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Nov 2020

The PMC and the EPCM for the Numaligarh refinery expansion have been selected.
8Till a couple of weeks ago, only one of the two companies had a kick-off meeting with NRL executives
8What is the latest update on this now? Details
8This ambitious Rs 2000 crore DAP/NPK project is going to be delayed
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8ARC for Housekeeping and Janitorial Services at different locations in CPP Area Details
8Requirement of ARC for Housekeeping and Janitorial Services at refinery Details
8Supply of Mechanical Locks on PAN India Basis Locations Details
8ARC for Inspection, Hydro-testing, Refurbishment & Certification of CNG cascades of Bhubaneshwar & Cuttack CGDs Details
8Annual Rate Contract for O&M Services of CGD Bhubaneswar & CGD Cuttack for a period of two years Details
8Hiring of Expert Service for Residual Life Assessment of HT Motors Details
8Procurement, Installation And Commissioning and Testing of VFD for ID Fans of Cooling Tower Details
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8Adani Gas Limited signs geographical acquisition agreement adding more than 1 million households Details
8Council gives nod to dig roads for Kochi gas project Details
8More trouble for PNGRB’s open access proposal Details
8OIL was operating Baghjan well sans green nod at time of blowout Details
8Petrol, diesel prices may soften ahead of Diwali Details
8No relief for consumers on petrol, diesel prices while oil cos jack up margins Details
8GAIL India invites bids for charter of LNG tanker: Sources Details
8Adani Gas signs pact to acquire defaulter Jay Madhok Energy's 3 city gas licenses Details
8Bearish bets on U.S. crude surge as traders brace for Biden win Details
8HPCL to pay 34% premium for Rs 2,500 crore share buyback Details
8Air pollution: With stubble burning at peak, Ambala records country's worst air quality Details
8Norway's top court starts hearing on Arctic oil exploration Details
8Crude oil futures decline on low demand Details
8Israel's Oil Refineries moves to Q3 loss, signs supply deal Details
8Fuel oil outshines other refined products in Asia on tight supply, demand recovery Details
8Total seeks to sell stakes in Angolan oilfields: sources Details
8Oil slips on rising U.S. dollar on bets of no big fiscal package Details
8U.S. crude oil stockpiles plunge last week amid storm - EIA Details
8OPINION: Coronavirus surge throws oil recovery into reverse Details
8Snam's DESFA buys 20% stake in Greek offshore LNG terminal Details
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The fertilizer industry is a complex business.
8It is subsidy driven and business development teams looking for opportunities should look at the sector holistically.
8Keep an eye on industry trends too here, the information may look a little nebulous for hyperactive BD teams but staying slow and steady is an essential ingredient in winning business in this segment.
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Action will start soon on the Rs 4933 crore ammonia-urea plant
8Starting with preliminary RFQs for feasibility etc, going up to licensors and finally EPC contractors
8This is a big one, therefore
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Up to 4 Sabine Pass cargoes are lined up for Indian ports
8One of them is coming for IOC.
8There is a need for more drilled down data on these cargoes, including their economics.
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This is a big LPG terminal
8Cost is around Rs 800 crore
8Getting permissions is turning out to be a complicated exercise
8But things are moving now
8RFQs are expected up ahead
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There is something that is giving sleepless nights to these companies?
8L&T
8Petrofac
8Tecnimont
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The SSP project is worth Rs 90 crore
8LSTK contractor RFQ expected in Q-1, 2021
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RIL's Sikka port has all three SPMs working
8And yet there is a queue of vessels waiting
8A total of 2.32 million tonnes of crude are either at Sikka or headed towards Sikka
8Meanwhile, RIL has  halted operations at its MX unit for maintenance on November 3, 2020. The unit is likely to remain off-line for about two weeks.
8It is not known whether the maintenance of this and other units is forced or planned, but the line-up of vessels indicate a slowdown of sorts because of lack of demand for products or it could be a result of unforeseen shutdowns. The company remains tight-lipped.
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Is there a proposal for a different kind of rig tender floating around in ONGC?
8This seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest of questions
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When is the 8-vessel tender award likely by ONGC
8An EPC meeting is scheduled
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8There is an interesting speculative twist to who can be the next chairman of PNGRB.
