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Dec 2019

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8Supply of Soda Ash & Sodium Nitrate for HCU-1& GoHDS Details
8Service Contract for replacement of Molecular Sieve and Ceramic Ball in Feed Gas Dryer A&B Details
8Supply of IBR Pipe Fittings Details
8Supply of Metallic Expansion Bellow Assembly Details
8Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Telecom System at Tripura Pipeline System Details
8Procurement of Coated Line pipe for Dhamra Haldia Pipeline Project Details
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8DoT seeks Rs 1.7 lakh crore from GAIL in telecom dues Details
8No immediate liability in PMT profit dispute: Reliance Industries Details
8RIL falls 3% as govt seeks to curb firm's stake sale to Aramco Details
8Petroleum ministry trying to scuttle Aramco-RIL deal: Analysts Details
8Oil prices inch higher amid support for supply cuts, lower inventory forecast Details
8Indian November imports of Latin American oil slump to 20-month low: data Details
8French environment ministry says fuel supplies to gas stations are normal Details
8UP-based start-up Pepfuels looking at disrupting door-step fuel delivery space in India Details
8Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani saw his wealth surge $18 billion this year Details
8Why the govt asked a court to restrain $15 bn Saudi Aramco-RIL deal Details
8Kuwait hopes to resolve Neutral Zone oil issue with Saudi Arabia by year end Details
8Apache, Total form venture to explore offshore Suriname Block 58 Details
8Russia's Gazprom sees output at its Achimov oil formation rising in 2020 Details
8PSU behemoths turn agile to emerge leaders Details
8Ecuador declares emergency after Galapagos fuel spill Details
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Gas compressors on ONGC's platforms are sophisticated equipment which are required to do heavy duty, 24-hour performance running into thousands of hours at a time.
8After a stipulated period of running, these compressors are meant to be over hauled.
8Well placed ONGC sources said that a new set of rules has been put together under which these kind of upgradations are to happen from now on. Details
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8ARC for Insulation Jobs in April-May 2020 Shutdown Details
8Supply of Gate Valve Details
8CPP3 boiler tubes cleaning with dry ice blasting Details
8Procurement of Soda Ash & Sodium Nitrate Details
8Procurement of 54”Strainers for PFCC CT/ RCT Pumps and 10”Strainers for ACF/ PSF Details
8One Bay Extension and Pump Replacement Works at Navegaon Top Details
8Consultancy Works for Assisting in due Diligence Readiness of HSE Aspects Details
8Construction of Boundary Wall at OIL Market Details
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8Shell, RIL to hand over PMT fields back to ONGC tomorrow Details
8How the drive against industrial pollution is set to boost natural gas consumption in India Details
8Subdued oil prices, oil demand soothe India’s trade deficit in FY20 Details
8India’s appetite for petroleum fuels to drop to 6-year low Details
8India to be largest energy growth market by 2030: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Govt to issue EoI for BPCL, Air India stake sale in Jan Details
8Delhi High Court asks RIL, British Gas to disclose assets on Centre plea Details
8Reliance-BP petrol pumps to dent PSU market share: Morgan Stanley Details
8Methanol blend on cards, may trim oil import bill by Rs 5,000 crore Details
8Govt mulling premium on petrol, diesel prices on BS-VI switchover Details
8Exempt LPG & CNG autos from getting permits: Unions to govt Details
8Vice President to dedicate LPG bottling plant in Odisha Details
8Reliance tears into govt affidavit, says no final arbitration award due Details
8Pavilion Energy, Total sign binding deal to develop LNG bunkering in Singapore Details
8Singapore jails tanker captain in Shell oil heist case for five years Details
8Russia close to new gas transit deal with Ukraine: Putin Details
8Shell writes down up to $2.3 billion on weaker economic outlook Details
8Debt refinancings stall key asset sale by Chesapeake Energy Details
8Attack targets energy fields, oil refinery in central Syria's Homs Details
8Controversial Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 divides Europe, US Details
8Russian energy giant Gazprom pays $2.9 bn to settle Ukraine dispute Details
8LNG, deepwater oil projects likely to face delays on service industry bottlenecks in 2020: Rystad Details
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Shrikant Madhav Vaidya is set to be the new CMD of IOC
8He is going to have hands full, as it is not going to be business as usual for this public sector giant.
