Now that IMO low sulphur guidelines are going to be in place by 2020, Indian refineries are being more than enthusiastic by seeking IMO regulation compatible vessels from now on to ferry crude to India.
8The refiners are making life difficult for Indian flagged owners of crude tankers, who have the right of first refusal.
8Not only are refiners demanding younger vessels but they want vessels  which are already fitted with scrubbers
8It is time for Indian shippers to move the government on the subject
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8Project Name:  Drilling Site Development
8Project Cost: Rs 100 crore
8Project Description: A workover rig RFQ is coming up for a private developer. Environment clearance for the project was rejected once on account of non-furnishing the details of the previous EC of the oilfield. However, the issue has been resolved now but clearance is awaited. An EOI for sale of gas from the field is active for participation. The company first plans to start the workover operation for one well, which has been earlier drilled and abandoned byONGC. The block was awarded to the company under the discovered small fields round in 2016.
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How does a banned firm in ONGC win three tenders in one sweep
8The firm bagged contracts for the supply of Hydraulic Packers, Floating Equipment and Seal Bore Extension & Locator Assembly
8Partial bans -- where a firm is banned only for those products and services in which it was found to have violated norms and not for others -- is the new norm in ONGC
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A new petroleum storage terminal is coming up
8It is a Rs 466 crore project
8RFQ for a PFR consultant is coming up soon
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 481 Crore
8Project Event: Bhoomi pooja has been completed and tender for the long lead item is likely to be released in January 2019. The construction work is likely to be started in February 2019.
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Ammonia Revamp Project
8Cost - Rs 200 Crore
8Project Event: The discussion process is ongoing and RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in January 2019, The actions have been initiated for implementation of revamping in Ammonia Plant, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.
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Effluent Treatment Plant Up-gradation Project
8Cost - Rs 101 Crore
8Project Event: The discussion is ongoing and RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be released at the end of December or January 2019.
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Project: The civil contractor HCC is getting delayed in a greenfield hydel power project.
8The E&M contractor BHEL has completed the erection of the machine hall.
8What kind of RFQs are still left?
8When the project is set to be commissioned?
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Project: Owner is carrying out the DPR itself instead of hiring a consultant for a hydel power project.
8Financial tie-up is still to go.
8EC is also pending.
8What are the upcoming RFQs?
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We have evolved an entirely new way of depicting a business development opportunity in the E&P sector in India
8We do not just provide you an opportunity along with a key contact but give you a detailed mapping of the E&P site.
We provide multiple parameter mapping in terms of
-- Block name and attendant details, along with maps
-- Well maps, depth, drilling results, opportunities ahead
-- Seismic maps and opportunities
-- Rigs, rig movements, day rates
-- Gathering and processing station details
-- Gathering and drilling pipeline details in terms of length, diameter and type of pipelines, and opportunities ahead
We have the most comprehensive mapping ever attempted of E&P business opportunities in India. 
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Get the full update on the HBJ-GREP-HBJ-GREP Upgradation pipeline
8Know everything about dozens of spur lines that this cross-country pipeline has built over the years to serve gas consumers of all hues
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The PNGRB is seeking a steep hike in fees from pipeline and CGD companies.
8There has been a howl of protest from the industry on this move
8But there is one company which is not taking up cudgels with the PNGRB over fees, as it has got bigger battles to fight
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If you are an oil & gas company with significant solar assets, here are a few tips on how to keep your O&M costs low:
8Conceiving a bundled strategy for capex and opex
8Defining the right scope of activities to be outsourced to the O&M provider
8Setting the right KPIs and the right service-level agreements (SLAs)
With these finetunings, you can get:
-- Increasing in asset availability by 3%, e.g. from 96 to 99%
-- Increasing performance ratio of 3%
-- Decreasing O&M costs by 10%
--Reducing the IRR deal leakage by 10%
Even though many factors determine a project’s IRR,these examples underline the many opportunities asset managers have to impact project and portfolio profitability.
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Final conditions for rolling out service contracts for two ONGC oil fields -- Kalol and Geleki -- are being hammered out by ONGC with three possible service providers, Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes.
8One point of contention was about termination of contract arising out of a force majeure event.