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Energy may eventually be stored in green ammonia instead of green hydrogen
8Cost economics are slowly in that direction
8And with added fillip, this can be a reality sooner than later
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Spare Heaters Details
8Acoustic Emission Testing of bottom plate of storage tanks for healthiness measurement Details
8Appointment of Transaction Advisor for Evaluating M&A Opportunity in Renewable Energy Details
8ARC for Supply and Application of Paints in Plant Piping, Pipeline Structures & Equipments at Compressor Station Details
8Supply, installation & commissioning of three phase grid power supply Details
8Procurement of 300 CUM Carbon Monoxide for LLDPE/ HDPE Details
8Procurement of Centralizers and Stop rings Details
8Hiring of Services for Gas Dehydration System and Dew Point Depression Services Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India's GSPL says new pipeline to boost FY22 gas supply by a quarter Details
8India's October LNG imports surge as demand rebounds to pre-Covid levels Details
8Gas, ATF may come into GST fold ahead of other petro products Details
8State-run oil cos have spent a third of their capex; Indian Oil the slowest, ONGC Videsh fastest Details
8Adani Gas Q2 net profit jumps 13 pc to Rs 136 cr Details
8India's September crude imports decline at slower pace; LPG imports jump Details
8Gujarat: Swan Energy acquires India’s first FSRU, to commission Jafrabad terminal by 2021 Details
8Bitter harvest: Stubble burning up 36 per cent this October Details
8OPINION: What will be Donald Trump’s legacy? A look at his biggest achievements and failures Details
8Saudi Aramco third-quarter profit slumps 44.6 per cent as pandemic chokes demand Details
8OPINION: Funds sell oil on fears of virus-driven economic double dip: Kemp Details
8Oil dips as surging coronavirus cases fuel demand concerns Details
8Russia's Novak calls for closer cooperation with OPEC on natural gas Details
8Aramco's mighty value reflects mini investor base Details
8Oil jumps as inventory falls, market awaits U.S. vote results Details
8BP close to selling London headquarters to cut costs Details
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This is an ammonia storage tank project
8Cost Rs 100 crore
8The EPMC finalization has been stalled and is now to be awarded in December, it is learned
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8Total chemical imports coming into Inia as of now has been documented at around 0.96 MMTPA.
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The Rs 10000 crore Kandla-Gorakhpur greenfield LNG pipeline project is currently on
8A lot is going on here, get a status update here
8IOC itself is the PMC
8Find out what kind of RFQs can be expected ahead.
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8Only four of India's six operating LNG terminals have cargoes landing in them as of now
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For this 9 MMTA refinery package, only three bidders have emerged
8The deal can go to any one of them
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Surprisingly enough, the fertilizer industry under the BJP government, has got a hefty injection of confidence.
8During COVID, it was the only industry which had done better than before.
8Here is another really big project that EPC contractors can bite their teeth into
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What is the latest on who is ahead in the race for PLL MD's slot
8Interviews have already taken place
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The Nayara petrochemical expansion is always an interesting project to inspect in terms of progress made.
8One primary reason for that is that it is not a public sector project with a fixed and final bid submission date
8It is a private sector project, and bidders can continue to come up with new offers right up to the time it is awarded
8Know more about what we learnt about what is the latest twist in it. Details
PNGRB regulations and changes impact a large spectrum of players. But there is still a lot of hubris around the creation of such regulations.
8Then again, a new breed of interested parties has emerged in the build up of these regulations. 
8Are they really required?
8Also, although there is a lot of storm and thunder around these regulations, eventually decision making is confined to a small bunch of players. 
8Why is that so? Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Consumables for Distillation Instruments and Flash Point Instruments Details
8Supply of Calibration Gases for analyzers at refinery Details
8Supply of Spares of Reciprocating Compressors Details
8Procurement of Gear Box Assembly at refinery Details
8Contract of Tanker Agency, C and F and Bunker Agency at Visakha Terminal Details
8Supply of Globe Valves Details
8ARC for Civil Maintenance at SV/ IP/ Terminals Details
8Hiring of Professional Services for filling of various returns Certification and Data Entry Services Details
8Procurement of SMPS and Redundancy Module Details
8Composite Works for IP-2 Waghodiya Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Diesel completes a month without retail price revision Details
8Middle East Crude-Benchmarks rise; ONGC offers Sokol crude Details
8Reliance to start gas production from R-Series field in November/ December Details
8Mukesh Ambani loses $5 billion as oil sinks Reliance shares Details
8A K Gupta takes over as MD & CEO of ONGC Videsh Details
8Oil falls as COVID-19 cases soar, Libya output jumps Details
8BPCL eyes doubling bunkering oil sales volume to 14 tmt with terminal upgrade Details
8Mitsui OSK signs 30-year charter contract for Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project Details
8Crude oil futures decline on low demand Details
8Venezuela's oil exports fall to new low in Oct as clients walk away: data Details
8China's CNOOC awards LNG tender to Aramco Trading via Shanghai gas exchange Details
8US senator warns France's Macron over gas exports deal delay Details
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An oil company company is involved in setting up a DAP/NPK plant as a diversification.
8The TEFR is under preparation
8RFQs are to be released in January now instead of November
8Get key contacts here Details
Haryana City Gas Distribution Pvt Ltd is in a sweet spot
8It has got an exclusive geographical area where promoters have been infusing their own cash
8In the hope that it will be able to extract some good money for a bitter legal battle with another of its GAs which it is trying to sell to IGL.
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Jacobs has been doing this Rs 1100 crore project
8COVID has hit it hard
8Commissioning will be delayed now by six months Details
During season, the GAIL-owned Dabhol LNG terminal gets quite active, it seems.
8And it is not just GAIL cargoes that it is handling.