8But his focus will also be on widening the base of contractors dealing with the company Details
8There is a delay in the JBF Industries 1.25 MMTPA PTA plant:
8Heat traced pipeline in BPCL's Kochi refinery delayed?
8China, India to dominate global PVC export markets in 2020:
8Gasoline a key driver in global aromatics market:
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A refinery is undertaking the construction of two catalytic dewaxing units, one is a mere catalytic dewaxing and the other is catalytic iso dewaxing unit to augment its lube oil production capacity.
8Total cost is around Rs 2000 crore
8The mode of contracting with LSTK while the outside battery limit job will be done in the conventional manner
8Two links are given here to the projects in our project monitoring software for further details
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We keep track of all projects, going entirely by the owner's word that they are going to put them up.
8Here is an update on a Rs 10000  crore urea unit along with a captive power plant.
8Negotiations are reportedly going on with EPC contractor Wuhuan Engineering, and according to the promoters, a deal is expected to be finalized by January. Earlier it was mean to have been wrapped up in December
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DAP/NPK Greenfield Project 
8Cost - Rs 300 crore
8Project Event: The PDIL has been selected for the preparation of the Techno-Economic Feasibility Report. Based on the feasibility report of PDIL, future action shall be planned. The RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in February 2020 in place of December 2019 due to delays in the studies.
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Project Name: Kochi Refinery Greenfield Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project
8Project Cost: 4588 crores
8The project has been dogged by delays, with the commissioning deadline rescheduled a few times
8Get an update here. Also know if there are some tail end RFQs still left in the project
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PFH Oil and Gas Limited is embarking on a plan to develop its  DSF 1 block, KG/ONDSF/Elao/2016.
8Project Event: RFQs for the drilling rig and drilling equipment is expected by Q1 2020.
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These are the best of times for the seismic data acquisition industry in India
8Seismic surveys are now taking place in increasing numbers
8Here is a company that won a Rs 640 crore contract Details
It is a Rs 1432 crore oil field development project in the North East
8The project involves development drillin gof 35 wells
8RFQ for hiring an EPC contractor for production installation and pipeline network is expected by February 2020.
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India's first decommissioning project is taking place at Tapti.
8The Tapti decommission is take place for the residual facilities after the process platform was handed over to ONGC
8Boskalis Westmister is the EPC contractor
8Project cost is Rs 513 crore
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This should have been the best of times for the dredging industry given the big expansion in the Indian ports sector
8There is also a Rs 700 crore maintenance dredging market available
8But the industry seems to be in a lot of turmoil
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The economic slowdown has hit the CNG offftake rather badly
8What is more worrying is that that CNG offtake is going to stay at about half of what has been projected for the next three years..
8This is despite the fact that CNG has a distinct price advantage over petrol and diesel
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A buyer of RIL-BP gas at a slope of 8.4% to last three months average Brent price faced a ratings downgrade as a result. RIL sold 5 mmscmd of gas to assorted buyers.
8This is because the purchase price is seen to be significantly higher than the forward spot LNG curve
8What is also seen as a disadvantage is the take or pay obligation imposed by the gas purchase
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The petroleum ministry needs to take a quick decision on the bifurcation of GAIL into its transmission and marketing divisions in order to get a transparent gas trading hub going in India
8But sources said that if bifurcation is not possible, there are other ways of going about it
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Cairn India Bhagyam oilfield has been designated as eligible to fiscal benefits under the government's enhanced recovery policy. The benefits work out to a massive $600 million over a 10-year period.