8According to service providers, the conditions were one sided, wherein only ONGC was provided the right to terminate the contract.
8There were other issues as well, including compensation to be paid when a force majeure is invoked.
8To ONGC's credit, it is going out of the way to mitigate issues raised by the service providers, thereby indicating that the E&P major, under pressure to deliver higher output, is walking the extra mile to make things work
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Is there a way for Meractor Oil & Gas Ltd to be compensated for all past dues incurred by it in the Sagar Samrat Conversion project, now that it has been ousted from the deal?
8Or is everything lost for the company, as the conversion job was delayed well beyond the original deadline.
8ONGC had moved the encash the bank guarantee given by Mercator.
8Mercator may have no option now but also to take on its previous consortium partner, Gulf Piping Company UAE, who was given the contract recently by ONGC to complete the conversion job by excluding Mercator from the deal, in order to be able to get what it thinks is it due from the contract
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Thankfully, the government's protective orders did not apply here.
8The reason is that no domestic bidders were qualified for the Rs 124 crore deal
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8Project Name: POL Terminal Expansion Project
8Project Cost: 119 crores
8Project Description: The owner is planning to expand its existing POL terminal from 191074 KL to 319874 KL by installing tanks with a capacity of 4 X 1,200 KL of ethanol, 4 X 25,000 KL of HSD and 2 X 12,000 KL of MS. The project is in an initial stage. A slight delay has occurred in the selection of a contractor on account of wildlife clearance issues. Further RFQs are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQ for the PMC contractor is expected by January 2019.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Jan/2019
8Release Date: Feb/2019
8Start Date:Q1:2019
8Completion Date: Q3:2020
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 217 Crore
8Project Event: The project has been signed up with Siemens for a long lead item and it is likely to be delivered in May 2019. Construction work is ongoing
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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 in February 2019. The RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in February 2019.
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Single Super Phosphate Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 10 Crore
8Project Event: The proposal for an environmental clearance is likely to be granted in January 2019, The tender for an EPC contractor is likely to be released in February 2019. Because the committee has not made yet
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8The Adanis are going full steam ahead with the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Australia. Click on Report for more.
8LNG imports to produce power makes more economic sense for Pakistan than India but the use of LNG is causing a different kind of crisis in the refining sector for our neoghbour.Click on Report for more.
8What kind of shale oil and gas reserves are available in the Cambay Basin? Get a full analysis of what is in store.Click on Report for more.
8LPG prices have been revised downwards. Know more click on Report.
8Another Canadian LNG project is likely to get to FID stage. LNG cargoes from the terminal will take 17 days to reach India.Click on Report for more.
8GEECL's reserves go up by an eyebrow-raising multiple in the Raniganj Block within just one year. Is it necessary to take such claims with a grain of salt?Click on Report for more.
8Kolkata has some advantages that other cities do not have: A high public transport usage ratio, big pedestrian footprint and a compact urban area. A new plant to bring down air pollution may end up working better in Kolkata than in any other city in the country. Know more click on Report.
8Despite the robust supply growth currently coming on-line in global LNG markets over the near-term, the outlook for liquefaction capacity over the medium-term is starting to appear tight. Know more click on Report.
8L&T Group: Know more why there is a bull run ahead for it. Click on Report for more.
8The use of composites is picking up speed in the oil & gas industry, know more click on Report.
8One European country, strong in offshore wind, is pushing its companies to India. For all those offshore oil & gas serice companies, here is a forthcoming interaction coming up, which may allow for opportunities to pick up some collaborations which will become handy in the years ahead.Click on Report for more.
8Get details of on IT company, outside the big companies, who have made big inroads into oil & gas sector work globally. It recently designed an acoustic downhole transmitter, a design pressure test cell for equipment testing and a complete redesign of a drilling communication skid. Know more click on Report.
8Global upstream investment cost index has started looking upwards. Know more click on Report. Details

Indian and Chinese companies are still hunting for oil & gas acreages around the globe.
8These investments are based on the assumption of a continued increase in demand for oil in their own countries, and across the world as well
8A new risk factor is now increasingly coming into play
8And it is dubbed "geo-ecological risk".
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The US has granted a waiver to India to import Iranian crude.
