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Dec 2019

Granular Single Super Phosphate Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 102 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in January 2020.
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 217 crore
8Project Event: The installation of HRSG & GTG has been completed and connectivities are being built Pre-commissioning has been started in November 2019. The commissioning is likely to be done by the end of December 2019.
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Get a status update on the following projects
8GAIL's 500 KTA Propane Dehydrogenation unit integrated with Polypropylene Unit at Usar
8Haldia Petrochemicals Limited's (HPL) petrochemical expansion-cum-new projects: Search for new partner may get stymied
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This is a Rs 250 crore DSF block development programme
The following contracting schedule has been drawn up by the operator:
 8Project Event: RFQs for PMC is expected late in Q1 2020.
 RFQs for seismic survey and seismic data interpretation for the block are expected in Q2 2020.
 RFQs for EIA consultant is expected in Q2 2020.
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8Oil India Limited's new tender for the procurement of line telemetry seismic data acquisition system has received a good response
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8A Sapura Energy subsidiary is excited about a massive bonanza from ONGC
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8Carlton Industrial Engineers has been accused of withholding dues for 10 years on an oil & gas job by its sub contractor Anntech Offshore Engineering
8But Carlton denies there is anything outstanding
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Development Jobs related to Model Terminal Details
8Hiring of Services for AMC of Air Purification System and Related Services Details
8EPCM Consultancy Services for 60 KTA Poly Propylene Unit Details
8Electrical works at Rayagada LPG plant Details
8Dismantaling and Disposal by way of scrap of Mot Tanks 11 & 14 of refinery Details
8AMC for Air Purification System in Date Centre Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Petrol price hits Rs 75 per litre mark, diesel crosses Rs 66 Details
8Prepared for CNG stir: Mahanagar Gas Limited Details
8Demand in Rajya Sabha for viability gap funding for Andhra petrochemical project Details
8To phase out diesel autos, Gurugram admin plans incentives for those making the green switch Details
8RUCO Express launched in Dehradun, to collect used cooking oil & convert it into biofuel Details
8Don’t delay AGR dues, clear doubts by December 13: Government Details
8BPCL sale will dent govt's energy justice, social schemes: Unions Details
8OPEC agrees oil output cuts after much 'brain squeezing' Details
8Chinese buyers offer to resell LNG cargoes as they struggle with weak demand Details
8EU fuels Indonesia trade tensions With 5-year biodiesel tariffs Details
8Crude oil futures slip on weak global cues Details
8OPINION: China's crude imports, fuel exports, are as vital as OPEC+ cuts Details
8Saudi Aramco's shipping arm looks to charter tankers in LNG foray: Sources Details
8Iran says new budget bucks US oil embargo, uses Russian loan Details
8Saudi Arabia's deficit widens to $49B ahead of Aramco sale Details
8Oil prices slip again as spectre of trade war, demand concerns haunts market Details
8Aramco’s stock will have plenty of support when trading begins Details
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ONGC seems to be changing its mind rapidly on the BPA and BPB Platforms to Hazira Trunkline Modification project
8The strategy seems to have changed one more time now
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IOC is looking at a new models of refinery expansion in order to keep costs low. One that is of interest is the Build Own Operate (BOO) model.
8The company had tried  model earlier but with mixed success but it is now targeting a 3 mmtpa refinery expansion   Details
The nature of representation in ONGC's apex Executive Purchase Committee (EPC) meetings, headed by the company's chairman, has come in for criticism.
8There are accusations that decision making gets delayed as a consequence
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The failure of the fertilizer industry to pick up a larger scoop of gas from RIL's recent 5 mmscmd auction of KG Basin gas is seen as a missed opportunity by many.
8Sources said that while GAIL was told to quote for a larger volume of gas from the auction, the briefing and instructions to the gas major were confusing.
Find out what went wrong, and how much the fertilizer industry would have gained had it been able to garner more gas from the auction. Details
8With many avenues opening up for gas sourcing, the future of Gujarat State Petronet Ltd is bright. Click on Reports for more.