8In keeping with the incentive, Cairn is now luanching a fresh integrated drilling campaign for civil works, drilling, completion, fracturing, testing and associated services and tangibles.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Development and Modernisation of Retail Outlets Details
8Automation of 3 X 1450 Mt MSV at Bhitoni LPG Plant Details
8Sale of GSPC’s Ichhapore Land near Surat Details
8Meroc-1 and Merox-2 Vessels Replacement Jobs during shutdown Details
8Hiring of Services for Matrix Acidization of wells in Assam & Arunachal Field Details
8VRU Piping and Civil Works at Bhatinda and Raipur Details
8ARC for Quantities verification / site measurement’s consultancy service for Civil works/ Plumping/ Electrical etc, for CSR projects Details
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8India, Bangladesh give impetus to cross-border energy corridor Details
8India cuts 2019-20 fuel demand estimates, growth seen at six-year low Details
8Patna to get 30 CNG buses by March next year Details
8Reliance Industries biggest wealth creator during 2014-19: Study Details
8S&P Global Platts starts world’s first hydrogen price assessment Details
8Oil prices surf near 3-month highs after US crude inventories fall Details
8Singapore's Puma Energy to sell Australia fuels business for $288 million Details
8Chevron returns to Australia fuel retail with $288 million Puma Energy asset buy Details
8Oil prices hold near three-month highs on U.S.-China trade deal progress Details
8Russia, Ukraine reach 'in principle' agreement on gas transit deal Details
8New clean shipping fuel rules, but who polices the polluters? Details
8China announces new tariff exemptions for U.S. chemical, oil products Details
8Oil hovers near three-month highs on trade progress, lower inventories Details
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Oil India Ltd's oil & gas production has gone down dramatically at the height of the agitation in Assam against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
8OIL's wells sit right in the middle of the Assamese dominated Upper Assam area, which was worst hit by the agitation.
8For an entire week, oil and gas wells could not be attended to, causing many wells to cease production altogether. "Some of these wells will be retrievably lost or will take a long time to get them back on stream," an OIL official told this website
8Find out what was the extent of this perilous drop in output and what is being done to revive these wells now Details
It is learned that the PMO and the finance ministry are looking at selling another public sector oil & gas asset
8Back of the envelope calculations seem to show that this asset can fetch much more money than the sale of BPCL.
8So, will the sale of BPCL be put on the backburner and instead IOC's pipeline division be put on auction?
8Or will a cash strapped government want to sell both these family jewels in one lot to bridge the increasing gap between what the government earns and spends.
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A ‘time-of-day’ pricing mechanism will be key to reviving the stranded gas-fired capacity in India as the gas-fired capacity could be reconfigured to operate flexibly, and ‘peakers’ could be introduced to deal with intermittency of supply from variable renewable energy sources.
8Find out more on suggestions to make gas based power viable in India Details
H-Energy's Jaigarh terminal has set a new pricing benchmark for LNG
8It is offering fixed price LNG different time slots, either at the LNG terminal, with taxes and liquefaction charges or at the burner tip.
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The Indian offshore market has begun offering short duration contracts from private sector E&P operators for equipment and service suppliers in a manner that one job rolls on to another.
8This in turn is allowing for the charging of stable long term rates instead of short term spot rates for hiring of equipment and services.
8This trend was evident in the hiring of an offshore jackup rig, where two separate short duration contracts have been sewed together to ensure that the overall deployment period is worth it at an economical day rate
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When is first gas due from ONGC's KG-DWN-98/2 block?
8The deadline was set for December 26 2019
8Will this timeline be adhered to? Details
The letter of intent (LOI) for PSVs to Greatship has finally been approved by ONGC's apex Executive Purchase Committee
8Find out what day rate was finally approved
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ONGC has elicited a low enough rate from the L-1 bidder for its tender for 4 MSVs
8Yet the public sector oil & gas major is bargaining for a lower price
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ONGC has short listed a panel of potential bidders for the execution of well head platforms on LSTK basis for a period of three years
8For jobs ahead, this panel of shortlisted companies will be issued tenders beginning next month but for one big project coming up soon, the ICB format will be followed.
8A prominent JV has reportedly been disqualified.
8At least one traditional JV combination seems to have broken up, and a new one formed.
