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Nov 2019

There seems to be a whopping 30% decline in LNG prices in October compared to the same month in the previous year, according to government data
8The decline could have been steeper still
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Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd has sold its 2000 built crude carrier Jag Lakshita of about 147,092 dwt.
8Even so, the company still owns the largest fleet of private crude carriers in India
8But will the company end up selling more tankers?
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Last year, GAIL had said with much aplomb that Gazprom had agreed to lower the price of gas under a 20-year deal
8Find out more on how the revised terms may actually work in favour of Gazprom and not GAIL
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Get an update on this OALP-1 block
8OIL has been quick to get work going
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L&T has not emerged well out of the EPC bidding proces for the two big Barmer EPC packages. It has been outpriced by others.
8The company had always been known for its low bids and immaculate execution but is it losing its competitive edge?
8The price of complacency can be very high
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Are GAIL's cargoes out of the US are far too expensive for Indian waters?
8The company has been moving around its high priced shipments to other parts of the world
8The shipments that are coming to India are much lower priced
8With lower prices all around, where will GAIL park its committed cargoes our of the US for the next few years when spot prices are expected to stay low
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This Rs 9000 crore polyol project, involves a propylene glycol and a mono ethylene glycol petrochemical complex
8PMC has been selected
8When are RFQs for technology licensors coming up?
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Not just seismic tenders but consultancy tenders are also being awarded by OIL in newly acquired blocks
8Schlumberger and Oges Solutions have elicited two consultancies, for one such block but more are in the offing
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What is the latest on GAIL's plans to set up a  60,000TPY polypropylene project at Pata?
8Who are possibly in the race for technology supplier's contract?
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: The procurement is ongoing, the installation work is progressing, The project's mMechanical completion and commercial production Date scheduled in Jan 2021 and May 2021 respectively. The demand will be the tune of 2.4 mmscmd.
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Single/Triple Super Phosphate Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: The project has sufficient funding to progress, according to promotersand now internal discussions are ongoing. RFQ for the contractor is likely to be released in January 2020 in place of September 2019, due to internal issue.
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Ammonia-Urea Annual Maintenance Project   
8Cost - Rs 20 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for a registered contractor is likely to be released in December 2019.
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What is the latest update on it?
8Has an EOI been given?
8If not why?
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A Rs 700 crore plus greenfield LPG import terminal is mired in local protests
8Yet project authorities are hopeful
8Find out when authorities are planning for RFQs
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The PNGRB believes that the entire country should have a common set of standards when dealing with the CGD industry
8"When it comes to digging roads, or seeking permissions for right of way or even allocation of gas, the policies are not standardized across geographies and we thought we will come out with a standard document which can serve as a benchmark for both the state and central government," a top PNGRB official told this webite
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Renewal energy is not made inroads yet into the currently industrial use of process heat segment
8But then that is going to change
8There are in fact a range of options for use of renewable energy that are apparently economic when compared with heat produced at current fuel prices
8These options can become certainly economic if appropriately supported to recognise the environmental benefits and reduce the risks of early uptake. A study found that the largest opportunities for fuel switching are reduction processes (i.e. blast furnaces), other high-temperature direct heating processes (e.g. furnaces and kilns for cement and other non-metallic mineral production) and indirect steam heating applications.
8However, there is no simple answer and there are no silver bullets that will solve all problems.
Comment: If renewable energy makes a determined entry into the process heat industry that will limit the offtake of gas, particularly in a country in India where gas is expensive. Also when all fugutive emissioins are taken into account, gas has a very narrow window of opportunity, less than 10 years at best, it may seem.
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If the Indian offshore support industry is looking for better times ahead, those may not come yet.
8Despite the bright projections earlier, the situation is not looking all that bright anymore
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What is the thinking in ONGC and in government circles over HPCL?
8Will the E&P major jettison the refiner in an outright sale?
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The big Barmer refinery EPC tenders of HPCL have begun opening and the bids have seen some aggressive pricing by contractors
8Two bids have been opened, one for the 9m t/y crude distillation unit (CDU) and the 4.8m t/y vacuum distillation unit (VDU) or EPCC-1 (Open art, no licensor needed) and the other for Delayed Coker Unit for which Chevron Lummus is the technology supplier
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Ball Valves Details
8Procurement of Flow Computers for Maharashtra Region Details
8Procurement of Helium Gas in Cylinders And Helium Cylinders Servicing/ Hydro Testing Details
8Design, Supply and Installation of Jet Pumps in 10 wells of Malleswaram Oil field Details
8Supply of Packer Straddle and accessories Details
8Supply, Installation & Commissioning of Diesel Engine Details
8Laying of MDPE Network and GI CU Installations for City Gas Distribution Project Details
8Supply of Tag Gun System and accessories Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Congress hits out at BPCL disinvestment decision, says government 'selling the country' Details
8Lucknow Municipal Corporation to generate bio gas, CNG from cow dung Details
8IOC, other PSUs not to bid for BPCL, hints Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Opposition protests in Lok Sabha over disinvestment of PSUs, electoral bond Details
8Fuel shortages push India to build strategic natural gas reserve Details
8ONGC projects marginal rise in oil production, cuts gas output guidance from KG block Details
8China's Yingde Gases to set up Indian subsidiary NovaAir Details
8BPCL sale: Asset strip, two-phased share sale proposed to make BPCL attractive Details
8Going for more professionalism in PSUs via equity dilution: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Global refiners raise cleaner shipping fuel output ahead of IMO 2020 Details
8CPCB gets February 15 deadline to take ‘meaningful’ action Details
8Putin attacks 'strange' European plans to reduce gas usage Details
8Energy group Total criticizes EIB's decision not to finance gas projects Details
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Even as ONGC prepares for first gas from the KG-DWN-98/2, RIL is quietly preparing to pump arounnd 7 mmscmd by first half next year.