8Find out more on how Chinese yards may eventually take the initiative out of the hands of the Japanese and Koreans in the manufacture of LNG vessels. Click on Reports for more. Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Support assistance for day to day Instrument maintenance jobs in various units at refinery Details
8Quarterly survey of complete steam network for identification of any malfunctioning steam trap and steam leaks at refinery Details
8Electrical Works for Online CNG Station Details
8Expert Service for Site Supervision and Inspection of scallops for repair replacement job in CCRU reactors at refinery Details
8Spares for Rotork Actuators Details
8Requirement for School Health Program with Focus on Health Screening and Health Education Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Oil minister sees jet fuel, gas under GST soon to improve business climate Details
8Dharmendra Pradhan asks oil ministry, PSUs to explore hydrogen fuel feasibility Details
8West Bengal government to introduce CNG buses in Kolkata Details
8Vadodra: Six employees affected by gas leak in Padra unit Details
8ONGC lists $300 million MTN issue on India INX Details
8DGH launches single window clearance system Details
8Oil prices stumble on weak China exports hangover Details
8India's oil import bill set to swell on bullish bets Details
8Delhi-NCR's air quality likely to remain in 'very poor' category on Monday Details
8ONGC sells Jan-Feb Russian Sokol crude at lower premium Details
8EPA chief says addressing biofuel industry concerns over blending mandates Details
8Asian LNG prices drop for second straight week on mild winter Details
8Saudi Aramco raises USD 25.6 bn in largest-ever IPO Details
8OPEC countries, Russia to cut oil output, pushing up prices Details
8Saudi energy minister talks OPEC+ unity, backs Aramco to soar Details
8OPEC and allies deepen oil cut to 2.1 million barrels per day starting 2020 Details
8Tighter climate policies could erase $2.3 trillion in companies value - report Details
8China November crude oil imports hit record high as refiners race to use up quotas Details
8Iran unveils budget of 'resistance' against US sanctions Details
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Gas-based power plants were meant to tap into the demand gap that arises when solar plant go cold in the evening just when the demand curve picks up.
8Given the quick-start potential of gas based power, they are increasingly meant to cater to peak load instead of base load demand.
8But that window may close too, now that Indian coal-based power plants have begun experimenting with quick start systems.
8Experiments done globally in which giant super critical 800 MW units are run at capacities as low as 11% are serving as examples for Indian thermal power plants to emulate.
8They are gearing up for two-shift operations, that too without high-cost oil burner support
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DSF and OALP round block winners who are currently conducting  feasibility reports will have to be careful in estimating the possible crude price that they can elicit when they start production beginning next year.
8Given the growing uncertainty, accurate price projections are difficult, but nevertheless, a bunch of reliable benchmarks are available going up to 2023
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As Indian LNG players forge more long term LNG contracts, with five more such contracts beginning from 2019, concerns have appeared over the pricing of these contracts, now that spot prices are sharply down and are likely to stay down for the next couple of years.
8As India seeks renegotiations of some of these contracts, the website carries here an analysis of how much of these long term contracts will not be able to deliver contracted quantities to India if prices are not renegotiated.
8With new domestic gas being sold at slopes of between 8 to 9% of Brent, Australian and US volumes may have to stay out of the Indian market altogether in the foreseeable future. Details
It is a Rs 1000 crore common user POL terminal
8What is expected next is a PMC for the project
8Get key contacts and other project details here
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Ammonia-V Revamp Project
8Cost - Rs 102 crore
8Project Event: Detailed engineering has been completed, The material indenting process is ongoing, Due to lack of adequate PQ criteria, bidders could not be finalized burner, the tender of the burner has been re-released. The L-1 bidder has been arrived at for Air Pre Heater. NIT for Motor replacement has been released and the bid due date is 19 December 2019. But the sources said that they have a lot of trouble to find PQ criteria of the bidder. The commissioning has been a delay from April 2020 to November 2020 due to a lack of bidders.
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
8Project Event: The procurement is still ongoing, the installation work is ongoing, Mechanical completion and Commercial Production Date scheduled in Jan 2021 & May 2021 respectively.
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The Rs 150 crore Harsidhi greenfield LPG bottling plant project
8The project was commissioned last week
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Here is a small scale LNG terminal in the American Pacific Coast
8And while neigbouring counties is its natural hinterland, it claims India too is in its sight
8It claims significant transportation cost savings (less sailing days, less fuel consumption, no Panama Canal costs) in comparison to big US terminals.
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Strapped for cash, the company has decided to exit the E&P block
8The block has potential, and buyers should be interested in picking it up
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Oil India's new tender for the 2D & 3D seismic data involves acquisition and processing of:
 -- 500 LKM & 610 SQ. KM (Cluster-1 covering MN-ONHP-2018/1 AND MN-ONHP-2018/2)
 -- 1002 LKM & 400 SQ. KM (Cluster-2 covering MN-ONHP-2018/1 AND MN-ONHP-2018/5)
 -- 660 SQ. KM (Cluster-3 COVERING MNONHP-2018/3 AND MN-ONHP-2018/4)
8As many as eight potential bidders may emerge Details
ONGC plans to hire production testing services for its eastern offshore wells
8Good response but last date to be extended as few more players are likely to join in.