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The offshore seismic survey market is increasingly becoming monopolistic
8A single bidder in one tender had a price tag which was 70% higher than the reserve price
8While ONGC is trying hard to break this monopoly, it seems to be fighting an uphill battle
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The fact that the 2G bio-ethanol technology, particularly those developed indigenously, is not tested is a well known fact. Most project IRRs are negative, and only public sector companies, under government fiat, are setting up these units
8So far, EPC contracts have been awarded for two units only
8But here is one public sector company which wants to first prove that the technology is right before it goes ahead with a heavy investment
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8IMO 2020 has caused a massive upheaval in the shipping industry. Find out in details how the Chinese industry is dealing with it and whether there are lessons for Indian shippers from it. Click on Reports for more
8Leading global shipping companies, their number going up every week and now collectively accounting for more than 90% of the global merchant fleet, have proposed a $5 billion R&D fund to find the best solution for decarbonization of the industry. "“An effort of this scale is expected to be successful in identifying one or more technical pathways that can lead to the introduction of zero-emission vessels across the maritime sector by 2030 and beyond,” these shipping companies claim. Under the proposal being made to the International Maritime Organization by eight leading shipping associations, shipowners would pay $2 per tonne of fuel oil into a newly formed international maritime research fund. Will this be a compulsory levy that Indian ship owners will also have to pay? Click on Reports for more Details
What kind of progress has ONGC made in the processing of the Ratna R Series platform development project?
8Three companies are in the fray
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Project Name: Gujarat Refinery BS VI Project
8Are there any RFQs left to come out?
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NPK-TSP-GSSP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in January 2020 whereas it was planned for December earlier.
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Ammonium Phosphate Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 500 crore
8Project Event: The land purchase is ongoing. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in April 2020.
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8Project Name: Baramura & Konaban Drilling Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 180 crore
8Project Description: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited's 06 Wells development drilling programme in Baramura & Konaban area of Tripura will be delayed
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PY-3 Offshore Field Development  RPF for an FPSO with a capacity to handle 20,000 BOPD crude and 3.5 MMSCMD gas processing has found a good response
8Find out more about the bidders
8Also know more on when the RFQ for the hiring of the EPC contractor for Integration of PY-1 and PY-3 facilities though a 6 Km offshore pipeline will be released
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Integrity Assessment of above ground & underground pipelines Details
8Healthiness Checking, Adequacy Study/ Audit on Lighting Protection of VSPL Details
8Procurement of Non sparking Tools Details
8Maintenance contract for Rotork Actuators at pipeline locations Details
8Supply of Gas Engine Driven CNG Compressor for City Gas Distribution Project Details
8Revamping of complete CCTV System Details
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8Indian Oil's Gujarat refinery starts dispatch of low sulphur marine fuel Details
8India should take urgent action to tackle air pollution: WHO Details
8IOC's INDMAX refining technology licensed to Serbian oil & gas company Details
8India plans bio-gas plants to tackle toxic pollution, but experts sceptical Details
8London street bans petrol, diesel cars Details
8Arko buys Empire fuel distribution business for $400 mln Details
8China-backed AIIB invests $500 million in Tianjin LNG project Details
8Oil dips after US stock build, but demand hopes support Details
8Illegally traded chemical halted Russian oil pipeline, tests show Details
8BP to shut two oil and gas platforms in Azerbaijan for planned maintenance in H2 2020 Details
8Planned $2 bn LNG project in Philippines put on hold Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Empanelment and selection of Cost Audit firms for cost audit Details
8Procurement of latest HART Communicator with Loop Power Facility Details
8Providing Service of general Dis-infestations Treatment Details
8Fencing for access restriction for unwanted entry in process and flare area Details
8Design and installation of Pipeline across Burhidihing river Details
8Miscellaneous Civil and Finishing Works for PDPP of BPCL-KR Details
8Supply and Installation of Flexible-HDPE pipeline at NWZ - Standing Rate Contract Details
8Transportation of Bulk POL products MS HSD and branded fuels by Road Ex Jabalpur Details
8Road Transportation of Bulk Furnace Oil (FO) and Light Diesel Oil (LDO) Details
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8Vedanta interested in BPCL, evaluation on: Anil Agarwal Details
8Kerala: LPG plant works resume at Puthuvype Details
8Indian Oil seeks LNG cargo for delivery in January Details
8Lack of diesel disrupts MSRTC services in Nashik Details
8Axis Bank, Indian Oil launch co-branded credit card for cashless payments Details
8BS-VI upgrade: Refiners seek govt nod to raise prices Details
8Focus on output maximisation, alternate fuel to reduce import defence for fuel: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Surat runway expansion: ONGC mulls culvert for pipelines Details
8Five oilfields qualify for fiscal incentives under enhanced recovery policy Details
8India in talks with Rosneft to invest in Far East Russian cluster: Pradhan Details
8India aims to buy stakes in producing oil and gas fields abroad Details
8Oil dips after US stock build, but demand hopes support Details
8JP Morgan raises 2020 oil price view on OPEC+ cuts, improved economic outlook Details
8China's Sinopec starts operating shale gas pipeline from southwest Details
8Satellite detects methane gas; seen as tool in fight to save climate Details
8China-backed AIIB invests $500 million in Tianjin LNG project Details
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 4933 crore
8Project Event: The project has elicited cabinet approval. Siscussion is ongoing for JV finalization, in which DOF will finalize the plant size & equity share and it is likely to be finalized in January 2020. RFQ for the PMC contractor is likely to be released in February 2020 now instead of January.