8GSPC cancelled a scheduled unloading at Dahej, opting for Dahej instead.
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Both RIL SPMs are in use and crude cargoes have started moving quickly again.
8There is waiting going on for BPCL cargoes at Mumbai.
8The waiting at Paradeep has come down.
8We have matrixed the arrival of 8.2 million tonnes of crude cargoes her on an as-of-yesterday basis.
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Get the full chemical import matrix here
8As of November 2, 2020
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It is an SPM-cum-pipeline replacement project
8Cost is Rs 1167 crore
8RFQs are expected now in December
8Get the full project matrix here
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The myths about electric vehicles usage in India seem to be slowly getting broken
8Find out what the implications are
8But then can we fall into a trap?
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GSPC's attempts to sell is oil fields seems to be run into trouble
8But it is now honouring cash calls from operators of some of these blocks
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LNG imports in September were higher than the same month last year
8But that is not because there is a sharp upsurge in demand
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In something quite unusual, landed LNG prices in India were lower last month than in quite a few other place in the world
8Usually Indian prices are higher
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RIL says work is going on in its KG Basin Block
8Output will definitely start by December
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Oil India has squarely blamed John Energy for the blowout at Baghjan
8Here is a blow by blow account
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This is not the best of times for the global shipping industry but the industry in India seems to be growing, and companies have new and old vessels to their fleet.
8The was also  largely incentivised by the following:  A reduction in goods and services tax from 18% to 5% on bunker fuel used by Indian flag vessels, providing cargo support to the Indian shipping industry through the right of  first refusal, allowing shipping enterprises based in India to acquire ships abroad and flag them in the country of their convenience, and the removal of licensing requirements for the chartering of foreign-registered ships to encourage the coastal movement of agriculture and other commodities.
8But when it comes to acquiring new vessels, Indian shippers will have to keep in mind future trends
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Major Turnaround Jobs Contract for DHT Block at refinery Details
8Appointment of C&F operator cum secondary transporter at BPCL lubes depot Details
8Supply of Chemicals to Marketing Laboratories Details
8Design, Supply, Installation & Commissioning of DG Sets along with Allied Works Details
8Hiring of Mobile Land Work-over Rig 50 MT (Metric Ton) Capacity on Call-out basis Details
8Hiring of Land Drilling Rig of 900-1000 HP Capacity on Call Out Basis Details
8Hiring of Water Tanker Services for disposal of Effluent from Ahmedabad Block and RFPSC on Callout basis Details
8Provision of Comprehensive Operation and Maintenance of Mangala Processing Terminal Details
8EOI for 220KV Overhead Line Reliability Improvement Project at MPT & MBA Fields of RJ-ON-90/1 Block Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8IOC net profit jumps 11-fold on inventory gains, refinery margin rise Details
8Petrol, diesel prices on freeze: IOC says international oil prices range-bound Details
8Reliance profit slides as pandemic slams oil business Details
8Bharat Petroleum Corp puts Bina refinery expansion plan on hold pending privatisation Details
8India could cut oil import bill further as Saudi looks at crude discounts Details
8Oil prices slump 4% on jitters over Europe lockdowns, U.S. elections Details
8Diesel sales top pre-Covid level by 6 per cent in Oct; petrol, power demand head north on festive demand Details
8India's October gasoline, gasoil sales exceed pre-coronavirus levels Details
8‘Hydrogen Wars’ pit Europe vs China for $700 billion business Details
8Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor' for third consecutive day Details
8Development works worth Rs 4,654 cr completed at Rajasthan refinery Details
8U.S. drillers add most oil and gas rigs in a month since May 2018 -Baker Hughes Details
8China's CNOOC and Sinopec issue first LNG tenders on Shanghai gas exchange Details
8Trump announces he has signed order to protect hydraulic fracking Details
8Festive season drives up consumer demand for fuel and improved runs at refineries Details
8Chevron aims for Nov restart of LNG production at Australia's Gorgon plant Details
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Here is a terminal company which has plans to do a de-bottlenecking exercise going ahead.
8And set up an additional terminal in South India
8Time to keep track of further development here
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What is the latest update on the PTA and PX tenders in Paradip refinery?
8Will the bid submission dates be extended?
8Bidders are treading on uncertain grounds in these two projects, so expect wide variation in bid prices.
8Find out more on why this is so  Details
Get the last LNG cargo matrix into India
8RIL has two vessels coming in
8While Shell is also bring in two more vessels
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8The pileup of vessels at Sikka, where RIL's crude vessels disembark, continues
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8Chemical imports for the next few days into India total up to 1.07 million tonnes
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This is a Rs 220 crore fertilizer project
8The RFQ for a design and procurement contractor will be re-released
8Last time around, the tender was cancelled because of lack of bidding interest
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Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8The technical bids have been opened.
8Toyo is a strong contender.
8But price bids will determine who among the three comes out on top. Details
This is a Rs 2281 crore R&D centre
8It was on hold due to COVID
8RFQs are going to start from December, it is learned.
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