzer Details
8Supply of Thermal Mass Flow Meter for HGU Details
8Conducting Electrical Audit of Auto LPG Dispensing Stations Details
8Supply of Non-Sparking Tools to LPG Bottling Plant Details
8ARC for Erection & Dismantling of Scaffolding Jobs Details
8Supply of PSV's (Pressure Safety Valve) for LPG Service Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India to invite foreign firms to invest in state-owned oil companies Details
8Toxic air in Delhi fueled by rice fields that India doesn’t need Details
8Govt to lift pricing curbs on domestically produced gas Details
8BRIEF: Adani Gas' Q2 consolidated profit rises Details
8Indian Oil expects diesel demand to recover in six months Details
8Indian Oil looks to import Russian oil: Chairman Details
8Delhi's air quality nears 'severe' levels again; northwesterly winds, farm fires to blame Details
8ONGC seeks buyers for KG Basin gas Details
8ONGC wants to take Opal out of SEZ as domestic demand grows Details
8Indian Oil in talks with Rosneft to import Russian oil Details
8GAIL plans two million tonne polycarbonate plant Details
8Oman's oil and gas sector allocated investments of $10 bn-$15 bn: Minister Details
8Norway approves Equinor's request to cut Troll gas quota: Ministry Details
8Oil dips as US-China trade deal hopes fade Details
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This website is not getting great feedback on the Jaigarh-Dhobal pipeline and how quickly the Jaigarh FSRU can being to get working
8Our data seems to show that everything is getting delayed
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