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Pet coke gasification is now increasingly the norm for Indian refineries as the government mulls a wider ban on the sale of this product
8The gasification process produces produces synthesis gas which can be used to create several value-added petrochemicals such as methanol, or act as a replacement for natural gas and other fuel sources for power production, steam production and cogeneration.
8Here is one Indian refinery planning to do just that
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited's tender for the Charter hiring of 1 MLT / BMC / Livingston Design 300 feet Cantilever type offshore Jackup Rig has received some great response from the rig lobby.
8The overall contract period will be for a 3 year
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An EPC contract has been finally been awarded for a 2G ethanol bio-refinery project
8The cost parameters as settled will now the benchmark on which other ethanol projects in the pipeline can now be awarded
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Having bagged three big EPC contracts in the 9 MMTPA Barmer project, Tata Projects has redrawn the EPC map for the refinery space
8All eyes are now on this relatively new entrant into this space, and how it moves ahead
8Find out what the Tatas are saying about how they are going to do their project execution.
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NPK Fertilizer Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 400 crore
8Project Event: The company is looking for an alternate location for this project as it faced a lot of opposition at the mandatory public hearing meeting needed to secure environment clearance, held in February 2019. The RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in April 2020.
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We have created a project around HPCL's Mumbai Refinery maintenance shutdown
8The motor spirit block will undergo maintenance
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ONGC has got a 13 workover rig tender going
8December 12 is the deadline, and there are several contenders for the order
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CB/ONDSF/D45/2018 Oil Field Development
These are the specifics:
8RFQs for the seismic survey and seismic data interpretation are expected in Q2 2020.
8RFQs for EIA consultant is expected early in Q2 2020.
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8ONGC is going to unleash a major exploratory drilling programme involving 57 wells in 10 PML blocks in Shipahijala, West Tripura, Gomati, Khowai, and South Tripura districts in Tripura.
The following is the schedule
-- RFQ for the hiring of seismic survey services is expected by Q1 end 2020.
-- RFQ for the hiring of an EIA consultant is expected by Q2 2020.
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The competition is confined to a bunch of Indian players
8Find out who bid and who won the contract and for what price Details
The website carries here an update on two blocks of Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd
Raniganj East CBM Block Development
-- when are RFQs for drilling rigs coming up?
-- Clearances were received in June but the company is still to process the RFQs
-- The company has a totla of 450 wells to drill by Q1, 2023 Click here for more details
CB-ON/3 Oil Field Development
-- when are drilling rig contracts coming out?
-- what about drilling tangibles and related support services?
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More details are coming on RIL's gas auction for 5 mmscmd of gas
8The buyers were mostly from the west coast, implying therefore that the cost of RIL gas had to be kept low in order for the buyers to pay the transportation cost via the 1459-km East West Pipeline into the local networks.
8Even so, RIL was able to elicit a long list of buyers
8What is more, buyers are willing to bet on buying gas for as long as 6 years under a fixed slope Details
In an attempt to become more efficient in the face of a rapid transition in the refinery sector, Indian Oil Corporation may abandon its earlier HR policies on transfer of employees.
8Will it also order layoffs?
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The offshore E&P service providers list may undergo a dramatic transformation if the steel ministry's 'made in India" policy directives are put into action
8There was a loud howl of protest against the government's attempt to "indigenize" the steel used in offshore platforms and installations
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Who is eventually going to take control of Numaligarh Refinery, now that it has been decided that it will be disinvested to another public sector company?