8The US administration's orders on which vessels can import Iranian crude however are less than clear.
8Indian flagged vessels can also legitimately import such crude but only under certain caveats
8And what about insurance coverage?
8Know more on the latest regulatory risks on these issues
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An independent survey has confirmed an increase not only in LPG connections but also in its use as the primary as well as exclusive cooking fuel since 2015.
8However, in spite of these improvements, most households continue to use traditional biomass (alone or with LPG) due to the high recurring cost of LPG and the availability of free-of-cost biomass. When this happens, the potential health gains of using LPG cannot be achieved as there is continued exposure to dangerous levels of indoor air pollution.
8Home delivery of LPG, though improved, remains a challenge; reportedly less than 50 per cent of LPG-using households in all the surveyed states, barring West Bengal, receive their LPG cylinders at home. As
8Affordability (recurring cost of LPG) continues to emerge as a concern across all LPG-using households.
8And this necessitates a targeted approach that includes differentiated support for households considering their ability to pay for the clean cooking fuel.
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E-mobility is eventually gaining the traction it needed. Recent reports are again forecasting an early peak oil demand scenario on the back of more optimistic forecasts on e-mobility spread across the world.
8This is one trend that oil refineries in India will need to keep track of
8The website carries here in one compact format, an amalgam of 53 market trend reports by various research institutes, consultancy firms and independent organizations.
8Target and plans for 66 countries, plans by 71 cities or regions and 48 companies, some Indian, provide a picture on e-mobility.
8Visions by 23 automobile companies are included.
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8Project Name: Drilling Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 1500 crore
8Project Description: A mess-up in clearance applications has set the project back by one whole year
8Project Event: RFQ for the hiring an EPC contractor is now expected by February 2019.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2/2017
8RFQ Date: Feb/2019
8Release Date: Apr/2019
8Start Date: Q3/2019
8Completion Date: Dec/2021
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EPC contractor for pipeline laying needed
8Project Name:  Oil Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore
8Project Description: The owner is soon expected to release the RFQs for the hiring of an EPC contractor for the laying down of gathering pipeline to the production facility. The drilling rig and the well services tenders are in the stage of the finalization.
8Project Event: RFQ for the hiring an EPC contractor for the pipeline installation is expected by Q2 2019.
8Expenditure Approval: Q4/2017
8RFQ Date: Q2/2019
8Release Date: Q2/2019
8Start Date: Q3/2019
8Completion Date: Dec/2022
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ONGC awards a seismic survey contract: Find out more
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited has awarded the contract for the 2D seismic data acquisition in an unappraised area
8The volume of the contract is Rs 28 crore
8The LOI has been handed over
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Gaskets Details
8Hiring of Services for ARC maintenance of Lighting & Associated system Details
8Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Micro Turbine and its integration with existing power system Details
8Selection of Consultant for EPMC to set up city gas distribution networks Details
8Procurement of HTHP Frac Fluid System Details
8Transportation of Packed Lube ex-Mumbai Details
8Supply of Pressure Type Dispensers Details
8Safety system instrumentation and allied jobs Details
8Supply of VG 8, VG 12 and VG 100 to Mazgaon and Silvassa Terminals Details
8Civil work for work over rigs at different locations Details
8Procurement of Mechanical Seal Spares at refinery Details
8Supply of Online Dew Point Analyzers Details
8Supply of Spares for Level Instrument Details
8Supply of Lubricants Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8World 'way off course' in climate change fight: UN chief Guterres Details
8Rupee tanks 87 paise to 70.46, logs biggest single-day fall since Aug Details
8Qatar to withdraw from OPEC as of January 2019, says minister Details
8CAD may widen to 3% in September quarter on higher crude prices, gold imports: ICRA Details
8Delhi's air quality oscillates between 'poor', 'very poor' due to local pollutants Details
8Air pollution: NGT slaps 25 crore fine on Delhi government Details
8Brazil's Petrobras to explore for oil and gas with Murphy in Gulf of Mexico Details
8India to achieve key Paris climate goals 10 years before deadline Details
8GAIL (India) Ltd soars 3.16%, up for third straight session Details
8Substantial interest for Pawan Hans sale: Disinvestment Secy Details
8Maharashtra Seamless secures orders from ONGC Details
8Possibility of oil, gas reserves in J&K: Study Details
8Brazil oil, gas production jump in October: oil regulator Details
8LPG cylinder now used by 89% households Details
8Govt’s petroleum subsidy expenditure crosses 83% of budgeted target within first 6 months Details
8Shell to set sector-leading emissions targets after investor pressure Details
8Oil prices extend gains on expected OPEC-led supply cuts Details
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Project: DPR consultant, NTPC, is preparing a detailed project report for a WFGD.