8Baker Hughes has reportedly used Antonov aircrafts to ferry in the first X-Mas tree to the ONGC block to ensure first gas by year end.
8The RIL-BP combine has been working with X-Mas trees from OneSubsea to get the R-Culster fields pumping gas as quickly as possible.
8Know more about what the companies are doing in the KG Basin
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With demand going up, Indian drilling companies have been acquiring rigs
8Two prominent drillers have expanded their fleet
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When is the interview of the next IOC CMD scheduled?
8The current CMD retires on July 1, 2020
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Rs 225 crore terminal expansion
8RFQ for SCADA and Automation expected in January, 2020
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Reacting to a report on this website that RIL had made an offer for sharing of common infrastructure that could have saved Rs 10,000 crore from ONGC's $5 billion capex in the KG-DWN-98/2 field, ONGC officials said that no such savings would have been possible.
8"We had studied the RIL offer and rejected it on valid grounds", a senior official said. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Open cut crossing for four rivers of pipeline project Details
8Pipes, Isolation Valves, Flanges, Elbow and other Fittings for Fire Water Network Details
8Operation and Maintenance of Fire and Safety Systems Details
8Hiring of Support Services for Revenue Works of O&M Details
8Appointment of C&F operator cum secondary transporter at lubes depot Details
8Providing Security Services at Pipeline Section Details
8Carry out vessels spading, cleaning, box up and test the equipment during HCU1 shutdown Details
8Cast Air Pre Heater replacement jobs Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Oil prices steady after two-day drop as growth concerns weigh Details
8Reliance and Bharat Petroleum take oil & gas to top league of MF assets Details
8Reliance surpasses BP to join elite oil supermajor club Details
8India’s hunger for natural gas being fed by costly imports amid dismal local production Details
8RIL plans to invest Rs 70,000 crore for setting up crude-to-chemical projects at Jamnagar Details
8Cabinet approves BPCL stake sale Details
8NOC chairman says it plans to raise oil and gas production Details
8NITI draws up plan to curb stubble burning Details
8BPCL stake sale: BJP making India's best organisations hollow, says Priyanka Gandhi Details
8Planned fossil fuel output swamps Paris climate goals Details
8Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater lakes: Study Details
8Putin says Russia will not finance energy projects from National Wealth Fund Details
8China CNPC's $8.5 bln gas storage project starts construction Details
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This is a Rs 32,000 crore petrochemical complex
8But it seems to be fully stuck for now
8Will there be a way out?
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EPCM consultants have been selected for two major pipelines project, together worth more than Rs 800 crore
8RFQ for mainline pipes are expected in January, 2020
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An EOI for a workover rig is coming out from a private sector developer of a DSF-1 field
8The owner plans to start the drilling operation by the Q2 2021.
8Get to know who the key contacts are
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There is a big rush of EIA consultants bidding for the 145 well Bharuch development project
8It is a big project, worth around Rs 2400 crore
8Further RFQs for the oilfield services and equipment will be released by February 2020.
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Major amendments were carried out in the Ratna R Series platform development project tender.
8The bidding date has been put off
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Cairn India Ltd may need to go slow on its muscular $2.3 billion investment spree in India's oil & gas sector
8Find out what may come in its way
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Exploration work on this Mumbai offshore DSF-2 block is expected to start
8Find out when a tender for seismic data acquisition in expected
8RFQs for EIA consultant will also come out
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
 8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
 8Project Event: The race is on between two companies for the  Project Management Consultant's job, the technical and financial bids have been opened and the finalization is due at the end of November 2019.
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: The procurement work is ongoing, The equipment installation is ongoing at the site, The project Mechanical completion and Commercial Operation Date is scheduled in Nov 2020 and Feb 2021 respectively..
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Ammonia-Urea Annual Maintenance Project   
8Cost - Rs 30 crore
8Project Event: The discussion process is ongoing, RFQ for the registered maintenenace contractor is likely to be released in December or January 2020.
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If Indian shipping companies want to keep their crews happy, internet access is a must
8A survey has shown that crews are willing to jump ship if that is not offered
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The authorization has expired but the promoter is keen to take it up again
8But it is confident that it can get going soon
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It is a greenfield LPG bottling plant
8Cost us Rs 161 crore
8Tender for electrical and instrumentation work expected ahead
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What is the latest status on the Rajahmundry desalination plant?