8The Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who influenced the BJP brass in Delhi to keep NRL out of the clutches of privatization, is now lobbying for the ownership to be transferred to a company of his choice Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Civil Jobs at Barhi LPG Project Details
8Overhauling of CCR Vessels & Columns during shutdown Details
8Construction of Tanks at Indore IRD Details
8Miscellaneous civil works Madurai new IRD Details
8Transportation of Bulk POL products MS HSD and Branded fuels by Road Ex Gulbarga New IRD Details
8Transportation of Bulk POL products MS HSD and Branded fuels by Road Ex Vishakha New Terminal Details
8Transportation of Bulk POL products MS HSD and Branded fuels by Road Ex Bengaluru Terminal Details
8Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study for GAIL Hazira Compressor Station & Associated Pipeline Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India's Petronet LNG says in talks with several firms on deals Details
8India to get $60 bn funding for gas infra; demand to triple for achieving 15% share in energy pie: Pradhan Details
8There is a lot of value in HPCL and market will realise it gradually: M K Surana Details
8Dharmendra Pradhan hopes coming Budget will signal inclusion of ATF, natural gas in GST Details
8Centre did not make any investment in Paradip Refinery in last 5 years: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Visakhapatnam: Indian Oil to give 9 lakh domestic connections Details
8Natural gas consumption to rise 3-folds in 10 yrs for 15% target: Pradhan Details
8Let us see who buys BPCL, that will give a clue where the scandal lies: P Chidambaram Details
8Gail India offers up to 10 LNG cargoes for loading from US: Sources Details
8Rahul Gandhi to join protest against BPCL takeover Details
8TIMELINE: Saudi Aramco's winding road to an IPO Details
8Oil rises, U.S. crude trading near two-month high after OPEC cut Details
8Oil jumps 3% on U.S. stockpiles drop; further OPEC output cuts seen Details
8China's crude oil demand seen peaking at 705 mt around 2030 Details
8Iran OPEC envoy says Tehran would back majority decision to cut oil output Details
8OPEC and allies prepare to deepen oil output cuts Details
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8Latest October data for shipbuilding activity shows a sharp downturn on a year on year basis. Click on Details for more
8Welspun Industries is riding high on a gobal upswing in the line pipe business. Click on Report for more.
8Compressed bio gas projects take off in India. Government trying to get bank funding arranged as well. Click on Reports for more.
8What is the total state-wise  investment made by oil & gas companies in the current year (till October, 2019). Click on Reports for more.
8Paradip refinery: IOC's total spent pegged at Rs 45,000 crore. Click on Reports for more. Details
The GAIL brass was subject to criticism for signing up for 5.8 MMTPA of US LNG on Henry Hub indexation just at a time when crude prices fell, making crude indexed cargoes cheaper coming into India.
8But GAIL had successfully managed the transition by overhauling its LNG marketing strategy
8This GAIL approach has now become a case study and is held up globally as an example for others to follow
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8Project Cost: Rs 265 crores
8Project Description: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) inhouse team acted as the PMC contractor for expanding its existing Haldia refinery from 7.5 MMTPA to 8 MMTPA by revamping its vacuum distillation unit-1 from 1.5 MMTPA to 1.7 MMTPA and vacuum distillation unit-2 from 2.3 MMTPA to 2.6 MMTPA. Engineers India Limited (EIL) is the licensor fort the project. Erection and Installation was done by Tata Projects and commissioning is to be done by IOCL itself by the end of this month.
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The gas story in India does not seem to be building up to much as of now, it seems
8LNG imports are up but that is not necessarily a pointer to a brigher future, any more
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Phosphoric acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 130 crore
8Project Event: The purchase of a long lead item is ongoing. The company's own existing engineering team is implementing the project. Dates have not been finalized for work on the ground. The construction work to begin in January 2020 due to delay in the energy-saving project which is likely to be commissioned at the end of December 2020.
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 262 crore
8Project Event: 90% Installation work has been completed, but the commissioning has been extended from December 2019 to January 2020.
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BPCL is under transition, and there is a whole lot of uncertainty around it
Here is an update on
8Uran-Rasayani Propane Pipeline Project: RFQs are ahead but capital approval is on hold. Click here for more details
8Project Name: Mumbai Refinery Greenfield Gasoline Hydrotreating Unit (BPCL) Click here for more details Details
The petroleum ministry is expected to soon issue a clarificatory order on the subject of alternative fuel dispensation in retail outlets under the newly liberalized dispensation.
8This follows a howl of protest from CGD operators
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8Project Name: Kosamba Drilling Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 1083 crore
8Project Description: Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited's 48 well exploratory drilling plan in 13 ML blocks of Western Onshore Basin, Gujarat will take some time as the public hearing for the block has not been conducted till now. A draft EIA report has already been prepared and environment clearance is expected to be granted by the end of Q1 2020. All 13 ML Blocks are located in Vadodara, Bharuch and Surat Districts. The Targeted depths of proposed exploratory wells shall be up to 6500 M
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What is the latest update on ONGC's shale oil and gas foray in the Cauvery basin?
8The project seems to be on hold
8An Asset wise contract for the tubings and flanges with American Completion Tools Limited was meant to be utilized.
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ONGC's Uran Uran Gas Processing Plant Desalination Unit has seen quite a few interested parties
8But there were two notable absentees
8The bid submission date is now likely to be extended
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ONGC awards contract for flow lines services contract recently
8Find out who won the tender, and who were the bidders
8Also what was the L-1 price Details
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