8Administrative approval is still to go.
8RFQ for design, engineering, supply, erection, and commissioning of a wet FGD system is expected by Q1 2019.
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Project: The EPC contractor BHEL has won a bid for the FGD system in a thermal power project.
8Currently, boiler erection, and ESP works are ongoing.
8What kind of RFQs are still left?
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Project: EIA consultant has been shortlisted in a 1600 MW expansion super-critical thermal power project.
8Owner is undertaking DPR activities by using in-house resources.
8When is the price bid for the EIA consultant to come up?
8What kind of RFQs to come up?
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Project: Major EPC contenders have participated in the FGD bid of a 3000 MW thermal power station.
8Technical evaluation is going on.
8Who are the parties involved in the bid?
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8Project Name: Greenfield Crude Oil Terminal Project
8Project Cost: Rs 3480 crore
8Project Description: The owner is planning to install a sub-sea pipeline from Single Point Mooring (SPM) to Crude Oil Terminal (COT) and shore connecting facilities. The total length of the crude oil pipeline is 530 Km. Moreover, they are also planning to install a crude oil terminal with a capacity of 840000 cubic meters per annum. PFR has been prepared by using in-house resources. Further RFQs are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQ for the surveying work is expected by January 2019.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2018
8RFQ Date: Jan/2019
8Release Date: Feb/2019
8Start Date: Q3:2019
8Completion Date: Q3:2021
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of Intelligent ion Chromatograph Details
8Hiring of Comprehensive AMC for IIWS Hardware Details
8Hiring of Services for Facility Management Services Details
8Procurement of HP Mud Hoses Details
8Revamping of Plant Piping of Chemical Dosing System Details
8Selection of Contractor for Hiring of Transportation Services for a period of 2 years Details
8Procurement of Dimethyl Disulphide (DMDS) Details
8Biennial Rate contract for supply of Fresh Catalysts in refinery Details
8Spading, Pipe line Hydro testing, Despading jobs in refinery units during shutdown Details
8Replacement of reformer catalyst tube of reformer in HCU Details
8Procurement of Pressure Controlled Type Hydraulic Dynamometer Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8A K Tiwari takes charge as Director (Finance), GAIL Details
8‘India under PM Modi got its due in the global oil market’ Details
8Shale gas reserve in India, source of clean energy Details
8Oil marketing companies reduce jet fuel prices; ATF cost in Delhi down by 11% Details
810 apps to save your fuel bills in India Details
8India to host G-20 summit for the first time in 2022 Details
8Govt forms panel to look at selling of OIL, ONGC fields to private companies Details
8Gail India proposes swap of Cove Point LNG cargoes in first quarter Details
8Govt forms 6-member panel to look at selling 149 fields of ONGC, OIL to pvt firms Details
8Saudi Arabia ready to help India meet growing energy demands: Prince to PM Modi Details
8NDA government earned Rs 11 lakh crore oil tax revenue in last 4.5 years Details
8Oil workers' discontent threatens Libyan output surge Details
8Prime Minister Modi discusses climate change issue with UN chief Details
8Alberta to announce if it will impose crude oil production cuts Details
8Green energy financing blooms as investors look beyond profits Details
8Russia's Putin says no hard figures on possible oil output cuts Details
8Fuel price: Soon, tanking up in Delhi to be cheaper than in UP Details
8G-20 nations agree on trade, migration; not climate change Details
8Four petrochemical regions attract Rs 1.83 lakh crore investments, create 3 lakh jobs: Govt Details
8Will fall in oil price help stock market investors? Details
8Govt eyes PSUs’ chests to shore up pre-poll funds Details
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