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8A PMC
8LSTK contractor
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It is a smallish Early Production System (EPS) facility of ONGC
8Work was meant to have been completed in December
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What is the latest on the project
8Subcontractors are at work in it
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OIL India Ltd seems to have been able to smash through the onland drilling rig market to elicit some really rock bottom rates
8It had been able to get a 10% cut over the L-1 price just a few months ago
8"We do not understand how costs are going to be met at such low rates," a rig supplier who refused to bring down rates below a threshold level told this website Details
Did ONGC make a mistake by spurning an RIL-BP offer to develop the KG-DWN-98/2 block using common and redundant infrastructure build for the KG-D-6 block?
8That decision making process at that time may come under fresh scrutiny if ONGC's asking price for KG Basin gas remains lower than its hurdle rate, as the RIL-BP duo had at that point in time said to our website that ONGC could have saved Rs 10,000 crore of capex if infrastructure was shared
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The price elicited for the RIL-BP auction of 5 mmscmd of gas has got ONGC worried.
8If prices remain this low for the next 4 to 5 years, as by quite a few projections they are likely to stay, the viability of its massive $5billion KG basin investment may come into question. As of now, the RIL auction price is way below the breakeven price for ONGC.
8Meanwhile, ONGC has put off its auction of first gas out of the KG-DWN-98/2 block till next month.
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The RIL-BP combine has sold 5 MMSCMD of gas in an auction last week
8Find out more on the prices that were obtained
8What kind of slope to the Brent was eventually decided
8Some surprising conclusions have resulted from the auction
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Valve Purge and Valve Sealant Materials Details
8Hiring of Services for development of GAIL's Sustainbility Report Details
8Procurement of Desilt Polyelectrolyte Details
8Supply of Self Closing Valves for LPG Cylinders Details
8Scaffolding SOR in Refinery Premises Details
8Invitation for purchase of GSPC O & G inventory Details
8ARC for various Mechanical Maintenance Services Details
8Procurement of Radiant Tubes Details
8Servicing of 24 inch sandwich valves Details
8Contract for Group Life Insurance Coverage in terms of Financial Assistance Scheme Details
8Permanent Cathodic Protection Works for Pipeline Project Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Haldiram's, Vedanta, Indonesia billionaire in race for Videocon Details
8RIL shares hit all-time high, market cap tops Rs 9.5 lakh crore Details
8BPCL stake sale: No reason to believe Numaligarh excise duty benefit will be withdrawn, firm says Details
8Haryana gets 38 proposal to generate biogas from stubble Details
8GAIL, regulator at odds over Rs 1.5K crore pipeline Details
8India's Parliament debates toxic air danger Details
8Oil prices steady after two-day drop as growth concerns weigh Details
8Reliance and Bharat Petroleum take oil & gas to top league of MF assets Details
8Opec+ meet and trade deal talks to keep crude oil prices volatile Details
8U.S. shale oil output to rise 49,000 bpd to record 9.1 mln bpd in December -EIA Details
8Saudi's September crude oil exports fall 3 per cent after attacks Details
8China's Sinopec gets green light to develop Weirong shale gas field Details
8Saudi Aramco still undecided on BPCL stake purchase Details
8Energy demand in Asia Pacific could grow 15% to 6,800 mtoe by 2040 Details
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The bidding for an FSRU complex has just been wrapped up, it seems
8For equipment suppliers, this going to be yet another oppotunity
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Get a complete update on the Paradip-Somnathpur (Balasore)-Haldia Pipeline here
8What is the status, how much is it going to cost
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8Bina Panki Petroleum Product Pipeline
8Raniganj (South) CBM Block Expansion
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8Bhandut Oilfield Development: The field is stuck between two warring contenders, and now both of them want to get out, it seems
8Hazira Steam Header Repair: Know more.
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Phosphoric Acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 1100 crore
8Project Event: The Company has been selected Jacobs as the EPCM contractor and the RFQs for the long lead items are being released one by one. An RFQ for the Rotray Dryers & Tanks has been released and RFQ for the Cyclone system & Air Pollution control system is likely to be released at the end of November 2019. The construction is likely to be started in December in place of November 2019 due to delay in the procurement work.
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NPK-SSP & Sulphuric Acid Expansion Project 
8Cost - Rs 15 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for a contractor is likely to be released after environmental clearance. The public hearing has been completed but environmental clearance is due and it is likely to be elicited at the end of December 2019 while it was expected in September earlier. The RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in January 2020.
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Ammonia-Urea Annual Maintenance Project   
8Cost - Rs 20 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for a registered maintenance contractor is likely to be released in December 2019.
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There are lots of questions swirling around GAIL. The following questions are foremost:
8Has GAIL failed to run its pipeline division smoothly?
8Will the pipeline division be hived off?
8Will GAIL continue to expand its pipeline network?
Find out what the government views are on these questions in writing
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Get an update on the DSF Round-2 Tulamura Block
8RFQs for seismic survey and seismic data interpretation are expected late in Q1 2020.
8RFQs for EIA consultant is expected early in Q2 2020.
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