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Phosphoric Acid Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 100 crore
8Project Event: The project has been commissioned in November 2019. RFQ for the Rock Phosphate is likely to be released in January 2020
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8Project Cost: 598.09 crore
8The engineering consultant has been selected, so is the technology provider
8When is an EPC contractor going to be selected?
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>It looks like the seismic services business is going through a boom period.
8There is enough work going around. Attendance in pre-bid meetings are thinning and if additional conditions are imposed, as were sought by Cairn India, bidders have been seen to be refusing to bid
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8Project Name: Pudukkottai Drilling Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 1498 crore
8Project Description: Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited's RFQs for the cementing, mud and wireline services for 40 well development drilling project in L-II PML Block in Tamil Nadu have been delayed.
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8Project Name: GK-28/42 Offshore Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 2830 crore
8Tenders are delayed
8Find out the lastest status on the RFQ for an onshore gas processing facility at Okha and for the process platform RFQ
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8Project Name: NTP-1 Maintenance Dredging & Spoil Disposal Project
8Project Description: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited's RFQs for the hiring of a contractor for carrying out cumulative works of pipeline repair as well as dredging around NTP-1 offshore platform are planned to be released soon. It is to be mentioned that ONGC plans to start the job by the Q3 2020, over an expected period of 12 months.
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>Project Name: Kandla- Viramgam-Gandhinagar-Sanand Pipeline
8Project Cost: 1400 crores
8The RFQ for pumps were meant to come out together with line pipes but that has been delayed it seems.
8Find out what kind of the RFQs are expected ahead
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We continue to build our database of DSF projects
Here are four updates
8Bhimanapalli Development Drilling
RFQs for the drilling rig and drilling equipment is expected by Q1 2020.
RFQs for other oil field services are expected late in Q1 2020.
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 8Achanta Drilling Site Development
RFQs for the drilling rig and drilling equipment is expected by Q1 2020.
RFQs for other oil field services are expected late in Q1 2020.
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8Project Name: West Bechraji Drilling Site Development
8Project Cost: Rs 260 crore
8Project Event: RFQs for drilling rig and drilling equipments is expected by Q1 2021.
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8Project Name: Kamboi Drilling Site Development
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore
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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Get details of a comprehensive valuation exercise on BPCL here
8A subsidiary-wise exercise was undertaken
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It is a Rs 600 crore POL terminal
8Local protests have stymied progress
8But the promoter has decided not to go through the capital approval process unless all clearances are in place
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When is the Mundra LNG terminal expected to go on stream?
8The first cargo to land in the terminal is expected sooner than later, it seems
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The PNGRB claims that it will operationalise a gas trading hub by "early 2020". It claims to have made significant progress in the formulation of regulations.
8Find out more on the global best practices that the PNGRB has taken into account to formulate these regulations
8Even as PNGRB readies the paperwork for the hub, the government of India has a big role to play too in getting a gas hub going
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A third party inspection services audit award was given for the Hazira Steam Header Repair job to Bureau Veritas
8The LSTK contractor is Thermax
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